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Meet the military’s ginsu knife missile with Jared Pietras

This breakdown with Jared Pietras dives into the Hellfire R9X, the infamous ginsu knife missile designed to take out targets ...
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Forgotten Hellfire Missile Experiments of the Cold War

The AGM-114 ‘Hellfire’ missile was developed by the US Army specifically to counter modern Soviet main battle tanks in a potential clash of superpowers. Thankfully for all concerned, such a conflict ...
The National Interest

What to Know About America’s AGM-114 “Hellfire” Missile

The AGM-114 Hellfire began as a way to give helicopters the ability to kill armored vehicles from beyond the range of small arms. Conceived in the 1970s and fully developed by the 1980s, the Hellfire ...
Scientific American

Here’s How a Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Works

Mysteries surround Russian president Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Sunday that his nation had successfully test-flown a nuclear-powered cruise missile. But there is an answer to the chief question ...
Phys.org

Expert explains how nuclear-powered missiles work—and what Russia's claimed test means for global strategic stability

Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in a military uniform, announced on Oct. 26, 2025, that Russia had successfully tested a nuclear-powered missile. If true, such a weapon could provide Russia ...
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Nuclear-powered missiles: An aerospace engineer explains how they work – and what Russia’s claimed test means for global strategic stability

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) Russian President ...