Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle

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The Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle is a hit-to-kill interceptor payload designed to collide with and destroy incoming ballistic missile warheads in space during their midcourse phase.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf exoatmospheric kill vehicle
hit-to-kill interceptor payload
missile defense component
alsoKnownAs EKV
associatedWith National Missile Defense
homeland missile defense of the United States
belongsToProgram U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System
carriedBy Ground-Based Interceptor
controlledBy U.S. Missile Defense Agency
United States Army
countryOfOrigin United States
deployedAt Fort Greely
linked to: Fort Greely, Alaska

Vandenberg Space Force Base
designedBy Raytheon Missile Systems
linked to: Raytheon Company
designedTo collide with incoming ballistic missile warheads
destroy incoming ballistic missile warheads
discriminate between warheads and decoys
destructionMechanism kinetic energy
developedBy Raytheon
linked to: Raytheon Company
developedFor U.S. Missile Defense Agency
engagementMode direct collision
enteredService early 2000s
guidanceType inertial guidance
infrared homing
hasSubsystem divert and attitude control system
guidance system
infrared seeker
onboard computer
interceptionMethod hit-to-kill
missionType exoatmospheric interception
operatedBy United States Northern Command
operatingEnvironment space
operatingPhase midcourse phase of ballistic missile trajectory
partOf Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
programSuccessor Next Generation Interceptor kill vehicle
Redesigned Kill Vehicle
propulsionType solid divert thrusters
rangeCharacteristic exoatmospheric engagement only
status operational
targetPhase midcourse phase in space
targetType intercontinental ballistic missile warheads
separating reentry vehicles
technologyType hit-to-kill technology
testedBy Missile Defense Agency
usedFor ballistic missile defense
interception of ballistic missile warheads
midcourse phase interception
warhead none

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Ground-based Midcourse Defense component Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
Ground-based Midcourse Defense killVehicle Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
Next Generation Interceptor replaces Ground-Based Interceptor with Capability Enhancement II kill vehicle
linked to: Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense component Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
subject linked to: GMD
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense killVehicleType Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
subject linked to: GMD
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization notableProgram Exoatmospheric Reentry-vehicle Interceptor Subsystem
linked to: Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle