After comming PDV test in May if Drdo used hit to kill method than kill vehicle will be called kinetic kill vehicle and if Drdo used proximitiy explosion than it will be called Directional explosion kill vehicle. but both are kill vehicles.
BUT i think DRDO will use kinetic kill because at...
kill vehicle is just a term coined by defence companies........full name of it is actually is EXOATMOSPHERIC KILL VEHICLE
EXOATMOSPHERIC=meaning outside atmosphere that is something above 50km. 99.99% part of atmosphere is within 40km.
KILL VEHICLE=(meaning there should be a seperate small...
you are reacting as if this is too slow speed...........its 3km/sec(mach 10.2) not 3 meter/sec actually mrbm have reentry(100km) speed of around 2.5km/sec and at 200km altitude its like 2km/sec.............icbms have reentry speed around 7.5km/sec to 9.5km/sec.
pdv can intercept target at...
pdv is terminal interceptor not midcourse interceptor..........so even if your missiles go 2000km up into space its not gonna fly there forever ultimately it has to come down.......and when it will we can intercept it and since all your missiles speed, at 200km altitude, is less than...
If these estimates are correct, then this yet to be tested ABM will give India the capability to engage only the SRBMs (Ghaznavi, Shaheen-I) of Pakistan.
if this abm test get successful then india will get the ability to destroy any object flying at 200km altitude with aproximate 3km/sec...