MKV-L Hover Robot from Missile Defense Agency (Test on December 2 2008)

[SEGnosis]

I don't think they will try to market this as stealth.

[gewizz2]

just buy a chineze 20euro helicopter duh!

[SniperPIKACHU]

I dont think a 20euro helicopter. can hold enough explosive to intercept missles. Plus, a small battery (1xxx mAh) can only drive the servo and motors just enough for it to rise up to less than 100m. Missiles dont explode on everything because of the sensors and the circuits wont allow it. Example: if a bird is passing through the route between the missle and the target, the thermal energy from the bird will fault trigger the missile. Your target should be plans etc... not even superman.

[gewizz2]

its amazing the way it hovers like something out of starwars,! and yes, i think i would be a great engineer so if you are highering, i live in spain!

just let me know! serious!

[SniperPIKACHU]

And its a good think ur interested in engineering even you didnt get the idea right but question is good. Engineering unlike scientist dont ask Why, we ask why the F not? So I guess u can be a good engineer. lol

[AssassinKNR]

What's the point of all that? Just to scare the crap out of people?

[autocon2002]

No, see, this is a missile-interception device. Ten or so of these little things would be deployed from a rocket launched from, say, a ship or land base, and each one would use those little rockets to maneuver into position for the incoming missile to hit and explode on. It weighs about 10 pounds, and it uses explosive fuel, so it exploding would cause the missile to explode as well.

They would act like little flying minefields, right in the path of incoming missiles.

[venuecam]

I doubt this vehicle has enough speed to to onstruct a missile let alone have enough fuel to detonate one.

It hovers while firing rounds. It'll get dropped from a chopper of released into battle and eliminate teams of enemy soldiers on the front line allowing time for allied soldiers to deploy.

[8DX]

uh NO. To intercept a missile you need lotsa speed and lotsa precision. not "being in the right place and waiting"

[AndThenAndThe]

you idiot, u know how fast missile fly? it takes a missile to catch a missile to catch a missile you idiot. this is not a missile

[Zaphodox]

@AndThenAndThe Actually you look to be the idiot... The MKV-L is a delivery system for kinetic missiles. Those lumpy cylinders on its sides would each have been an independently steerable 10lb kinetic weapon. This test was to test out the maneuvering thrusters. It just so happens that an ideal way to do this with something as lightweight as the MKV is the hover test you just saw.

[brian9015]

Here we come Osama