Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
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exoatmospheric-kill-vehicle-318-11293454
title:
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
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The Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) is the Raytheon-manufactured interceptor component with subcontractor Aerojet of the U.S. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD), part of the larger National Missile Defense system. The EKV is boosted to an intercept trajectory by a boost vehicle (missile), where it separates from the boost vehicle and autonomously collides with an incoming warhead. The EKV is launched by the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) missile, the launch vehicle of the GMD system. The EKV
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Interceptor part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense manufactured by Raytheon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoatmospheric_Kill_Vehicle
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2023-10-27T13:10:22Z
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