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Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV-L) Hover Test

Video of the Missile Defense Agency`s MKV-L. The device is meant to be used in a bundle of missile interceptors deployed by a larger "carrier".

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The Evil Bat : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

The Evil Bat

8 votes NegativePositive

344 days 14 hours ago...

Is this for the military or some space exploration program?
Either way it looks like a floating pina`ta of DEATH!

delt_osvp : LVL 46: VP 5: said:

delt_osvp

10 votes NegativePositive

344 days 13 hours ago...

looks fuel efficient notttt

pharb : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

pharb

-4 votes NegativePositive

344 days 12 hours ago...

Dunno if its meant for multiple infantry kills or not but if it is looks like more than half the bullets would end up being fired over the average soldiers head, super complicated fail imo

assmaster : LVL 43: VP 5: said:

assmaster

7 votes NegativePositive

344 days 11 hours ago...

looks cgi to me.

Rhaaaaa : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

Rhaaaaa

4 votes NegativePositive

344 days 10 hours ago...

I think its a new Mexican pinata, they just added the fun of explosives to it.

razorfane : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

razorfane

28 votes NegativePositive

344 days 8 hours ago...

It should explode once it`s done

HairyLikeAnimal : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

HairyLikeAnimal

2 votes NegativePositive

344 days 7 hours ago...

cool idea and all but it seems kina useless

davedange : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

davedange

0 votes NegativePositive

344 days 5 hours ago...

It doesn`t look real to me. The camera wobbles but it doesn`t. It seems pretty inefficient to me too, why not just toss a big ol` bomb in instead?

h3adfuk : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

h3adfuk

-2 votes NegativePositive

344 days 3 hours ago...

I wouldn`t like to think of what would happen if friendlies accidentally came across this lying in the sand....

think&write : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

think&write

4 votes NegativePositive

343 days 23 hours ago...

Seems to me somebody at NASA has been playing too much Garry`s Mod ;P

Hopium : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Hopium

3 votes NegativePositive

343 days 23 hours ago...

im pretty sure this is more effective then a gun in a sense that if i were holding someone hostage or barricaded myself in a bunker and they sent this in i would be shitting my pants while staring in amazement

Tada : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Tada

17 votes NegativePositive

343 days 22 hours ago...

Wikipedia: The Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) is a planned U.S. missile defense program[1] whose goal is to design, develop, and deploy small multiple kinetic energy-based warheads that can intercept and destroy multiple ballistic missiles, including possible decoy targets (penetration aids).

The MKV concept allows more than one kill vehicle to be launched from a single booster. The system includes 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. With multiple kill vehicles on a single target the probability for a hit is enhanced, the option to intercepts multiple targets is also being tested.

The MKV mission is to destroy medium 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 will maneuver into the path of an enemy missile. Using tracking data from the Ballistic Missile Defense System and its own seeker, the carrier vehicle will dispense and guide the kill vehicles to destroy any warheads or countermeasures.

After successful development, MKV are planned to be deployed on board GBI missiles, KEI and SM-3 Block IIA as well.

The MKV technology is being developed on a dual-path basis by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, designated MKV-L, and the Raytheon Company (MKV-R).

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 are 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.

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In short, it shoots dows missles.

stbasdf : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

stbasdf

1 votes NegativePositive

342 days 20 hours ago...

i don`t think it`s firing bullets, it looks like it`s firing thrusters to keep itself in place. i thought the weapon in the missile defense system is just a vehicle with rocket propulsion that tries to ram the target missile, just as wikipedia says ^

shumbum : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

shumbum

1 votes NegativePositive

332 days ago...

sounds more like a hovering pop-corn making machine to me.

funberg : LVL 46: VP 5: said:

funberg

2 votes NegativePositive

331 days 9 hours ago...

I was approached at school a while ago to work on an explosively powered robot concept, but couldn`t get any funding for it :(
Thanks for the info Tada, I`ve helped set up a test or two for Raytheon, maybe someday I`ll be able to see one of these up close.

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