From the Wall Street Journal (emphasis ours): A modified version of the well-known Hellfire missile, the weapon carries an inert warhead. Instead of exploding, it is designed to plunge more than ...
Hellfire is an air-to-ground, laser guided, subsonic missile with significant anti-tank capacity. It can also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft ...
Among the main reasons for the Hellfire's repeated use is its precision. When a missile is launched from a drone, a weapons operator - sometimes sitting in an air-conditioned control room as far ...