Raytheon developing missile-ramming Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle

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If you visit the Blue & Gray Museum in Decatur, Alabama, you’ll see a remarkable curiosity – two bullets that collided in midair during a battle in the American Civil War. What does this have to do with ballistic missile defense in the 21st century? Everything, because that's exactly what the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) being developed as part of the American Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) missile defense system is intended to do – destroy high-speed ballistic missile warheads in flight by hitting them head on. .. Continue Reading Raytheon developing missile-ramming Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle

Section: Aero Gizmo

Tags: Boeing, Military, Missile Defense, Raytheon, Space

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