Drone strike
Far East, nice spot, but isn't that the back door?
Hellfire was designed as an anti-tank shaped charge. Therefore focuses the "blast" forwards to create a molten jet that punctures a small hole through the armour.
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It's a shaped charged warhead, not much shrapnel. Lots of video of people using Anti Tank missiles in Syria vs large groups of personnel and often many walking (running!) away from the blast.
They do make a frag sleeve for the Hellfire now though I think.
They do make a frag sleeve for the Hellfire now though I think.
I would have said shaped charge version of the Hellfire rather than a blast frag, HE or MAC (thermobaric) shot if it was a US 'drone strike'. It really does look rather too clean though for my liking. That said, any bets on it being inter-extremist rivalry but blamed on US for ease and deniability? After all, the key extremist group formally known as Al Nusrah Front operate in Idlib, and given that last year they publically 'divorced' from the AQ franchise, why was AQ's 2ic in Idlib on ANF's turf otherwise?