City of SeaTac WA Parks Dept. The solution was intercontinental ballistic missiles, which could be launched from Soviet soil. In single-family home subdivision built since inactivation of Nike Fire Control Site. Nike launch magazines abandoned and partially covered by a layer of soil, used for open-air storage. 2) Protection - Minuteman sites away from America's coastlines meant more warning time if submarines launched from off the coasts. South Florida Natural Resources Center in Everglades National Park, under control of National Park Service. New building for armory, no FC buildings remain. Private ownership. Buildings are current home to "Burlington Players" community theatre company. Magazines appear to be once under asphalted-over parking lot, however, access to one lift platform is now covered with dirt and the magazine is filled with water. Private ownership. Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. Upon deactivation of this Hercules battery in 1960, the equipment was forwarded to the Norfolk site at Deep Creek/Portsmouth. Intact Launch remains, no use known. A semi-circular embankment protecting the fueling area remains. Looks as if it is being used as a storage/junkyard. Redeveloped into American Foundation for Autistic Children. Nike was created to address a new. Used as the Bedford Electronics Research Annex. Buildings removed; foundations and radar tower concrete bases remain. FDS. Headquarters facilities were located at Tappan, Fort Totten, Fort Wadsworth, and Roslyn. Nike was meant to defend against manned aircraft. Site demolished and cleared. The missiles were stored horizontally underground. D-15DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-20 / Z-20 The Air Force ceased radar operations when the Army no longer needed radar support and the AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974. Partially intact. FDS. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. (WTTW Archive). An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Sweetwater AFS, TX in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Town of Manchester, Recreation Center. Some buildings standing, used for school bus storage. It is home to a MNDOT radio tower. Magazines are intact, per Baltimore County personnel, are locked and dry, and are used for Confined Space Entry and Rescue Training. Was a double-site Launcher and Integrated Fire Control Area for Nike-Ajax Missiles. Fenced. Many buildings still in use, magazines still electrified and operable, used by owner for storage. Coventry Park. Large piles of earth on top of magazines, some vehicles parked in magazine area visible in aerial images. Chicago Art Curators Stumbled on a Mystery. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC established at Fort Heath, MA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Magazine area used for school bus parking. Perimeter fence appears to be still standing, taken over by vegetation, however outline is clear in aerial imagery. Obliterated. GRAFTON The last remnants of a U.S. Army missile base that defended American skies during the Cold War can still be spotted by sharp-eyed visitors to Pere Marquette State Park. Hartford Defense Area (HA): Operational in 1956, these sites were first manned by Regular Army and later by Guard Units. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) W-13DC established at Fort Meade, MD in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. FDS. FDS Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School, the launch site is identified as the auto, building trades, and grounds keeping school. Now Northeastern University Marine Science Center. Thoroughly fenced in. After the Nike-Hercules site was inactivated in 1966, used by the Air Force until Loring's inactivation in the early 1990s as part of SAC's GCCS (Global Command & Control System. Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. Air Force operations ended 8 Sep 1968; the AADCP inactivated in 1969. Battery 8,8th Battalion,3rd Air Defense Brigade was located on the Chinen peninsula in southern part of the island. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. Air strip is now part of Evergreen Lakes subdivision. Above ground magazines protected by berms. Private owner, construction use. Has been turned into a public horse park named Paradise Ridge. Quite a few of the buildings, except for a metal structure on the north-east corner, are still standing. Abandoned. Now County highway maintenance storage facility. FDS. PennDOT training site. Bay doors and elevators still work and are still in use by owners. Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. FDS. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. The 436th AAAB was redesignated as an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion on 5 January 1957 and subsequently occupied four Nike Ajax sites, which went to 1st Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery on 1 September 1958. The country didnt deactivate most sites until the 70s after the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed by the Soviet Union and the U.S. in 1974. The conversion of former Atlas and Titan missile silos and other government facilities/bunkers into a new safe and functional "hardened" shelter complex requires an in-depth knowledge of a specialized construction program management methodology and specific engineering expertise. 20th century castles, llc has sold 60 properties. It's been shuttered since 1969 and all of the. Foundations visible in construction site. Some old military buildings, off "Nike Site Road". Launch site buildings bulldozed, dumped into the magazines, magazines sealed shut, soiled over & the whole area re-graded in the early 1970s to make it look like a natural area again, and they did a very thorough job. Private ownership, berm and assembly building exits. FDS. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol. The lower righthand corner of the Google Maps display has a plus sign and a minus sign that controls zooming. Used as a storage area. 2023 Atlas Obscura. Buildings removed, appears to be totally abandoned with no known use. 1 The U.S. Department of Defense chose Marine as one of the four sites for a Nike Missile Base in the St. Louis area. Redeveloped into shopping center. Intact, City of LA, White Point Park. Redeveloped as Anne Arundel County Schools Maint & Operations center. These were supposed to be airlifted to certain Nike sites in case of deterioration of the international political situation in the world. Small part US Army Reserve center. mouse with a scroll wheel, the wheel controls zooming. This area is within the SRA on the southern shore of the lake. intrusion detection mechanisms. Intact, USAR Center Orangeburg. The Full Screen control in the upper righthand corner of the Google Maps display expands the display to cover the entire computer screen. Magazine visible, covered with vegetation and refuse. Also some used to be in Arkansasthe Titan or Atlas missilesuntil one blew its fuel loadbecause of a dropped wrenchand threw its payload quite a distance. FDS. Some buildings remain, part of Foster/Gloucester Regional School District. Three sites were deactivated in December 1958 as only Saddle Mountain was converted to the new Nike Hercules. The U.S. developed the Nike missiles during the Cold War to defend against a new generation of Soviet bombers armed with nuclear weapons capable of reaching well beyond the countrys coasts and borders to almost any target in the United States. Private ownership, complete and buildings look in good shape. The property was transferred from the Army to the Air Force on 31 Jul 1964. Fenced. Old FC buildings in area in various states of deterioration and abandoned. Administrative Area buildings intact deteriorated. FDS. But the Ajax could only travel about 25 miles, which military leaders felt was not far enough to be an effective air defense. Private ownership, Old Army building still standing most in good condition, along with the roads. Magazines visible behind parking lot. Nike Ajax sites were phased out from 1960 to 1963. The Griggs House featured at the end of the movie, 'The Blair Witch Project' was located immediately behind the site, but has since been torn down. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) DF-30DC was established at Duncanville AFS, TX in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy. Abandoned. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SL-47DC was established at Belleville AFS, IL in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Single-family home. Units assigned are the 2071st USAR School, 326th Maintenance Battalion and 214th MI Company. The map below shows the current U.S. Nike launch site totally obliterated. All buildings in use in excellent condition. FDS. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) C-80DC established at Arlington Heights AI, IL in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. As in several other states, during the 1960s the National Guard assumed a greater role in operating the sites. Former missile pads still visible, apparently being used as a storage yard. For locations and views, fly in using Google Earth thanks to NikeSiteSearchers. Magazines were sealed during environmental hazards assessment in the 1990s but were then opened and badly vandalized. Intact, Explosives Technology. Residential housing built in place. Sites CL-02, CL-ll, and CL-69 were converted to fire Nike Hercules missiles. Hart Island, Double Magazines covered over with vegetation on north end of island; Buildings spread out all over the island, all appear in highly deterioration condition. In the mid-1990s, the site was sold to another developer who turned the control area into the Briarwood development. It was assigned to the United States Property and Fiscal Officer, State of Rhode Island for real property jurisdiction and control. Travis AFB Defense Area (T): Established to defend the USAF Strategic Air Command, later Military Airlift Command base. FDS. Visitors are also allowed access to one of the sections barn's. 374132N 1222652W / 37.69222N 122.44778W / 37.69222; -122.44778 (SF-59-CS). The sites around Fairbanks were inactivated in 1970 and 1971. Double-battery Nike launch area on top of tall ridge. Launch site looks abandoned, buildings in deteriorated condition. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) S-90DC established at Fort Lawton AFS, WA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. On 18 Sep 1968, IFC-2 was designated the Palehua AF Solar Observatory Research Site, activated, and assigned to Military Airlift Command with jurisdiction and operational control assigned to Air Weather Service. Totally obliterated. The post was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site M-97. Redeveloped into a corporate office complex. Concrete launching pads visible but doors concreted over. Also quite a few junk vehicles. No evidence of IFC. Operations at five of these Nike Hercules sites lasted until 1974. An Illinois transplant who grew up and went to school in Indiana for 22 years, Elizabeth holds a BFA in creative writing and has enjoyed traveling across the country and parts of Europe. The elevator still works in one magazine and is used at times to move the larger equipment. The buildings are now used as a thrift store, Granny's Attic, and a medical clinic. Baseball fields, recreation Halls, Tennis courts, playground etc. Access road to upper control site (IFC-1) inaccessible due to decades of vegetation growth taking back the road up to the top. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors visible. Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. private retirement home. San Pablo Ridge, California (SF-08 and SF-09 shared facilities). Underground single-magazine intact, Private Ownership. The site, known officially as 550th SMS Site 2, was constructed in 1961 and decommissioned on June 25, 1965. Site is now the location of the University of Texas System Police Academy. Now a forest preserve. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. May be some building foundations and old roads. A few buildings in use by Teen Challenge; drug & alcohol rehab center. 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Another launch facility was on the South Side in Jackson Park, with the radar and control center on Promontory Point. Due to its solid fuel technology, the missiles could be mass produced. Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. Intact, US Park Service, very deteriorated condition. A large elevator would bring the missiles to the surface, and crew members would push the missile to position. Used primarily as a junkyard. . Now L-58C is used as a Long Range Radar (LRR) site by the FAA, designated "J-63" equipped with ARSR-4 Radar. Especially to the East of them which is the direction of prevailing winds. In the early part of the Cold War, the threat (perceived or real) of Soviet attack prompted the creation of several U.S. weapons, including the Nike missile. The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army. Demolition of this facility began in 2015 and is now complete. FDS. All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets. Originally established during World War II as Camp Wolters. After the Army closed the Nike facility, It was gained as an off-base installation of Andrews AFB on 21 Feb 1975, under Headquarters Command. . Now well-preserved in private ownership. Magazines visible, earth grading equipment moving dirt around area. Magazines probably in good condition, launch area being used for trailer and outside storage. Much broken concrete lying around site. Razed and redeveloped into Montrose Harbor Park (part of the. Redeveloped area in northern tip of airport now has a general aviation hangar, parking lot and ramp area for aircraft parking. From 1958 to 1972, the Department of Defense deployed a contingent of surface-to-air missiles intended to shoot down any incoming nuclear missiles aimed at United States cities. FDS. Redeveloped, Private ownership. Later, Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) NY-55DC was established at Highlands AFS, NJ in June 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. Is on County Road 80S in Castle Rock, Minnesota. Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command. Today's W78 warheads are 23 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. C-44 Hegewisch/Wolf Lake. FDS. All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). Quick Description: Former Nike site in Naperville, Illinois. Press reports and Pentagon briefings have put the number of ICBMs at 400. FDS, now private ownership, fenced, restricted access. Hotel and commercial development. Buildings well maintained, appears to be 3 radar towers to the east of the buildings still standing. Manned by D/71st (7/54-9/58), D/1/71st (9/58-9/59) and VAArNG B/1/280th (9/59-3/63). Redeveloped Solano County Detention Center and Animal Shelter, FSUSD bus yard. Abandoned. Buildings in use by park personnel. Privately owned, abandoned and overgrown, surrounded on north and east by a new subdivision. While the project was approved, the development was never built. In use by state highway department and is currently covered by a bike track, a Hamburg Town Park, and Bulk Storage. A missile may have a MIRVed warhead, containing three W78 350-kiloton warheads, to attack three targets. LC buildings along Staley road still in use. The Integrated Firing Control Site buildings & radars (formerly located at the end of Hutschenreuter Road in Fork were removed sometime in the early 1980s, and the property is now in private hands. Heres why the US Air Force isnt concerned. 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For instance, the missile field of F. E. Warren Air Force Base includes portions of western Nebraska, northern Colorado, and eastern Wyoming, an area of more than 12,000 square miles. Residential housing plan. Complete with radar towers, in use, use unknown. [16], 413622N 0724129W / 41.60611N 72.69139W / 41.60611; -72.69139 (HA-48-CS). Obliterated by new construction. Redeveloped into single-family housing subdivision "Callaway Lakes". This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 15:53. Several were obliterated and turned into parks. No evidence of launchers. Concrete launcher foundations partially intact, Microwave/Communication Facility. It is also a safe haven for deer chased by hunters in the area, as it is completely fenced in. Obliterated. Buildings, some radar towers. It was faster, and could travel farther up to 90 miles. Only a couple of buildings standing. Record Group 21 Record Group 77 Record Group 291 Record Group 21, Records of the United States District Courts (2 civil cases) U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Chicago, Civil Records, Civil Case Files, Case 71C2016, Chicago Indian . The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. FDS. This will show things like FDS. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. No evidence of radar towers. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. Located at Battery Leary, Merriam, Upper Reservation, Ft. MacArthur. On 6 Mar 1951 it was redesignated Wolters Air Force Base. Hq Nike Group and staffing was located at the Avedre Lejr, at grid 5537'59"N 1226'55"E. Magazine area is in good shape, launch doors visible, probably welded shut. The launcher Area has about 7 launch pads with 3 underground bunkers and 1 barn with rails, about 80% finished when construction halted. Buildings torn down, foundations remain. Access road to site overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park, kits if debris on the launchers, site used as a storage yard. Double magazine now motor pool area for Army Reserve unit. There were more active silos in the past. Appears to be mostly intact with buildings in various states of deterioration, several radar towers visible on aerial imagery. Part of the concrete structures and the bases of the radar towers are still standing, and used for paintball wars by the local