Missile defense multiple kill vehicle hover test

Mmm... popcorn! That flies! And takes out missiles.
Thank you military. I needed flying popcorn of death. I will purchase that at Walmart next year.

Stealthy? well...

@Rectu Yeah slave. You dont deserve a Hover car.

Newest generation ICBMs travel almost as fast as the explosion itself, so by the time the warhead exploded, the ICBM would have traveled past it. Unless you want to detonate it in the ICBM's path shortly before it gets there...but damn things move so fast that it's just easier at this point to slam some metal into it instead of hitting it with explosives which would require detonating the warhead before the ICBM got there which makes it more complicated.

"Civilians"

The Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) in spite of its name doesn't kill anything (unless you drop on on your head). It intercepts and knocks down incoming missiles (designed to kill you) by sheer inertial - no explosives involved.

@truthlocker
Sort of. I think what they meant by 'kill' is that it terminates incoming missile threats; i.e., it kills the missile. They drop multiples of these (in clusters) to intercept multiple threats.

it's actually filled with warheads, not just pure kinetic energy

That makes sense. I guess to make sure they detonate the missiles, yeah. Thanks for the info.