hit-to-kill vehicle

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

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Domain spacecraft & rockets

löökhävitaja

hit-to-kill vehicle

tavaliselt ülehelikiirusel lendav mürsk või lennuvahend, mis hävitab kosmoseaparaadi löögiga

a kinetic (hypersonic velocity) vehicle that destroys its target by hitting it and thereby transferring a lethal amount of kinetic energy to it

löökhävitaja

hit-to-kill vehicle

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The Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle does not have any warhead and destroys the missile by actually colliding with it, a concept known as "hit-to-kill".

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hit-to-kill vehicle

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