# al-Zawahiri done got sliced up {2022-08-02} **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [August 1, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948 "2022-08-01T22:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/21 "2022-08-03T03:03:35Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > There’s a camera and targeting laser all in the launch drone. A human operator looks through the camera and locks the targeting laser onto him. So long as they can see him, it’s not going to miss. If he walks back inside they abort and nobody is any the wiser. That’s what I’m talking about. There are delays. The kill order comes from Washington, it takes a few seconds. at least, probably more to authenticate and confirm. The ‘thing’ launches and takes some time to hit the target. With a non-energetic (non-explosive) weapon, inches are critical. He got up to water a planter on the balcony or get another beer, safe. You could be fine or you could be blended within half a step. A targeted car is so much more reliable. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/22 "2022-08-03T03:34:38Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > a special Hellfire missile that has no warhead, but instead deploys a bunch of long blades out from its sides and Ginsus the target. Or hell, if it hits you head on, then never mind the blades. Lord what days of wonders we live in! 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/23 "2022-08-03T03:50:51Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > He got up to water a planter on the balcony or get another beer, safe. You could be fine or you could be blended within half a step. Once he’s selected by the human operator and the camera is locked on him, the camera can certainly automatically track him as he moves around the balcony, and automatically abort if he walks back inside and it loses him. My digital camera costing a few thousand dollars can do that reliably. I’d bet it’s also set up for automatic abort if it sees a second human on the balcony. And all this is happening locally. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/24 "2022-08-03T03:51:46Z")
I struggle with this (a little). I am against the death penalty, but sometimes someone needs killing. And they way this appears to have been done makes it all the more interesting (thread title should say he got “chopped up”). ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/25 "2022-08-03T03:55:04Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I am against the death penalty It’s not a question of the death penalty when he cannot be captured and brought to trial. We’re effectively at war with an entity that is not a nation. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/26 "2022-08-03T03:58:33Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > thread title should say he got “chopped up That detail was unknown at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/27 "2022-08-03T04:12:07Z")
And if it hit him on the nose, it’s probably fair to say _he_ blew up. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/28 "2022-08-03T12:07:24Z")
Moderating: > [@ekedolphin](#): > > Of _course_ Trump didn’t recognize al-Zawahiri’s name, because he couldn’t be arsed to read his national intelligence briefings. This is a breaking news thread in MPSIMS. Please no political jabs. Feel free to start another thread in P&E or the pit. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/30 "2022-08-03T22:22:42Z")
Quite so. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/31 "2022-08-04T00:31:57Z")
Here’s a pretty detailed writeup: > **[How The CIA's Hit On Terror Kingpin Zawahiri Went Down](https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/how-the-cias-hit-on-terror-kingpin-zawahiri-went-down)** > > The knowns and unknowns about the successful strike operation that killed Ayman Al Zawahiri. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/32 "2022-08-04T01:09:46Z")
I’m still waiting for the laser version of this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DYgE2_hDoJY/hqdefault.jpg "Real Genius - Crossbow Project") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYgE2_hDoJY) ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/33 "2022-08-04T04:58:17Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I’m still waiting for the laser version of this: > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYgE2\_hDoJY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYgE2_hDoJY) Plus, it makes great popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/34 "2022-08-04T07:15:43Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Yeah, he didn’t get blowed up… He got hit with a special Hellfire missile that has no warhead, but instead deploys a bunch of long blades out from its sides and Ginsus the target. That way there are no collateral casualties. But it sounds horrific. > > The things are amazingly accurate. I saw one image of another strike on a car, with two missiles - one for the front seat, and one for the back. You could see the slices in the bodywork where the blades went through. Sounds wonderful. I would love to see a video of the smack-work this slicing Hellfire R9X does to its targets. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948/35 "2022-08-05T02:11:31Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Not at all. To use a shamelessly stolen line I saw in a comment on a news article about the event, he got [SLAP CHOPPED](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxGn2Egekic) Almost what I came in to post. [Slap Chop Rap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy9WJgOrUUA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948.md?page=1)