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Title: The U.S. Military Has a Master Plan to Crush North Korea's Nuclear ICBMs
Post by: DemolitionMan on September 24, 2017, 08:23:40 am
Kris Osborn

Raytheon describes its developmental approach as one that hinges upon what’s called “open-architecture,” a strategy designed to engineer systems with the ability to easily embrace and integrate new technologies as they emerge. This strategy will allow the MOKV platform to better adjust to fast-changing threats, Nicholls said.

A US military upgraded Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, or EKV, a kinetic-force weapon that slams into its targets, destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time during a Missile Defense Agency test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system several months ago.

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http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-us-military-has-master-plan-crush-north-koreas-nuclear-22293