List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia
WEBThis article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces.
Nike Missile Site - U.S. National Park Service
WEBJul 8, 2024 · Welcome to the Nike Missile Site, the most fully restored Nike missile site in the country. During the tense years of the Cold War, from 1953 to 1979, the United States Army built and operated close to 300 Nike missile sites in the United States.
Nike Missile Site C47 - U.S. National Park Service
WEBNov 26, 2017 · Nike Missile Site C-47 near Wheeler, Indiana, is an intact Nike base intended to protect a major potential target, Chicago. Although the Army's first surface-to-air missile defense program began in a 1944 memorandum, it was not until the Soviet Union developed new long range, high altitude bombers capable of …
The Rusted, Rotting Remains of A New Jersey Missile Base
WEBJun 11, 2015 · This was one of the most highly classified, top secret locations in the United States, a Nike missile base called Fort Hancock. If you were caught anywhere near it in the last 50 or so years,...
A History of the Nike Missile Base at Pere Marquette State
WEBJan 10, 2019 · From 1960 to 1968, Pere Marquette State Park was the site of a Nike missile base that was capable of shooting down any enemy aircraft that menaced the St. Louis and Metro East area. The...
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.
NIKE Air Defense Missile Sites - U.S. Army Center of Military History
WEBThe 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 deployed both inside and outside of the boundaries of the Continental United States. Locating records of the NIKE program …
Nike Site Summit - Elmendorf Air Force Base
WEBNike Site Summit is a former U.S. Army Nike Hercules missile installation that sits atop Mount Gordon Lyon in the Chugach mountains on the eastern edge of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson adjacent to Chugach State Park.
Nike Site CL-59 - One of Eight Cold War Era Missile Bases in the ...
WEBDesignated as Nike Site CL-59 by the U.S. Army, it was tasked with protecting that particular part of Northeast Ohio from the perceived Soviet threat. The Army officially activated Nike Site CL-59 in 1956, and by July of that year, the base was capable of launching the cutting-edge Nike Ajax missile at incoming Soviet bombers.
Nike Missile Site Locations by State - The Military Standard
WEBNumber of Nike sites that were in service for each Defense Area by Year. This data is from the book To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program.