July 31st, 1974, United Nations

The Soviet Union today filed a protest against the United States for their recent 'live fire' test of the new XAIM-97A "Seekbat" Long Range Air to Air Missile in its secondary Anti-Satallite or 'ASAT' roll.

"If the United States wishes to keep distabalizing international relations by deploying such provocative Weapons, the Soviet Union will have no choice but to respond harshly." The Soviet Union's representitive to the UN declared.

"The Soviet Union's grounds for protestation of the deployment of the missile in question is completely baseless," US representative responded. "At no time did the missile overfly Soviet territory or endager soviet assests. The Seekbat Missile was designed to destroy bombers at long range and intercept low-eart-orbit satalites over the United States, purely a defensive weapon."

The Soviet Union however, claims that the weapon could be used to destroy vital communications satallites and other important orbital assets, making it a dangerous and unstable weapon.

The XAIM-97A "Seekbat" is an air-launched missile based on the United States Navy's SM-1 'Standard' missile. It has an undisclosed range of fifty miles against aircraft and can engage Low Earth Orbit stallites. The rescent test carried out by the United States Air Force involved a modified Convair F-106A "Delta Dart" interceptor of the 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron launching a missile at a target launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base the week before. The test was deemed successful when the missile intercepted and destroyed the target satallite.

I file a Protest on those weird looking Mach diamonds on that missle :p

Those aren't shock diamonds, they're shock crescent moons, along with shock hearts, stars, clovers, and horseshoes.

Lucky shock diamonds, they're magically alluring!


Funny thing is I only remember the F-15-based tests for ASAT launches.


The Jedi Master

Nice work chaser!

My God though, this is sure to stir up the rigid-historical-accuracy mod-Nazis. :p

The XAIM-97A was a real missile, and was constructed using both SM-1 and AGM-78 airframes according to data I've been able to dig up, it was developed in the early 70s to help defet LEO recon sats, and to be a long-range intercept missile. It was about a decade ahead of the ASAT that was to be deployed on the F-15A. The intended carry aircraft were to be specially modified F-106A Delta Darts and in some records, F-4E Phantom IIs. The Seekbat was actually fired several times in its LRAAM function, but never was test fired in in its LEOASAT mission.

Unfortunately, I can't get the proper mount for the Seekbat on the F-106A to work, through *ABSOLUTLEY NO FAULT OF THE SIX TEAM* because the Seekbat was intended to be loaded on the same pylons that the fuel tanks use. Thus, they cannot be loaded to the pylons without the fuel tanks showing up over them since the tanks are actually part of the model. Untill I can figure out an acceptable work-around for that, the Seekbat is mounted on the centerline weapons station in the bay, causing more interesting problems, but, hey, I needed a test aircraft.

When the weapons Team validates the weapon data I plan on releasing a mod for the F-4E to allow it to be armed with the Seekbat.

Unfortunately I'm still working on LEOSATS for the thing to be used on.....

I don't mind stuff that isn't historically accurate as long as I know it isn't supposed to be.

Bout sum's it up for me too.

In October 1971 the Space & Missile Systems Office informed HQ USAF that a Modified AGM-78 was a feasible ASAT weapon for F-4s & F-106s, and Seekbat was born. I have several pictures of the 106 with the XAIM-97A, and also read about it being used against MIG-25s. But I never read anything about a ASAT "live fire" test. Can you give us your info link??

Correction "That it could be used against MIG-25s"...

*chuckles* this was a fictional AP announcement, I'm sorry I thought this was obvious. If not that's my fault.