The Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) is a small flying device located in the tip of a Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) missile.

外太空杀伤拦截器(EKV)是一种位于陆基拦截弹(GBI)顶部的小型飞行器。

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After flying into space, the interceptor released its exoatmospheric kill vehicle, which tracked, intercepted and destroyed the target warhead.

飞入太空后，拦截弹释放外大气层杀伤装置，该装置进一步跟踪、拦截并摧毁目标弹头。

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" In fact, while the Pentagon's plan for this test called for the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) to perform "sensor characterization and evaluation of endgame algorithms, " in the event, it worked so flawlessly that it actually did "defeat an incoming target.

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According to the Deutch memo, the idea would be to modify somewhere between 20-50 Minuteman III ICBMs to carry an exoatmospheric-kill vehicle.

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