SHADO Interceptor

SHADO Interceptor

First appearance	"Identified"
Affiliation	SHADO Moonbase
Launched	1970+
General characteristics
Class	Space fighter
Armaments	Frontal nuclear missile
Propulsion	Nuclear fusion rocket * Auxiliary rockets (never seen)

In the UFO TV series, the SHADO Interceptor, also known as Moonbase Interceptor^[1] is the primary defence spacecraft of the secret SHADO Moonbase.

The Interceptor was reproduced by Dinky Toys as a model spacecraft.

Description

The Interceptors are red and white space fighters used over the Moon and in Earth's orbit, equipped only with a self-destroying frontal nuclear missile.

The Interceptors, usually, fly in groups of three during a period of red alert. These spacecraft always do takeoff within three elevators hidden in as many lunar craters. During the flight, the three missiles are fired almost simultaneously.

This spacecraft can't fly in Earth's atmospheare, for unknown reasons. Their UFO opponents can't stay in Earth's atmospheare for prolungate times, because they probably explode. Straker, Freeman and Foster say this in "Survival", "Conflict", "The Square Triangle" and "Sub-Smash".

Influence

The Interceptor is one of the symbols of the UFO series and the base of the Space: 1999 Mark IX Hawk.

See also

• Dinky Interceptor
• Eagle Transporter
• Skydiver (submarine)
• Colonial Viper

References

1. Shadolibrary.com article on SHADO's aerospace equipment.