In this image provided by the U.S. Army, contactors from General Atomics load hellfire missiles onto an MQ-1C ... was the highly secretive Hellfire R9X - know by various nicknames, including ...

The low collateral damage variant of the Hellfire missile, with pop-out blades instead of an explosive warhead, was first ...

Less than a year ago, a US drone strike - using a more conventional Hellfire missile - struck a white ... US official said the likely choice of an R9X is an example of the administration's effort ...