Our Enemies HAD NO IDEA We Could Do This! ... Kinetic Energy Weapon (MKV-L + MKV-R) Explained
Kinetic energy-based warheads that can intercept and
destroy multiple ballistic missiles, including possible decoy
targets (penetration aids). Known as the Multiple Kill
Vehicle (MKV).
The MKV concept provided the capability for more than one
kill vehicle to be launched from a single booster. The
system included a carrier vehicle with on-board sensors
and a number of kill vehicles, each equipped with its own
navigation thrusters and weighing around 10 pounds (4.5
kg). With multiple kill vehicles on a single target “cloud“ the
probability for a hit on the actual warhead is enhanced. The
capability of the system to intercept multiple independent
targets was also planned to be tested.
The MKV mission was to destroy medium-range through
intercontinental-range ballistic missiles equipped with
multiple warheads or countermeasures by using a single
interceptor missile. During an actual hostile ballistic missile
attack, the carrier vehicle with its cargo of small kill
vehicles would have maneuvered into the path of an enemy
missile. Using tracking data from the Ballistic Missile
Defense System and its own seeker, the carrier vehicle
would have dispensed and guided the kill vehicles to
destroy any warheads or countermeasures.
After successful development, MKV was planned to be
deployed on board Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI)
missiles, Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEl) and SM-3 Block
IA as well.
The MKV technology was being developed on a
dual-path basis by Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Company, designated MKV-L, and the Raytheon Company
(MKV-R).
The Missile Defense Agency announced that a
test of the MKV-L was conducted 2 December 2008, at the
National Hover Test Facility at Edwards Air Force Base,
California.
Preliminary indications were that planned test objectives
were achieved.
Objectives of the test included having the
MKV-L hover under its own power and prove its capability to
recognize and track a surrogate target in a flight
environment.
During the test, the MKV-L’s propulsion
system demonstrated maneuverability while tracking a
target.
The MKV-L transmitted video and flight telemetry to
the ground.
On April 6, 2009, United States Secretary of Defense
Robert M.
Gates announced that the Pentagon’s budget
would be reshaped.
Under this proposal the MKV program
would be terminated.
A similar program was restarted in August 2015, when
Raytheon, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin were contracted to
design a Multi-Object Kill Vehicle concept.
Raytheon
released information that seemed to indicate they were exclusively involved in this work, but it was incorrect.
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