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The complexity of context

2023-11-14 (#120)

The Complexity of Context. Propaganda that got 90,000 likes on Tik Tok: the Hellfire R9X must be one of the most terrible weapons that exist, and are specifically designed to cut people to shreds. The post claims that Israel launched one outside the Al Shifa Hospital. The truth: the Hellfire R9X is designed to minimize collateral damage because it employs a different kind of warhead and doesn't cause the widespread destruction associated with conventional warheads. Israel's goal is not to harm innocent Palestinian civilians, whic his why it uses a weapon specifically designed to minimize casualties.

Video Transcription:

Alright, so this

picture got

90,000 likes on

TikTok.

Watch this

propaganda.

This weapon must

be one of

the most

terrible

things ever made

by human beings.

Specifically designed

to cut people to

shreds.

And Israel

launched it at a

Palestinian sheltered

outside

of the Al

Shifa hospital.

No words can

do justice to

the depravity

and evil we're

witnessing.

So this is

the Hellfire R

nine X missile.

This is

unbelievable.

So either these

people are

extremely

ignorant or

extremely

malicious.

Let's read this

together.

The Hellfire R

nine X is

distinct from

standard

Hellfire missiles

because

it is designed

to minimize

collateral

damage by

employing

a different type

of warhead.

Instead of the

explosive warhead

found

in traditional

Hellfire

missiles, the R

nine X is

equipped with a

dense, metallic,

kinetic energy

penetrator.

Typically made

of

steel, this

penetrator

is designed to

impact and

penetrate

the target,

rather

than causing a

big explosion.

The primary use

of the Hellfire

R nine X is for

precision

strikes against

high

value targets in

densely populated

or

sensitive areas

where

minimizing collateral

damage

is critical.

By using the

kinetic energy

penetrator,

the missile can

eliminate specific

individuals

or vehicles

without

causing the

widespread

destruction associated

with explosive

warheads.

So Israel uses

this weapon to

try to minimize

collateral damage

and

target exactly

who they want to

target and

minimize

casualties.

Again, their

goal is not harm

innocent

Palestinian

civilians.

Think about it.

They use a

weapon specifically

designed

to minimize

casualties.

Israel doesn't

have

to use these

weapons.

They could have

used traditional

warheads.

It still would

have got the

job done.

It just would

have killed a

lot of innocent

people.

But no, we're

not going to

give them

credit.

We're going to

try to find

a way to

make them the

bad guy, no

matter what.

It's gross.

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