Al- Zawahiri killed

Snarkhund said:
Interesting that the two Hellfire missiles that struck him were a variant with no warhead.

They literally slammed two missiles into him when he went out on a balcony. No casualties inside the residence.

Reminds me of El Kabong.

I guess nobody is getting the $25m bounty.
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it's marginally more sophisticated, and a lot more gnarly:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1554272598246178816

example of strike:

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Snarkhund said:
Holy crap.

I stupidly concluded this morning that those were for terminal guidance. As you say, it is anti-personnel.. That truck exhibits the lacerations of those blades clearly. Fuck me that is harsh in a uniquely American way.
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What's the guidance and targeting system for those puppies like?

Are they "set and forget" or you are joysticking along while watching a video screen or what? Since there is no warhead on them, presumably you have to know he is out on that balcony and expect him to be there when the missile arrives. But what if he goes to the fridge to get another beer while watching Gilligan's Island reruns? With a warhead, just hitting the building is often good enough.


UPDATE: I see that this article includes the term "set and forget" in the official name of the missile, so that answers that piece.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hellfire-missiles-ayman-al-zawahiri-dead-kabul-balcony/
 
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TreeFrogTrader said:
What's the guidance and targeting system for those puppies like?

Are they "set and forget" or you are joysticking along while watching a video screen or what? Since there is no warhead on them, presumably you have to know he is out on that balcony and expect him to be there when the missile arrives. But what if he goes to the fridge to get another beer while watching Gilligan's Island reruns? With a warhead, just hitting the building is often good enough.


UPDATE: I see that this article includes the term "set and forget" in the official name of the missile, so that answers that piece.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hellfire-missiles-ayman-al-zawahiri-dead-kabul-balcony/
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As an accomplished aerospace engineer with 44 years of experience I can say resolutely that I do not know how it works. I know how it communicates more than anyone alive but I do not know its GN&C.

At this point I know only that I love Gilligan's Island. Its unwatchable now, of course, but I did have dinner at Alan Hale's restaurant back in the day and he sat at our table and hit on my GF right in front of me. It was glorious. Life is a weird ride my brother. Embrace it because its better than the alternative.

Boog knows...
 
TreeFrogTrader said:
What's the guidance and targeting system for those puppies like?

Are they "set and forget" or you are joysticking along while watching a video screen or what? Since there is no warhead on them, presumably you have to know he is out on that balcony and expect him to be there when the missile arrives. But what if he goes to the fridge to get another beer while watching Gilligan's Island reruns? With a warhead, just hitting the building is often good enough.


UPDATE: I see that this article includes the term "set and forget" in the official name of the missile, so that answers that piece.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hellfire-missiles-ayman-al-zawahiri-dead-kabul-balcony/
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During Gulf War US deployed rockets, made out of Howitzers (literally) that could penetrate targets 30 feet of reinforced concrete etc/bellow the earth.
Main targets were massive Husein's warlords bunkers.

Using ,,HellBlade" on some random mud brick shelter is easy.


We need improved version, to drop few of those on Russian warlords as well.
 
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