The Lightweight Exo-atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) is a lightweight miniaturized kinetic kill vehicle designed to destroy incoming ballistic missiles both...
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intercept. At that point, the third stage separates, and the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) kinetic warhead (KW) begins to search for the target...
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(2 ft.) (0.6 m) Speed of projectile: roughly 10 km/s (22,000 mph) Anti-ballistic missile Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile Wichner, David (26 March...
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Kinetic energy weapon (redirect from Kinetic projectile)
(KEI), Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP, used in Aegis BMDS), and THAAD do not (see Missile Defense Agency). A kinetic projectile can also...
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development of thermal batteries for Sea Lance and the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile. Other programs she supported include Space Station, Lunar...
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distributed electric propulsion for future aircraft Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile, a lightweight miniaturized kinetic kill vehicle Law Enforcement...
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of the Endo-Atmospheric Interceptor missile system test by India Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Video of the Exo-Atmospheric interceptor...
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in 1993. Missile testing activities continued with the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) Test Program, another U.S. Army strategic defense...
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About eight minutes later, Lake Erie, equipped with Aegis Lightweight Exo-atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) computer programs and equipment, and having tracked...
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Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (section Target for simulating endo-atmospheric flight of DF-21 ASBM)
be transformed into a surface-based system known as the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP). The original testing of the LEAP was done as part...
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to launch high-velocity projectiles. The projectile normally does not contain explosives, instead relying on the projectile's high kinetic energy to inflict...
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or flares. A high-altitude electromagnetic pulse is a result of an atmospheric nuclear explosion, as demonstrated by the United States' Starfish Prime...
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Baker, Paul; Kelley, Buster; Avetissian, Anne (June 1993). Lightweight exo-atmospheric projectile (LEAP) Space Flight Test, June 1992, performance validation...
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Richmond K. Turner served as the test platform for the Navy's Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) Program, firing the first LEAP shot ever and launching...
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Today these radars are also used for tracking the high-altitude, exo-atmospheric trajectory ballistic missiles. Gap filler radars are smaller, more...
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T U V W X Y Z See also References Above ground level – In aviation, atmospheric sciences and broadcasting, a height above ground level (AGL) is a height...
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