The Missile Defense Agency conducted a hover test of the Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) on December 2, 2008. The video of this test is rather amazing as this device shoots rocket bursts in all directions in order to hover in the air and point itself at moving targets.
The MKV-L mission is to destroy medium through intercontinental-range ballistic missiles equipped with multiple warheads or countermeasures by using a single interceptor missile. During an actual hostile ballistic missile attack, the carrier vehicle with its cargo of small kill vehicles will maneuver into the path of an enemy missile. Using tracking data from the Ballistic Missile Defense System and its own seeker, the carrier vehicle will dispense and guide the kill vehicles to destroy any warheads or countermeasures.
For more info, see:
Multiple Kill Vehicle Completes Hover Test
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Propulsion System Successfully Hovers Missile Defense Payload
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