Location now a parking deck. O'Block Junior High, and Adlai Stevenson Elementary School. FDS. Another 60 spare W31's had been kept in permanent storage at grid 4528'46"N 1135'57"E Longare. 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. Battery 8,8th Battalion,3rd Air Defense Brigade was located on the Chinen peninsula in southern part of the island. Residential housing built in place. Much of site overgrown with vegetation. Intact, City of LA, White Point Park. Pads have been removed, with just disturbed earth and a cleared area where they were. Used primarily as a junkyard. Area fenced and gated. Site at end of Adrian Drive. All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). Answer (1 of 19): Used to be in the middle of the countrywhere they were safer from sneak attacks. Abandoned and overgrown site at the south end of lake/state recreation area. Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. Above ground magazines protected by berms. A few buildings, mostly forested. Nike launching pads are visible, probably all sealed shut. Severely overgrown with vegetation. Dyess AFB Defense Area (DY): Installed to defend the SAC bombers and Atlas F missile silos stationed at and around Dyess AFB. Launch site relatively intact, magazines visible however appears launch doors concreted over. Twin Oaks Summer Camp. Different parts of the site also took on various roles including a fire and police academy, school, and target range. Some IFC roads exist, no structures. A large planter covering the elevator of the "B" Section and some berms is all that remains of the launch site. A small not-for-profit community farm provides outdoor education on part of the site. Some buildings remain, in abandoned condition. See Our Inventory. 384744N 0894758W / 38.79556N 89.79944W / 38.79556; -89.79944 (SL-10-CS), Private Ownership Purchased 7-12-14 by Ron Mertens of Smithton IL. Magazine area used for school bus parking. While all of the munitions have been removed from the site, one of the decomissioned missiles is still on display in nearby Villa Park, Illinois, in front of the town's VFW hall. USAR Center Magazine area remains, concrete badly deteriorated.BR>. In 1968, the Cleveland Defense Area merged with Detroit's. IFC was operated by B/71st (7/54-9/58) and B/1/71st (9/58-11/62), Redeveloped into "Great Falls Nike Missile Park", FDS. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). The concrete area around magazines, in good shape, appears to be used as a storage yard. Thoroughly fenced in. Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) HM-01DC was established at Naval Air Station Richmond, FL 253724N 0802416W / 25.62333N 80.40444W / 25.62333; -80.40444 (HM-101DC) in 1961 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Magazines visible behind parking lot. Private ownership, berm and assembly building exits. No sign of IFC. The Army housing was commonly referred to as East Nike Housing Area, and was controlled by Ellsworth AFB until about 2000. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. Large number of commercial bee hives. Is now used as the Grand Island Central School District's Eco Island Ecology Reserve. In the 1980s, water contamination near the base was found to be a health hazard. are the names of places, businesses, cities, etc. There are currently three active missile wings (supposedly), each wing has a total of 150 silo's and three squadrons. Three magazines in place but buried. Intact, Private ownership in good condition. Three well preserved buildings are in good shape, and several others deteriorated; sidewalks between buildings exist as also the base of the flagpole. Private ownership, Radio transmitter, Cell tower built on site. Obliterated. 430349N 0784238W / 43.06361N 78.71056W / 43.06361; -78.71056 (BU-09-LS), 425550N 0783549W / 42.93056N 78.59694W / 42.93056; -78.59694 (BU-18-LS), 424634N 0784006W / 42.77611N 78.66833W / 42.77611; -78.66833 (BU-34/35-LS), 431259N 0785732W / 43.21639N 78.95889W / 43.21639; -78.95889 (NF-03-CS), 430931N 0785023W / 43.15861N 78.83972W / 43.15861; -78.83972 (NF-16-CS), 430107N 0790047W / 43.01861N 79.01306W / 43.01861; -79.01306 (NF-41-CS), 430032N 0790056W / 43.00889N 79.01556W / 43.00889; -79.01556 (NF-41-LS), 410319N 0735541W / 41.05528N 73.92806W / 41.05528; -73.92806 (NY-09-CS), 404838N 0733253W / 40.81056N 73.54806W / 40.81056; -73.54806 (NY-23-LS), 404249N 0732535W / 40.71361N 73.42639W / 40.71361; -73.42639 (NY-24-CS), 405700N 0725207W / 40.95000N 72.86861W / 40.95000; -72.86861 (NY-25-CS), 403536N 0733804W / 40.59333N 73.63444W / 40.59333; -73.63444 (NY-29/30-CS). Magazines were sealed during environmental hazards assessment in the 1990s but were then opened and badly vandalized. To the west stood the missiles, poised on above-ground launchers. Evidence of IFC structures on hill behind buildings. Some IFC buildings in use. Still fenced with closed access gate. Batteries paved over with asphalt, new building construction. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. MAF = Missile Alert Facility, this is where the missileers control the launch of ten Minuteman III ICBM's, each MAF has 10 silo's under their supervision. Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. FDS. Please share your experiences and photos with us below in the comments. Buildings in good condition, magazine being used as tractor trailer parking and storage site. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. Used by the Independence Local Schools. installed to provide protection to Shreveport and Barksdale AFB, which hosted Strategic Air Command bombers. Map showing the areas of the six Minuteman Missile wings on the central and northern Great Plains. The AADCP inactivated in 1966. No radar towers standing. Largely Obliterated, some remains in semi-wooded area. The people who work in the Missile Alert Facilities are called missileers. 