Well Tonight I finished up the interceptor silo model for the Interceptor missiles to sit in.
I have set it up with the missiles in their silos so people can see how it will look like during gameplay.
Below are some in-game pictures taken at different angles.
Last night I finished up the Interceptor model to replace the low poly one we have.
I even took the time to give it a temp skin. I think it turned out nicely for a few hours work. Here are a few pics of the new model, showing it off at different angles.
Source: Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
PRESS RELEASE
Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” Obering, director of the Missile Defense Agency, announced today that an interceptor missile launched from the U.S. Navy Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie successfully intercepted and destroyed a short-range target missile launched from the Hawaiian island of Kauai. This is the fifth successful intercept in six tests.
This test marked the first use of an operationally configured Standard Missile 3 interceptor, and is designed to intercept and destroy short to medium range ballistic missiles. The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense is an integral part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System now being developed, tested and fielded by the Missile Defense Agency as part of a “layered” missile defense designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles of all ranges—short, medium, intermediate and long-range—during any phase of their flight.
The target missile was launched from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Kauai at 11:03 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time (4:03 p.m. Eastern Standard Time). About one minute later the USS Lake Erie launched the Standard Missile 3 from its patrol area located more than 100 miles from Kauai, and the intercept was achieved about two minutes after the interceptor was launched.
The USS Lake Erie detected, then tracked the target and developed a fire control solution and launched the Standard Missile 3. The interceptor missile tracked successfully to put itself into the path of the incoming target missile, and collided directly with the missile using only the force of the collision to demonstrate “hit to kill” technology. This is the same technology used successfully in the development of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system designed to intercept and destroy long-range missiles, and also used by the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 interceptor missile system developed by the Missile Defense Agency and now operational with the U.S. Army.
The USS Russell, a U.S. Navy Aegis destroyer, also participated and was configured with the Ballistic Missile Defense Signal Processor (BSP) 1.0 in support of Block 2006 risk reduction activities. BSP 1.0 provides a real-time S-Band radar discrimination capability through Medium Band and Synthetic Wide Band signal processing with improved target feature extraction and classification through the use of advanced algorithms, providing precision handover of the tracked object for increased probability of engagement success.
In an additional collateral test, the Standard Missile 3’s advanced two-color Infrared Seeker, carried in the Missile Defense Agency’s airborne sensor testbed aircraft, detected and tracked the target, collecting data to support a future upgrade to Standard Missile 3. Along with the BSP, this infrared seeker will provide Aegis Ballistic Missile defense and the Ballistic Missile Defense system with significant capability against advanced threats.
Extensive post-test data will be evaluated to determine system performance, validate operational capability and identify potential modifications to the system to improve performance. The system’s Long Range Surveillance and Track capability now aboard the USS Lake Erie is essentially the same as that already installed on several Aegis destroyers attached to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The Aegis Weapon System, the basis for the sea-based element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, is currently deployed on 68 U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers, with 18 more ships currently planned.
Aegis is also the primary weapon system on the Japanese Kongo-class destroyers, and is part of two European ship construction programs — the Spanish F-100 and the Norwegian New Frigate. Also, the Republic of Korea is now building three Aegis-equipped destroyers, and Australia recently selected the Aegis Weapon System for its Air Warfare Destroyer program.
The Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy cooperatively manage the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors of Moorestown, New Jersey is the prime contractor for the Aegis Weapon System and Vertical Launch System installed in Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers. Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson, Arizona is the prime contractor for the Standard Missile 3.
Contact: News media points of contact are Cheryl Irwin, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs, at (703) 697-5331, Rick Lehner, Missile Defense Agency at (703) 697-8997 and Chris Taylor, Missile Defense Agency, (703) 697-8001, (703) 963-3484 (cell) or (808) 335-4740.
Photos are available at Navy Region Hawaii; Office of the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) website (www.defenselink.mil) or MDALink (www.acq.osd.mil/mda). Video is available at from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST on Digital uplink: AM03 (GE-3) TR-8 slot G, Data Rate 5.5 / 3/4 FEC / Symbol Rate 3.9787 / Downlink Freq. 11875.00 V Down. Analog uplink: AMC03 (GE-3) TR-8 C Downlink Freq. 11860.0 V Down Turnaround: CNN Newsbeam Atlanta 404-827-1094, Trouble Line: 678-313-6001
Today I finished collecting images of the interceptor missile and have begun modeling the missile. Along with these I have also collected images of the Pac-3 system, once I am done with the interceptor missile I will start in on the Pac-3 system.
On the coding front of the project our coders are right now working on the camera code, once we get that working we can start in on the players view and interceptor systems selection systems.
I was doing a little research last night, and while I was looking around for pictures or models of the minuteman 2 and 3, I came across this missilery site. They have lots of memorabilia for SAC and other missile related programs. So if you are someone who still uses a mouse-pad they have a nice line of mouse-pads and other stuff 
Mercenary-Missileer
“Compared to many aeronautical curiosities that have taken wing at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at California’s Edwards Air Force Base over the years, the latest military test stunts did not appear very remarkable. Last April, a low-slung aircraft, about the size of a sport utility vehicle but with batlike wings similar to those of the B-2 stealth bomber, took off, flew at 10,500 meters and then dropped a 110-kilogram inert precision bomb while zipping along at 700 kilometers per hour. Four months later, a pair of the aircraft took off and flew together. These were modest stunts, to be sure, except for this fact: the jets have no pilots. They are the future of warfare, the first working models of networked autonomous attack jets, and the U.S. Department of Defense would like to start building them by 2010. … Realizing this vision will require the creation of new airborne communications networks and a host of control systems that will make these jets more autonomous (though always under the ultimate control of a person) than anything built to date. These are the goals of a $4-billion, five-year program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon’s advanced research arm.”
Intereactive java based maps display satellites position in realtime.
a great way to locate the Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory or any of your favorite satellites. We even add the Space Shuttle (during missions). This tracker is also used by our remote scientists to keep up with the mission.
The second national missile defense test has come to another bump in its way to working. At 9:22 P.M Sunday (1:22 A.M. Monday EST), a missile with a dummy warhead was launched from Kodiak Alaska. But something went wrong when the interceptor at the Ronald Reagan Test site did not launch from its silo, the dummy missile continued on course until it eventually crashed north of Wake Island.
Cause of the Interceptor not firing is under investigation but so far indications are that it was most likely not a failure with the missile itself but rather the fault may lie in the equipment in the silo.
These types of errors are to be expected in this type of project and the kinks just need to be worked out.
News posts about the test.
http://www.spacewar.com/2005/050215031732.ahiikb6u.html
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7626059
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/12/national/main666433.shtml
We are in the middle of getting everything setup here at the new interceptor shield home page, so be patience and we will be getting the finished look for the site done soon.
The Interceptor Shield mod site is now online and in the days to come, we will be adding more stuff to the mod site and getting everything tweaked and fine tuned.
What is Interceptor Shield you ask? well it is a mod about missile defence and will put the player in command of tracking and destroying enemy missiles. The goal is to make this mod realistic. But still keep it easy to play and a fun experience
