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VEHICULE DESTRUCTION CINETIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
CONT

... the US Army began in 1989 a programme to develop a direct ascent kinetic energy ASAT [antisatellite weapon] (KE-ASAT). The main component is a kinetic kill vehicle (KKV) that would be launched by rocket booster to strike and put a hostile satellite out of service.

OBS

KE-ASAT: kinetic energy antisatellite.

Key term(s)
  • kinetic energy antisatellite kill vehicle
  • kinetic energy anti-satellite kill vehicle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
CONT

[...] l'armée américaine a entamé en 1989 un programme de développement d'une ASAT [arme anti-satellite] à énergie cinétique (KE-ASAT) à ascension directe. Son composant principal est un véhicule de destruction cinétique (KKV) lancé par un propulseur-fusée pour frapper et mettre hors d'usage un satellite hostile.

Spanish

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