The United States is seeking to improve its ability to engage any intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) warhead by developing a Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV), the Department of Defense US Missile Defense Review stated on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th January, 2019) The United States is seeking to improve its ability to engage any intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) warhead by developing a Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV), the Department of Defense US Missile Defense Review stated on Thursday."MOKV is a next generation kinetic kill vehicle for the GBI designed to improve the ability to engage ICBM warheads, decoys, and countermeasures using a single defensive interceptor," the review said. "While the number of GBIs is limited, MOKV could improve the performance of the GMD system by increasing the probability of successfully intercepting the warhead."