Nike Site Summit, Alaska - U.S. National Park Service
WEBOct 23, 2021 · Location: Anchorage, AK. Significance: Cold War Nike-Hercules anti-aircraft missile launch site. Designation: National Register of Historic Places, since 1996. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. Nike Site Summit served as a last line of defense against nuclear armed Soviet bombers during the Cold War.
Site Summit - Wikipedia
WEBThe Nike Site Summit (or just Site Summit) is a historic military installation of the United States Army in Anchorage Borough, Alaska. The site, located in the Chugach Mountains overlooking Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, is the location of one of the best-preserved surviving Nike-Hercules missile installations in the state.
Nike Hercules in Alaska - Elmendorf Air Force Base
WEBEight Nike Hercules sites were constructed in Alaska between 1957 and 1959, five in the Fairbanks area and three in the Anchorage area. Site Summit sat atop Mount Gordon Lyon protecting Fort Richardson, Elmendorf Air Force Base, and the city of Anchorage.
Friends of Nike Site Summit - Home
WEBOn June 29, 2023, members of FONSS and the JBER Cultural Resources Office were honored to facilitate a visit to Nike Site Summit for servicemembers of the Alaskan NORAD Region & Alaskan Command.
Nike Site Summit - ALASKA.ORG
WEBSite Summit, located in Arctic Valley at nearly 4,000 feet atop Mt. Gordon Lyon, was once home to a Nike Hercules missile battery, part of the 'Rings of Steel' missile defense system that surrounded major U.S. cities from possible Soviet missile attacks during the Cold War.
Alaska's Site Summit: Cold War Defense and its Legacy in the …
WEBAlaska’s Site Summit was a Nike-Hercules missile facility and part of the Nike Project. An active missile facility from May 1959 until July 1979, it is a preserved example of an American military defense site in the Cold War.
Overview of the Alaska Nike Sites | Project Jukebox
WEBOverview of the Alaska Nike Missile Sites. The Nike Hercules air defense system was a nationwide ground-based anti-aircraft system established to protect the United States during the Cold War. Guided nuclear missiles were used to seek and destroy incoming aircraft, such as nuclear armed Soviet bombers.
Nike Site Summit - Elmendorf Air Force Base
WEBEight Nike sites were constructed in Alaska; five around Fairbanks and three around Anchorage. Nike Site Summit is the most intact site of its kind in the nation and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as a nationally significant site.
Site Summit - U.S. National Park Service
WEBSite Summit, near Anchorage, Alaska, is an exceptionally well preserved Cold war-era Nike-Hercules missile installation and an important physical representation of U.S. military strategy during the Cold War.
Nike Missile Site Summit, Alaska - The Military Standard
WEBSite Summit, near Anchorage, Alaska, is an exceptionally well preserved Cold war-era Nike-Hercules missile installation and an important physical representation of U.S. military strategy during the Cold War.