What does a kinetic kill mean?

What does a kinetic kill mean?

Hit-to-kill, or kinetic kill, is a term used primarily in the military aerospace field to describe weapons that deliver their destructive power by hitting the target at high velocity and do not contain an explosive warhead.

How does multiple kill vehicle work?

The Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) system allows more than one kill vehicle to be launched from a single booster. The system consists of a carrier vehicle with on board sensors and a number of small, simple kill vehicles that can be independently cued against objects in a threat cluster.

How does the EKV work?

The EKV seeks out its target using multi-color sensors, a cutting-edge onboard computer and a rocket motor that helps it steer in space. It guides to the target and, with pinpoint precision, destroys it using nothing more than the force of a massive collision. No traditional warhead is necessary.

How accurate are Hellfire missiles?

If two missiles are needed for each kill then each Hellfire is at most only 50% reliable, which is not how this system has been described to Congress. Equally troubling is that Lockheed-Martin developed a suspect firing mechanism for the Hellfire to support the double tap.

What is a hit to kill missile?

“Hit-To-Kill” refers to how defensive missiles intercept incoming missile threats and collide with them in body-to-body impact. Unlike other defense mechanisms, Hit-To-Kill destroys targets with direct impact, taking out the threat and enhancing reliability to those on the ground.

How powerful is God’s rods?

The “rods from God” idea was a bundle of telephone-pole sized (20 feet long, one foot in diameter) tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching a speed of up to ten times the speed of sound.

Do kinetic weapons exist?

Orion’s Arm features them as a major weapon type in the galaxy of 10,000 years in the future, where they can be used on planets at speeds up to 99.9% that of light, typically sterilizing a large portion of the target world. They are referred to as Relativistic Kinetic Kill Systems, or RKKS (pronounced “rocks”).