List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia
Sites HA-48 and HA-08 were converted to fire the Nike Hercules missile and remained operational until 1968 and 1971, respectively. Both defense areas appear to have been manned by 2nd Battalion, 55th Artillery (Air Defense) at times between 1958 and 1964.
NIKE Air Defense Missile Sites - U.S. Army Center of Military ...
The NIKE air defense program fielded three generations of missiles: the NIKE-AJAX, the NIKE-HERCULES, and the NIKE-ZEUS. The United States Army developed them and issued them to units...
Nike Hercules - Wikipedia
The Nike Hercules was a command-guided, long-range, high-altitude anti-aircraft missile. [10] It was normally deployed in fixed bases with a central radar and control site (Integrated Fire Control area or IFC) separated from the launcher area (LA).
HM69 Nike Missile Base - Everglades National Park (U.S ...
Everglades National Park houses one of the best preserved relics of the Cold War in Florida, a historic Nike Hercules missile site called "Alpha Battery" or "HM69". A Historic Site. The site remains virtually the same as it was when official use of the site ended in 1979.
ALASKA’S COLD WAR NUCLEAR SHIELD - Nike missile
Alaska’s nuclear air defense shield was put into place in the late 1950’s with the building of eight nuclear capable NIKE HERCULES air defense missile sites (firing batteries), five sites in the “Fairbanks defense” area, which consisted of Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base, and three sites (including one with a double launching ...
Nike Missile Site HM-69 - Wikipedia
The Nike Missile Site HM-69 (also known as Hole in the Donut or Everglades Nike Site or Missile Base) is a former Nike-Hercules missile base, now listed as a historic site west of Homestead, Florida, United States. It is located on Long Pine Key Road in the Everglades National Park.
Nike Hercules Missile - Elmendorf Air Force Base
The Nike Hercules missile was driven by four radars located at the Integrated Fire Control area of each Nike site: the Target Tracking Radar, Target Ranging Radar, Missile Tracking Radar, and High-Powered Acquisition Radar.
Nike Missile - The Alliance for Florida's National Parks
2019年11月12日 · The South Florida Nike Hercules sites were integrated with Hawk missile sites to provide an all altitude defensive capability around South Florida. Approximately 140 soldiers staffed the 3 above-ground missile barns of HM69 to protect against an air attack from Cuba.
Nike Missile Site SF-88 - U.S. National Park Service
2023年6月18日 · Missiles at the Nike sites also could have carried nuclear payloads that would have detonated off the coast of the California communities that housed them. SF-88 in the Marin Headlands was one such site. Today, GGNRA preserves the site as it was during operations to remind visitors of the physical effects of the Cold War on the American landscape.
Abandoned missile base hidden in this Florida marsh. Here’s ...
2024年12月16日 · As a result, this base — the HM69 Nike Missile Base (a.k.a. “Alpha Battery”) — was built in the Everglades National Park, alongside three other batteries in South Florida.
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