Minovsky Drive
The latest of all Minovsky technologies, the Minovsky drive was formally introduced on the powerful V2 Gundam in April, U.C.0153. Development started in November, U.C.0152 and terminated in early U.C.0153. However, later intelligence indicated that the first unit equipped with a Minovsky drive is Mother Vanguard and its sister ship in Crossbone Gundam. Making use of the beam shield installed on the ship, the ship can be propelled by a mechanism similar to Minovsky drive.
The device emits a vast amount of Minovsky particles as a propulsion reaction. Although it may appear that the technology violates Newton's Second Law of Motion, the physics is very similar to that of a photon drive, because Minovsky particles have near-zero rest mass.
The Minovsky drive is by far the most powerful drive unit in the UC timeline. It is capable of a maximum acceleration of 20G (196.2 m/s^2) in the V2 Gundam. According to the MS Encyclopedia, the V Gundam novel and 1/60 HG model manual, it can, theoretically, accelerate up to a speed close to the speed of light. The external manifestation of the Minovsky drive are two large Minovsky particle plasma flames, the infamous "Wings of Light" (Hikari no tsubasa), projecting approximately 1km out from the drive. These beam wings have a similar destructive effect as a beam sabre.
A more advanced version is found in the novelized version equipped on the MS called Second V.