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.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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