Interceptor
Encyclopedia
Vehicles
- Interceptor aircraftInterceptor aircraftAn interceptor aircraft is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically to prevent missions of enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Interceptors generally rely on high speed and powerful armament in order to complete their mission as quickly as possible and set up...
(or simply "interceptor"), a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft - Ford Crown Victoria Police InterceptorFord Crown Victoria Police InterceptorThough the name has been officially in use since 1992, the 1978–1991 full-size LTDs and LTD Crown Victorias and 1992 updated body style used the "P72" production code designation for both fleet/taxi and police models, with the model itself being internally classified as S...
, a police car - Ford InterceptorFord InterceptorThe Ford Interceptor is a concept car which debuted at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. The Interceptor is a retro-styled sedan that reflects a modern interpretation of the classic sporty American muscle cars from the 1960s, like the Ford Galaxie. Ford...
, a 2007 concept car built on a stretched version of the Ford D2C platform - Interceptor 400Interceptor 400The Interceptor 400 was a turboprop-powered single-engined light aircraft developed from the Aero Commander 200. It failed to attract buyers, and was perhaps too far ahead of its time...
, a civilian aircraft marque - Interceptor ship, a type of military vessel designed specifically to intercept and destroy enemy ships or submarines (for example, USCG Long Range InterceptorUSCG Long Range InterceptorThe United States Coast Guard Long Range Interceptor is an 11 meter high speed launch vessel designed to be deployed from cutters via a rear launching ramp....
) - Jensen InterceptorJensen InterceptorThe Jensen Interceptor was a sporting GT-class car hand-built in the United Kingdom by Jensen Motors between 1966 and 1976. The Interceptor name had been used previously by Jensen for an earlier car made between 1950 and 1957...
, an automobile marque - Honda InterceptorHonda InterceptorHonda has produced a number of different motorcycles with the Interceptor name.More information is available under the model designation:*VF750F and VF500F*VF1000*VFR800*VTR250...
, a motorcycle
Plumbing and civil engineering
- A type of french drain#Variations in structure, often used in storm sewer systems, also called interceptor sewer or interceptor drain
- Grease interceptorGrease interceptorGrease traps are plumbing devices designed to intercept most greases and solids before they enter a wastewater disposal system. Common wastewater contains small amounts of oils which enter into septic tanks and treatment facilities to form a floating scum layer...
, another term for a grease trap
Popular culture
- Interceptor (TV series)Interceptor (TV series)Interceptor was a British game show created by Jacques Antoine and produced by Chatsworth Television for Thames Television in 1989, and shown on the ITV network during that summer, with the hosting its last show on 1 January 1990 for a New Year bonanza...
, a British television game show that ran during 1989 - Interceptor, a 1976 video game by Taito
- Interceptor, a 1992 movie starring Jürgen ProchnowJürgen ProchnowJürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the sympathetic submarine captain in Das Boot , Duke Leto Atreides I in Dune , the minor, but important role of Neo-Stalinist dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One and the villain Maxwell Dent in...
, Andrew DivoffAndrew DivoffAndrew Daniel Divoff is a Venezuelan film and television actor, best known for playing the evil Djinn in the two first Wishmaster films and the villains Cherry Ganz in Another 48 Hrs., Boris Bazylev in Air Force One, Ivan Sarnoff in CSI: Miami and Mikhail Bakunin in Lost.- Early life :Divoff was...
and Elizabeth MoreheadElizabeth MoreheadElizabeth Morehead is an American actress best known for her various television appearances.Her most memorable television performance was in the Seinfeld, episode, "The Pez Dispenser", where she played a professional pianist and the girlfriend of George Costanza... - Interceptor, a comic series by Ian EdgintonIan EdgintonIan Edginton is a British comic book writer.He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken: becoming successful in American comics before returning to work for 2000 AD.-Biography:...
and Steve PughSteve PughSteve Pugh is a British comic book artist who has worked for most of the major comic producers on both sides of the Atlantic: DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and 2000 AD.-Biography:... - Angel Intercepter, an aircraft piloted by the Angels in the original Captain Scarlet and the MysteronsCaptain Scarlet and the MysteronsCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill...
and the Falcon Intercepter as piloted by the Angels in Gerry Anderson's New Captain ScarletGerry Anderson's New Captain ScarletGerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet is a United Kingdom-produced computer-generated imagery action-adventure TV series which debuted in February 2005 as part of the Ministry of Mayhem on ITV.... - In computer gaming, spaceships with a similar purpose to interceptor aircraft or spacecraft, such as ...
- TIE Interceptor
- A type of near-Earth spacecraft in UFO (TV series)#SHADO equipment
- Mad Max's car, the Pursuit SpecialPursuit SpecialThe Pursuit Special is the fictional model of car driven by the officers of the fictional MFP in the Mad Max franchise of films.-Mad Max:...
- X-COM: InterceptorX-COM: Interceptor-External links:*: An extensive wiki containing information, analysis, strategy, and other resources for the X-COM series...
, a flight-sim/tactical strategy game from the X-COM series.
Other
- Interceptor body armorInterceptor body armorInterceptor Body Armor is the United States Army's primary bulletproof vest. The Interceptor design replaced the older fragmentation protective Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops body armor system, introduced in the early 1980s...
, an advanced form of combat protection currently fielded by the United States military - Interceptor Corporation
- Interceptor missile, a type of defensive missile used against other missiles in flight (for example, Kinetic Energy InterceptorKinetic Energy InterceptorThe Kinetic Energy Interceptor was a planned U.S. missile defense program whose goal was to design, develop, and deploy kinetic energy-based, mobile, ground and sea-launched missiles that could intercept and destroy enemy ballistic missiles during their boost, ascent and midcourse phases of flight...
) - Interceptor patternInterceptor patternIn the field of software development, an interceptor pattern is a software design pattern that is used when software systems or frameworks want to offer a way to change, or augment, their usual processing cycle...
used in software design, and in aspect-oriented programming - Interceptor Micros, a former Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum video game developer
- Milbemycin oximeMilbemycin oximeMilbemycin oxime is a veterinary drug from the group of milbemycins, used as a broad spectrum antiparasitic. It is active against worms , insects and mites ....
under the trade name "Interceptor", a heartworm preventative veterinary medication marketed by Novartis
See also
- Intercept (disambiguation)
- Interception (disambiguation)Interception (disambiguation)Interception may refer to:*Interception , the catching of a pass by a player on the opposing team*Interception , the interception of precipitation by vegetation*Military Signals intelligence...
- Police Interceptor (disambiguation)