392119N 0765102W / 39.35528N 76.85056W / 39.35528; -76.85056 (BA-79-LS), 384611N 0764351W / 38.76972N 76.73083W / 38.76972; -76.73083 (W-35-LS), 383917N 0765120W / 38.65472N 76.85556W / 38.65472; -76.85556 (W-44-LS), 384315N 0771441W / 38.72083N 77.24472W / 38.72083; -77.24472 (W-64-CS), "During the Cold War a ring of Nike anti-aircraft missile sites defended the nation's capital, reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that protected it during the Civil War. Redeveloped into park and recreation area. Appears in good condition. Abandoned. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. Those have since been dismantled and demolished due to various nuclear arms reduction treaties. U.S. Nuclear Missile SILO Fields Maps and Coordinates Magazines visible, status unknown. W-13DC was the first Missile-Master DC to become operational. Intact but decaying and falling apart, NPS-GGNRA, camp site, YMCA facility. Nike missile site C-44 was part of the Chicago-Gary Defense Area, which included about 20 bases around the Chicagoland area. East side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to Saint Croix County. In reasonable condition. Redeveloped, East Bay Regional Park District, Coyote Hills Regional Park Alameda County Sheriff's Department radio transmitter. and its ten silos is called a flight. Missile launchers asphalted over but some doors still visible. Today, a few foundations of buildings visible, launch area exists, condition unknown probably filled with water. Abandoned, replanted with pines. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Inactivated by 1974. Largely redeveloped, although several old IFC buildings still used. Partially Intact, State of California Department of Health Services. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. The remainder of these sites are privately owned. Redeveloped into Hadley Shopping Center and a light industrial park. The pits are still there, under the park, behind the fire station. Missile Bases, Communication Bunkers, & Underground Properties Abandoned in heavy woods. Interstate 87. Obliterated and abandoned, Department of Energy. By Donald E. 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Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, Army terrorism training site. Some broken concrete remains of launch area. Silos have been deactivated because of treaty obligations, missile obsolescence, and Congressional belt-tightening. All buildings torn down, only disturbed areas with some concrete building pads and former streets. They are cement-block shells. View waymark gallery. Concrete launcher foundations partially intact, Microwave/Communication Facility. State of Rhode Island, State Police Academy and Training Center, buildings in use; magazines visible. The area is off-limits to visitors at Angel Island State Park. All barracks but one have been demolished and land is unused. Redeveloped into single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Abandoned. Part of Allegheny County Police and Fire Training Academy. What Happened to Nike Missile Sites Around Chicago? Now obliterated, although largely intact. National Park Service, Sweeney Ridge (GGNRA). No radar towers showing in aerial imagery. It was designed for manual operations, using plexiglass plotting boards and telephonic inputs. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Contaminated soil remediated on site. Town of Westport, Westport/Weston Health District, Bayberry. You can either park on the side of the road here, or you can continue down to the right and park in the parking lot, then walk back to the split and continue. Launched from a Montana silo, a Minuteman III would take about 20 minutes to reach Moscowits speed is not constant along its flight path. A few old IFC buildings in use, no radar towers. It was later equipped with the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Remains an Army Reserve facility. Radars were FPS-93A and in 1982 the FPS-117 was installed. No evidence of IFC. Underground single-magazine intact, no buildings, appears abandoned. Obliterated. Buildings torn down, some sidewalks left. 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. On or about 30 Dec 1963 the housing area next to the Launch Site was designated Ellsworth Family Housing Annex No 1, activated, and assigned to Ellsworth AFB. The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. The labels Defense dollars were shifted to other projects like developing Americas own intercontinental ballistic missiles and missile defense systems, along with the growing war in Vietnam. Launch area was immediately north of current school building. The sites were using mixed warheads; meaning always 2 sections nuclear-capable (W31 selectable 20 or 2 kiloton yield) and 1 section only conventional (T-45 High Explosive) armed.[5]. Assembly building is still present. 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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Magazine exists, concreted over. Partial remains. IFC Redeveloped into a public park called Nike Park, in the middle of a much larger industrial park. Obliterated, no evidence of existence at end of former access road. Site obliterated, little evidence of IFC, overgrown. 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. Housing area intact, in private ownership. You can walk on the former IFC at Lake Shore and E 31st Street; now a nice little park with a playground and good view of downtown, Lake Michigan, Navy Pier and Chicago Harbor Lighthouse. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. 421331.44N 0875653.52W / 42.2254000N 87.9482000W / 42.2254000; -87.9482000 (C-94-LS). FDS. of baseball diamond. The sites around Fairbanks were inactivated in 1970 and 1971. This area is within the SRA on the southern shore of the lake. Obliterated by new construction. FDS. