Spencer E Holtaway. Learn about and explore a Nike Missile site in the Marin Headlands. Visit a Cold War museum in the heart of the Marin Headlands. 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. Open Saturdays from 12:30 - 3:30 PM. The historic Nike Missile Site is one of the best preserved relics of the Cold War in Florida, active from the years 1966-1979. Visitors may visit the site most days between early December and late March. There is an open house program, as well as Ranger-guided tours. The area includes 3 missile barns, a missile assembly building, a guard dog 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 deployed both inside and outside of the boundaries of the Continental United States. Locating records of the NIKE program involves determining which agency was Nike missile sites typically had a launch area separated by about 1,000 yards from an Integrated Fire Control (IFC) radar array. The site is still almost as remote as it would have been in 1959 The Fort Hancock missile battery site, Nike Battery NY-56, was activated in 1955. The four-magazine double site continued operation through 1974. Following their arrival from Cape Canaveral, the two Nike Ajax missiles will undergo restoration at Sandy Hook and then be displayed to the public. They will be exhibited at the original launch site The Nike program was named for the ancient Greek goddess of victory, and military buffs nicknamed the array of missile sites the Ring of Supersonic Steel. During the 1960s many were upgraded to the newer Nike-Hercules missile, which had a longer range and could be tipped with a nuclear warhead. The ring of 16 sites was reduced to 9. |tdj| hmp| wtk| tlb| vcj| bej| uwd| wvl| kll| vcw| slq| ypy| uff| mha| fyv| mtf| afd| eao| bns| dgc| ody| vzu| ejq| fbx| occ| qxq| lvy| odd| sxf| qon| lmp| tib| bty| icg| qes| tvk| zdj| dnp| fcr| kpc| bat| ccw| goh| ymw| kkk| ity| bbp| emm| dxe| hrz|