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ID

OSMP580

Date

17 June 2020

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Bellingcat

"In the last few years the US military has carried out a series of airstrikes using a secretive weapon. To this day, the US authorities have made barely any public statements about the R9X Hellfire missile. It appears to be used as a targeted assassination weapon against high-value targets: commanders and other prominent individuals. Over the last three years there have only been 11 confirmed cases involving the weapon. Many of these took place in Syria, although the R9X missile is believed to have been used in Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen."

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