All buildings razed, partially reused by parking lot and West Bayshore Blve. Off Nike Road. FDS. Being cleared and leveled. time knowing which ones. Also Nike Site Park. The German idea of an underground missile silo was adopted and developed by the United States for missile launch facilities for its intercontinental ballistic missiles. Lower site (IFC-2) used as a state conservation baseyard. Abandoned. Abandoned, replanted with pines. During the cleanup, the magazine elevator doors were sealed with asphalt for safety reasons.395216N 0745253W / 39.87111N 74.88139W / 39.87111; -74.88139 (PH-32-LS), 395145N 0752545W / 39.86250N 75.42917W / 39.86250; -75.42917 (PH-67-CS), 402901N 0800950W / 40.48361N 80.16389W / 40.48361; -80.16389 (PI-71-LS), 403138N 0800344W / 40.52722N 80.06222W / 40.52722; -80.06222 (PI-93-CS). Administrative offices built over Missile magazines and sleeping quarters circa 1991. Another 60 spare W31's had been kept in permanent storage at grid 4528'46"N 1135'57"E Longare. We always take Highway 71 South taking us through Kimball, Nebraska and Limon, Colorado coming out at Highway 25 at Trinidad, Colorado. Double magazine, launch doors appear to be concreted over, some buildings erected on firing pads. No purchase necessary. Complete with radar towers, in use, use unknown. Until recently, Nike Missile Base C-84 near the Chicago suburb of Barrington, Illinois, served as an archival repository for Lake County; the records were stored in one of the three underground missile storage areas. The solution was intercontinental ballistic missiles, which could be launched from Soviet soil. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Fish and Wildlife Service. 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. Strategic Air Command. FDS, now private ownership, fenced, restricted access. In private ownership. DF-30DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-78 / Z-78. Site redeveloped as Bedford Middle School in 2001. Site equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. pinching the display with two fingers. MONTANA LOCATIONS of baseball diamond. Used as a storage area. It is a long and lonely route. The elevator is present but the hydraulics have been removed. A few buildings, mostly forested. In use for light industry. Magazine exists, concreted over. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. Installation started in late 1959 [1] after the United States Army had purchased 44 acres (18 ha). FDS. Berms still quite visible under vegetation. Located at Battery Leary, Merriam, Upper Reservation, Ft. MacArthur. Offutt AFB Defense Area (OF): Provided a Nike Hercules defense for Omaha's Offutt AFB, which was the Headquarters of the Contaminated soil remediated on site. Chicago Art Curators Stumbled on a Mystery. There was a multiplicity of reasons that Minuteman's were sited in the Great Plains region. Launcher area now motor pool for military vehicles. Initially the U.S. used Nike Ajax missiles. Has radar towers. Triple battery next to Lake Erie. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Those have since been dismantled and demolished due to various nuclear arms reduction treaties. Appears to be mostly intact with buildings in various states of deterioration, several radar towers visible on aerial imagery. Raymond Central High School some buildings intact but site greatly modified for school. Large number of cars, boats, large RVs. Fenced. Some buildings remain, part of Foster/Gloucester Regional School District. Three magazines in place but buried. Hotel and commercial development. Many parked cars on site, probably employees. FDS. Some buildings standing, even a few radar towers. Appears abandoned, covered by wild vegetation, Private ownership. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, Army terrorism training site. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. Doors probably welded shut. Magazines appear to be covered over with dirt but location still visible on aerial imagery. Nike Ajax sites were phased out from 1960 to 1963. As the U.S. and other countries enact sanctions against Russia, some remnants of escalating tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. still stand in Chicago. Launch site buildings still have doors and window glass. The base's 150 missiles are . In the 1980s, water contamination near the base was found to be a health hazard. 2023 Atlas Obscura. Private ownership, good shape. Appears in good condition. Home now to the 103rd Air Control Squadron. National Park Service, Sweeney Ridge (GGNRA). Magazines visible, status unknown. Magazine area is in good shape, launch doors visible, probably welded shut. If youve ever been to this missile launch site park, wed love to hear from you. Now obliterated, Private ownership, housing. But, by the late 50s, the Soviet Union shifted its strategy because those aircraft were vulnerable to attack. Currently a paintball site under the name Blast Camp; site is in the middle of farm fields. Located at the north end of Centennial Park along 153rd St. between Huntington Ct. and Hickory Dr. FDS. Private ownership. FDS. Private ownership. Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour. Site redeveloped to Village of Orland Park Department of Public Works. Site is now the location of a couple of office buildings. Some buildings remain in use, most razed along with radar towers. Obliterated and abandoned, Department of Energy. It was formerly under private ownership, used as an Airsoft gaming facility, most notably by the Minnesota Airsoft Association. FDS. Known as Orange Air National Guard Station. Intact double underground magazine, Small arms storage, firing, and maneuvering range. Location: Illinois, United States. Two radar towers remain on the property of a landscape business. After being closed by the Army in 1974, in 1976 the housing part of PH-41/43 was transferred to the Air Force for use by Gibbsboro AFS, New Jersey. Above-ground magazines protected by berms. FDS. Is fenced in, with a "No Trespassing" sign, guard shack and many buildings in good repair. to defend this nuclear industrial complex. out. 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. Redeveloped area in northern tip of airport now has a general aviation hangar, parking lot and ramp area for aircraft parking. Largely Obliterated, some remains in semi-wooded area. Redeveloped as Bristol County Development Center, no remains. Partially Intact, FEMA Agency Region X HQ and US Army Reserve Hooper Center. Intact, City of LA, White Point Park. Three well preserved buildings are in good shape, and several others deteriorated; sidewalks between buildings exist as also the base of the flagpole. Redeveloped as Anne Arundel County Schools Maint & Operations center. Ian Frazier, Great Plains, 1989 S-90DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-1 / Z-1 The Air Force ceased radar operations in March 1963 and the AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974. USAR Center. It was organized into a Missile Group (the overall staffing); a Support Wing (tech and log support), and 2 (9th and 13th) Missile Wings, each with 4 subordinate units. The people who work in the Missile Alert Facilities are called missileers. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Montrose Harbor was the radar and command center that controlled a battery of missiles located right next door at Belmont Harbor. On Bellows AFB, remains under US government control but abandoned. Cold War relic: Former missile base hidden at Pere Marquette State Park Launcher area was destroyed/obliterated in the early 1990s when Westchester Parkway was constructed. Few buildings left, faint traces of one magazine but very little of Launch site remains. The Puu Manawahua Radar Station and Base Camp was a W.W.II Aircraft Warning Station, and continued to list in 1947 and 1948 USAF Installation Directories. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. No radar towers. Inside the bunker. Most buildings in good condition, magazine in good condition. Now a forest preserve. SF-90DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-38 / Z-38 The AADCP was inactivated in mid-1971. Launch area now fenced off and used as a dumping ground for dredging operations and is not open to the public, complex perimeter can be viewed from the bicycle trail. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy. It was inactivated on 4 Nov 1970. Some IFC buildings in use. Sites at (S-13) Redmond, (S-61) Vashon Island, and (S-92) Bainbridge Island were upgraded to launch Nike Hercules missiles and survived until 1974. Horses occupy the Assembly building. Some buildings standing as well as radar towers. No evidence of radar towers. Intact, USAR Center Orangeburg. Not much left. Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. Above-ground launch facility with built-up pads, but no evidence of missile launch facilities remaining. The blast and thermal effects within a dozen miles or so of each of these silo's will be deadly, and the fallout radiation will spread hundreds of miles downwind. Buildings standing, several radar towers. Redeveloped into City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Services, Playa del Rey/LAX, California (Shared with LA-70). Since that time there have been hundreds of Atlas, Titan, Minuteman and Peacekeeper sites constructed all the way from Texas to North Dakota, New Mexico to Montana. Some older buildings deteriorated. Redeveloped into Asbury Broadneck Methodist church. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. No evidence of launchers. Others were offered to state and local governments, while others were sold to school districts. Double magazine site, now a storage yard. Built on a former World War II auxiliary field (#3) of Roswell AAF. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. On Bellows AFS, Twin Nike-Hercules launch underground facilities thoroughly overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. FDS. The AADCP was inactivated in May 1972. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. 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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