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coordinates) The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army. This article lists sites in the United States, most responsibleformer Nike Missile launch site at Fort Barry, in the Marin Headlands to the north of San Francisco, California, United States. Opened in 1954, the site wasThe Nike Ajax was an American guided surface-to-air missile (SAM) developed by Bell Labs for the United States Army. The world's first operational guidedNike Missile Site C-47 is a former missile site near Portage, Indiana. The Nike defense system was a Cold War-era missile system in the United StatesNike 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 asProject Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile systemThe Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- andanti-ballistic missile system List of Nike missile sites Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Пуск Ракеты "ЯРС" РС-24 The launch of a Rocket "YARS" RSNike Zeus was an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system developed by the United States Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s that was designed to destroycentury. In the 1950s, a series of anti-aircraft missiles were developed as part of Project Nike. The latest in the series, Nike-Zeus, offered extremely long-rangeSpartan missiles on display. Sprint (missile) Nike-Hercules missile Nike Zeus Missile Command (video game) Related lists List of military aircraft of thedevelopment of Nike-X, controversy over the effectiveness of anti-ballistic missile systems became more prominent. Critiques of the Nike-X included ansystems into the shortest-range roles. The American Nike Ajax was the first operational guided missile SAM system, and the Soviet Union's S-75 Dvina wastwo sites in Canada. The first US site was declared operational in 1959, but with only a single working missile. Bringing the rest of the missiles intoThe Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 limited the US and Soviet Union to two ABM sites each. Safeguard was scaled back to sites in North Dakota andthe first stage of the Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles as part of Project Nike. It was subsequently employed in a variety of missiles and multi-stagethe site is properly documented through a reference. Missile locations with no launches are not included in the list. Proposed and planned sites and siteshave a total of 480 Spartan and 192 Sprint missiles. Sentinel was a response to the rapidly rising costs of the earlier Nike-X concept. Nike-X was designed129; -118.513 List of Nike missile sites "L.A.'s Cold War Sentinels" Los Angeles Daily News Sunday October 3, 1993 pages 1,8,9 "Map and Site Information:Elmendorf–Richardson, is the location of one of the best-preserved surviving Nike-Hercules missile installations in the state. The site's structures include a batteryanti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). Ballistic missiles are used to deliverbeam is used, as in Nike Ajax. They also have the problem that radar signals spread out with increasing distance, making the missile increasingly inaccurateThe Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands (IATA: BKH, ICAO: PHBK, FAA LID: BKH) is a U.S. naval facility and airport located five nautical mileswarhead, comparable to the U.S. Nike Zeus. The A-350R (NATO reporting name ABM-1B) was introduced with the advanced A-35M missile system and became operationalthe Nike Zeus system, and began development of the MGM-31 Pershing missile system, which later played a role in ending the Cold War. As part of the 1957–58integrating the area's Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites (16 sites for MIM-14 Nike-Hercules missiles until 1968). The DC had High Frequency Crosstell communicationmoved there instead. A Nike missile site was located there in 1955 and the summit was flattened to accommodate it. The missile site was abandoned in 1965(1964—1992), the Cold War site for Nike Hercules rockets White Sands Launch Complex 38 (1960-1963), the Cold War site for Nike Zeus testing Yoshinobu Launch1960s Nike Hercules missile system; the US designates it as the Nike Hercules Korea (NHK-1). In 1986, South Korea succeeded in test-launching a missile withmost powerful phased array radar system in the US Space Force's fleet of missile warning and space surveillance systems, behind the more modern PAVE PAWSupon the former BR-73 Nike missile site in the mid-1960s and has undergone several upgrades and refurbishments since then. List of astronomical observatoriesfortifications that span centuries of California history, from the Spanish conquistadors to Cold War-era Nike missile sites. The park was created thanks toBrigade), the U.S. Army continued to operate the Nike missiles there until June 1973, when all the Nike sites were turned over to the Japan Air Self-Defenseby Nike missile systems in the late 1950s (see List of Nike missile sites#Pennsylvania and List of Nike missile sites#New Jersey). The Nike missiles werehardened MGM-13 MACE missile launch sites; Naha AFB, Henoko [Camp Henoko (Ordnance Ammunition Depot) at Camp Schwab], and the Nike Hercules units on OkinawaCongressional funding for additional sites was initiated in 1959 after the "Missile Master Plan" resolved the Army Project Nike and USAF CIM-10 Bomarc plans forof the NATO alliance and will replace the old Nike Hercules system and several battalions of Hawk missiles, an Army announcement said. "Raytheon Unveilsas of 2023. S-75 Dvina Bloodhound (missile) MIM-14 Nike Hercules Sayyad-2 Sayyad-3 List of NATO reporting names for surface-to-air missiles List of surface-to-airhad spin-off effects on non-ICBM programs. The Army's Nike Zeus, an interceptor missile capable of shooting down Soviet warheads, provided another way toNike Ajax surface-to-air missiles in December 1953 (operational May 1954) and an accidental firing occurred in 1955 with Battery C, 36th AAA Missile Battalionfrom there by 2020 though as of early 2022 the launch is planned for the end of this year. Air Force Space and Missile Museum Bergeron, Julia (13 Julynine sites where Army Missile Master bunkers were being constructed through December 14, 1960. Construction of the Highlands Army Air Defense Site forMissile Master was a US Army surface-to-air missile control complex/facility. It controlled Project Nike missiles. Virtually all Missile Masters had aballistic missile defense can be traced back to the Nike Zeus program in the late-1950s, being developed to counter the Soviet Union's ballistic missiles, howeverRiker Hill Art Park is a former Nike Missile base which has become an artistic community https://www.facebook.com/RikerHillArtParkArtists/ in Livingstonis a list of spaceflight related events which occurred in 1956. Crewed orbital spaceflight studied First nuclear warhead launched on a missile AtlasCold-weather warfare List of Nike missile locations - for USARAL missile locations in 1950s "Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military HistoryThe 32nd AAMDC or 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command (32nd AAMDC) is a theater level Army air and missile defense multi-component organization witha Project Nike CCCS system for converting data between Army Air Defense Command Posts (AADCP) and Integrated Fire Control sites for missile Launch Areassystem" with Nike Zeus SAMs. On 19 October 1959, HQ USAF assigned ADC the "planning responsibility" for eventual operation of the Missile Defense Alarm

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