Laser-guided Hellfire missile traveling 230 mph killed Qassem Soleimani

By Spencer Neale

Published January 4, 2020 8:57pm ET

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Laser-guided Hellfire missile traveling 230 mph killed Qassem Soleimani — In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, an MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File) | Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt

A laser-guided Hellfire missile traveling at 230 mph killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in his car outside the Baghdad International Airport on Thursday.

The airstrike was ordered by President Trump and came from an MQ-9 Reaper drone made by U.S. company General Atomics. The $70 million drone plane carries a payload of four laser-guided Hellfire missiles.

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