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The 6000 mph record shot was a test of the SM-3 KKV against a target simulator. The sound of the impact is pretty impressive. I'm more interested in the motor though:

"The Super Roadrunner motor developed specifically for the Hypersonic Upgrade Program produced 228,000 pounds of thrust for 1.4 seconds and weighed only 1,100 pounds. The maximum acceleration of the sled was 157-g’s, or 157 times the force exerted by gravity. When the payload impacted the target, it had 363 mega joules of energy – that’s equal to a car impacting a brick wall at 2,020 miles per hour."

So the sled's peak acceleration was 50% higher than a Sprint missile.

edit: The payload was a "25lb payload". I can't find the article that said it was an SM-3 KKV simulator.

A different test but you get the idea:

http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/news99/990809-usn-kinetic.htm

<blockquote data-quote="Sferrin" data-source="post: 63763" data-attributes="member: 7600">The 6000 mph record shot was a test of the SM-3 KKV against a target simulator.&nbsp; The sound of the impact is pretty impressive.&nbsp; I'm more interested in the motor though:&quot;The Super Roadrunner motor developed specifically for the Hypersonic Upgrade Program produced 228,000 pounds of thrust for 1.4 seconds and weighed only 1,100 pounds. The maximum acceleration of the sled was 157-g’s, or 157 times the force exerted by gravity. When the payload impacted the target, it had 363 mega joules of energy – that’s equal to a car impacting a brick wall at 2,020 miles per hour.&quot;So the sled's peak acceleration was 50% higher than a Sprint missile. edit: The payload was a &quot;25lb payload&quot;.&nbsp; I can't find the article that said it was an SM-3 KKV simulator.A different test but you get the idea:http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/news99/990809-usn-kinetic.htm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sferrin, post: 63763, member: 7600"] The 6000 mph record shot was a test of the SM-3 KKV against a target simulator. The sound of the impact is pretty impressive. I'm more interested in the motor though: "The Super Roadrunner motor developed specifically for the Hypersonic Upgrade Program produced 228,000 pounds of thrust for 1.4 seconds and weighed only 1,100 pounds. The maximum acceleration of the sled was [b]157-g’s[/b], or 157 times the force exerted by gravity. When the payload impacted the target, it had 363 mega joules of energy – that’s equal to a car impacting a brick wall at 2,020 miles per hour." So the sled's peak acceleration was 50% higher than a Sprint missile. [color=red]edit: The payload was a "25lb payload". I can't find the article that said it was an SM-3 KKV simulator.[/color] A different test but you get the idea: http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/news99/990809-usn-kinetic.htm [/QUOTE]

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