missile shoot in mid air

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i have to make a missile launch system using OOP in C++ as our semester final project.here's the scenario:
we have a missile launch base at a specific distance from our enemy's.the enemy will shoot a missile whose velocity,angle and range we know.We have to shoot our missile in such a way that it hits the enemy's in mid-air.how do I do that?i mean there are so many possibilities,e.g time correspondence.what should i do?
here are the features that i have added to this program:
1_the user will enter initial velocity of his missile and the program will calculate the angle required to hit the enemy base-and vice versa.
2_the user will enter the angle and velocity of the missile and the program will tell if his missile will hit the enemy base or not.
I think it is too simple,can you please also give me some ideas for more features.we havnt yet learned graphics,so kindly plz dont suggest those.

Posted 1-Dec-11 6:32am

alesiah

Updated 1-Dec-11 6:45am

Smithers-Jones

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Dec-11 12:50pm

Not a question. What kind of help do you expect? Remember, this is just Quick Questions & Answers.
--SA

Maximilien 1-Dec-11 14:15pm

A good start : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory (The easiest answer).
Other than that, I've got no clue.

Albert Holguin 1-Dec-11 16:17pm

Start simple, first simulate a simple ballistic missile launch and determine how you would intercept that missile along it's ballistic trajectory. That in itself could be challenging, don't think about other factors until you have that down, you can always add complexity as you go. If this were a true system (cough, cough, Patriot missiles), it would be highly complex.

Sergey Chepurin 1-Dec-11 16:27pm

And what OOP constructs you are going to implement here?
It is a pure calculation task.

Albert Holguin 1-Dec-11 17:56pm

You mean missiles can't be modeled as objects? hmm... I think they can.

Sergey Chepurin 2-Dec-11 1:29am

Of course they can be modeled as objects and we know it. But what for in this task? I mean, that pure calculation task is hardly fit as OOP exercise. This is not a Mars rover mission.

Mohibur Rashid 2-Dec-11 0:33am

This is a hell of a stupid question.....

What is the actual question here?

1. When your base station will destroyed by enemy?
or
2. When enemy has launched the missile?
or
3. Are you trying to develop the anti-missile launching system?
or
4. Or is it just If the enemy ever launch atomic missile you will launch the dooms day machine

Do you know that when you throw a spear at any speed it would go the farthest if you throw it in 45 degree angle.

If your question is like below:

You will have to hit the enemy missile at the middle of the path(if path is x unit then your antimissile will hit the missile at x/2 distance) then you need to know
1. When enemy will reach half away after launching.
2. How many time you have left before it reach to half way. Then you only can calculate the speed (vertical only) you need to launch the missile

Or may be you need something like this: If you throw a missile at x speed and y degree angle who is going to be your new enemy? thats other thing

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Smithers-Jones · Answer 1 · 2011-12-01T06:44:00

You could for example add windspeed and wind direction, factor in friction and air resistance, different sizes and forms of missiles and their effect on air resistance. Or add different kind of missiles, e.g. cluster munition.
How serious is the whole thing? If not too much, add a flock of birds and let them fly randomly in the patch of the missiles or some plane, or thunderstorm with random lightning or Superman...
There are so many possibilities, just sit down and think about it and I am sure, you will come up with something cool or interesting. Best of luck. :-)