youth. No evidence of IFC site. Magazines visible, status unknown. After being inactivated by the Army, BA-09C was taken over by the Air Force sometime before 15 September 1967. Rhode Island Army National Guard, most buildings intact, Magazine area used as a motor pool. Built on 11 acres of land, the silo was specifically home to the. Navy amphibious training site. Used as City of Rancho Palos Verdes storage area. Mostly cleared land, some roads of IFC remain but that's about it. Cleared land, no evidence except a few pipes emerging from below ground; apron off Forest Way still visible. C-03 Montrose/Belmont. Radar towers removed. There is one original building left near the launch site, which has been refurbished and turned into a hall to host Cub Scout events and such. FDS. Many parked cars on site, probably employees. The first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) silos arrived on the Great Plains in 1959 when Atlas sites were constructed in Wyoming. Entire site now the WA National Guard Kent Armory. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. The site today is on the North Branch Trail on a leveled-off hill. Pads have been removed, with just disturbed earth and a cleared area where they were. It sits roughly 60 miles southwest of the city of Hami, known as the site of a re-education camp where the Chinese government detains Uyghurs and members of other minority groups. 262 just outside the town limits. eventually we came to a missile silo right near State Highway 34 and there was a semi-truck backed up right onto the pad inside the perimeter of the . Barracks remaining. Appears to be the base of a radar tower remaining, no buildings. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Largely intact, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department, Bossier Parish SWAT field training site. Still behind locked gate and fenced. Located at Bailey's Hill Park. Light office building, parking lot, also Worcester Nike Park. Part of this property (Control Site 5, from the Nike layout) had an even earlier use by the Army Air Forces. Mostly intact. Some traces of building foundations but nothing of missile launchers or magazines. Triple battery next to Lake Erie. Buildings have been razed but foundations remain; double-Nike-Ajax magazines badly cracked with wild vegetation overgrowing. Three magazines in place but buried. Concrete around magazines severely cracked both Ajax and Hercules doors. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. Please respect private property and observe these sites from the road. Batteries paved over with asphalt, new building construction. As the sites were decommissioned, they were first offered to federal agencies. There are currently three active missile wings (supposedly), each wing has a total of 150 silo's and three squadrons. [citation needed]. magazine paved over for school bus parking and as an outdoor education center, Redeveloped into Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus, Now City of Cleveland J L Stamps District Service Center, Part of Runway L6 Cleveland Lakefront Airport, Baseball Field, Part of Cleveland Tri-City Park, Tennis Courts, Part of Cleveland Tri-City Park, Private ownership. From the mid-1960s until the early 1990s there were 1,000 Minuteman Silos and 100 corresponding Launch Control Facilities for command and control. May be used as a parking lot. Today, a few foundations of buildings visible, launch area exists, condition unknown probably filled with water. Nothing left. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. MONTANA LOCATIONS Also used by City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Service. Redeveloped into open greenspace with retention ponds. Manned by C/36th (/54-9/58), C/1/562nd (9/58-3/60) and MDArNG A/1/70th (3/60-12/62). Today, the housing is abandoned and the homes had been removed, leaving the basements exposed. Redeveloped into single-family housing. Site was both an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master and later AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE Radar Direction Center. One small IFC building remains. Very deteriorated state. On 1 May 1961 PH-64DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-63/Z-63 Nike operations were inactivated on 30 Sep 1966. Site is now utilized by the LAPD SWAT team for training. Most buildings in good condition, magazine in good condition. Appears in good condition, buildings in use. Map showing the location of the Minuteman Missile Visitor Center, Launch Control Facility Delta-01 and Launch Facility (Missile Silo) Delta-09. Almost intact buildings still exist but are vandalized and a section has major fire damage. are the names of places, businesses, cities, etc. Obliterated, Cougar Mountain Regional Wildlife Park, Partially Intact, King County Sheriff's Department, Intact, Maple Valley Christian School, South King County Activity Center (shared launch with S-33), Intact, USAR Center, 104th Division, Training, Intact, Maple Valley Christian School, South King County Activity Center (shared launch with S-32), Partially Intact. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Maryland/District of Columbia/Northern Virginia, "Cieli fiammeggianti, dalla Guerra fredda a Base Tuono", by Alberto Mario Carnevale, Eugenio Ferracin, Maurizio Struffi, 2021, second edition, Nuclear Battlefields - Global Links in the Arms Race, by William M. Arkin and Richard W. 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Obliterated, State of Alaska control, demolished. Some buildings remain, in abandoned condition. FDS. Is now known as Nike Base Town Park; as such, it hosts Grand Island's Senior Citizen Center, a town-sponsored safe hangout for teens known as Reality Cafe, and space for group meetings. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. Former double-magazine site abandoned and mostly overgrown with vegetation. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Obliterated, LA Sheriff's Department Air Station. peter colquhoun family,