SHADO Interceptor

SHADO Interceptor
A SHADO Interceptor taking off
First appearance"Identified"
Last appearance"Reflections in the Water"
Information
AffiliationSHADO Moonbase
General characteristics
ClassSpace fighter
ArmamentsFront-mounted nuclear missile
PropulsionNuclear fusion rocket and hovering system rockets

The SHADO Interceptor, or Moonbase Interceptor, is a fictional space fighter that appears in the 1970s British science fiction television series UFO. Operated by SHADO (Supreme Headquarters of the Alien Defence Organisation) from its Moonbase lunar outpost, the Interceptor squadrons serve as Earth's first line of defence against incoming alien spacecraft.