{"id":4049,"date":"2020-01-07T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2020-01-07T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T00:40:00","slug":"the-230mph-hellfire-missile-that-killed-soleimani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=4049","title":{"rendered":"The 230Mph Hellfire Missile That Killed Soleimani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tracked for years&#8230;wiped out by a drone: How Qassem Soleimani was targeted by 230mph laser guided Hellfire missile fired from near-silent US MQ-9 Reaper drone after years of intelligence tracking his whereabouts<br><\/strong><br><em>*Qassem Soleimani, 62, was targeted as he was leaving Baghdad airport in his car<br>*A near-silent US MQ-9 Reaper drone launched the laser-guided Hellfire missile<br>*Soleimani was under near-constant surveillance by US, Saudi and Israeli forces<br>*He had survived several assassination attempts over the past two decades<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunter-killer drone struck at 230mph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local militia commander Abu Muntather al-Hussaini said two missiles hit the car carrying Soleimani, 62, and al-Muhandis, 66. The second car was struck by a single missile. They were said to have been launched by an unmanned MQ-9 \u2018hunter-killer\u2019 drone sent from the US Central Command headquarters in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piloted by a two-man crew hundreds of miles away, the 230mph drone can carry out precision strikes and relay images of the attack to commanders anywhere in the world. The $64million (\u00a349million) Reaper carries four laser-guided Hellfire missiles with 38lb warheads capable of destroying a tank, along with Paveway bombs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation experts said its flight was \u2018nearly silent\u2019, meaning its intended victims would have had little or no warning of its approach.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracked for years&#8230;wiped out by a drone: How Qassem Soleimani was targeted by 230mph laser guided Hellfire missile fired from near-silent US MQ-9 Reaper drone after years of intelligence tracking his whereabouts*Qassem Soleimani, 62, was targeted as he was leaving Baghdad airport in his car*A near-silent US MQ-9 Reaper drone launched the laser-guided Hellfire missile*Soleimani 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