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31, 2022."> </noscript> <figcaption class="article__legend" aria-hidden="true">Smoke is seen over Ayman Al-Zawahiri's house in the Sherpur district of Kabul on July 31, 2022. <span class="article__credit" aria-hidden="true">- / AFP</span> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="article__paragraph ">After President Joe Biden's August 1 announcement of the <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/08/02/us-operation-said-to-have-killed-top-al-qaeda-leader-al-zawahri_5992196_4.html">death of Al-Qaeda's number one operative, Ayman al-Zawahiri</a>, information about the weapon used remains unclear.</p> <div id="inread_top" class="dfp-slot dfp__slot dfp__inread dfp-unloaded" data-format="inread_top" aria-hidden="true"></div> <p class="article__paragraph ">Mr. Biden referred to a drone strike in his short speech from the White House. An American official told the press on condition of anonymity that the drone had dropped two Hellfire missiles and that no American military presence on the ground had been necessary. Kabul, for its part, initially denied a drone strike, referring to a "rocket" that had hit "an empty house," before acknowledging on Tuesday morning that an "air attack" had been carried out by "American drones."</p> <p class="article__paragraph ">There were no traces of an explosion on the targeted building or collateral victims, although the family of the Al-Qaeda leader was present in the house. All these clues point to the use of a secret missile, which is believed to have been involved in other targeted assassinations of extremist leaders, but whose use the Pentagon has never confirmed.</p> <section class="catcher catcher--favoris"> <div class="catcher__content"><span class="catcher__title catcher__title--hide">Read more</span><span class="catcher__desc"> <span class="icon__premium"><span class="sr-only">Subscribers only</span></span> <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/08/02/biden-tries-to-erase-afghanistan-failure-with-the-death-of-al-qaeda-s-number-1_5992224_4.html" class="js-article-read-also catcher--favoris__link" data-premium="1">Biden tries to erase Afghanistan failure with death of al-Zawahiri</a> </span> </div> </section> <h3 class="article__chapter-title">What are the clues after the American strike?</h3> <p class="article__paragraph ">Ayman Al-Zawahiri was killed on July 31 when two missiles hit a house in Kabul. The three-story home is located in Sherpur, an affluent area of the Afghan capital, where several villas are occupied by senior Taliban officials and commanders.</p> <div id="inread" class="dfp-slot dfp__slot dfp__inread dfp-unloaded" data-format="inread" aria-hidden="true"></div> <p class="article__paragraph ">The Al-Qaeda leader had been spotted "multiple times and for long periods of time on the balcony where he was finally hit" by the strike, the US official added. There were no signs of an explosion in the building and no one else was injured in the operation, US officials said.</p> <p class="article__paragraph ">Family members were present in the house but "were deliberately not targeted and were not injured," he added. Photos show windows on one floor blown out, but the rest of the building, including windows on other floors, is still intact.</p> <section class="catcher catcher--favoris"> <div class="catcher__content"><span class="catcher__title catcher__title--hide">Read the obituary</span><span class="catcher__desc"> <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2022/08/02/ayman-al-zawahiri-the-doctor-who-dedicated-his-life-to-jihad_5992258_15.html" class="js-article-read-also catcher--favoris__link" data-premium="">Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who dedicated his life to jihad</a> </span> </div> </section> <h3 class="article__chapter-title">What is a Hellfire R9X missile?</h3> <p class="article__paragraph ">US officials did mention the use of "Hellfire missiles" and these – the Hellfire AGM-114 specifically – are known for their powerful explosions and, often, the collateral damage they cause. The clues left after the American strike on Ayman Al-Zawahiri's house accordingly suggest, as American former investigative journalist Jay Hancock pointed out in a tweet, that <a href="https://twitter.com/jayhancock1/status/1554272598246178816" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Nouvelle fenêtre" >the CIA used another type of missile developed from the AGM-114 – the Hellfire R9X.</a></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="fr" data-tweet-id="1554272598246178816"> </blockquote> <p class="article__paragraph ">The R9X, also known as the "ninja bomb," was developed under the Obama administration and is said to lack an explosive charge. Equipped with six blades that deploy before impact, it shreds its target without any blast effect.</p> <section class="inread js-services-inread"> <div class="inread__headline"> <span>Partner service</span> </div> <a href="https://learn-french.lemonde.fr/?rfextension=LME" class="inread__link js-services-inread-link" target="_blank"> <div class="inread__title">Learn French with Gymglish</div> <div class="inread__desc">Thanks to a daily lesson, an original story and a personalized correction, in 15 minutes per day.</div> <div class="inread__cta">Try for free</div> </a> </section> <p class="article__paragraph ">The use of the R9X has never been officially acknowledged by the Pentagon or CIA, the two US entities responsible for targeted assassinations of extremist leaders. This mysterious weapon was named the "Flying Ginsu" after a famous 1980s television commercial for Ginsu brand kitchen knives, which could cut cleanly through aluminum cans and still remain perfectly sharp.</p> <h3 class="article__chapter-title">Precedents, but no confirmation</h3> <p class="article__paragraph ">The existence of such a missile was first mentioned in March 2017, when senior Al-Qaeda leader Abu Kheir Al-Masri was killed by a drone strike while traveling in a car in Syria. <a href="https://twitter.com/p_vanostaeyen/status/835930072972406784" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Nouvelle fenêtre" >The photos showed a large hole</a> through the roof of the car. The interior of the vehicle and its occupants had been shredded, but the front and back of the car appeared completely intact.</p> <p class="article__paragraph ">In the American press, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/secret-u-s-missile-aims-to-kill-only-terrorists-not-nearby-civilians-11557403411" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Nouvelle fenêtre" >a 2019 <em>Wall Street Journal </em>(<em>WSJ</em>)<em> </em>investigation</a> confirmed its use by the Americans after the death that year of Jamal Al-Badaoui, considered the deputy to the mastermind of the October 2000 suicide attack on the US destroyer USS Cole in the port of Aden.</p> <div id="inread-2" class="dfp-slot dfp__slot dfp__inread dfp-unloaded" data-format="inread" aria-hidden="true"></div> <p class="article__paragraph ">US officials had described the missile to the newspaper as "an anvil that falls from the sky at full speed." 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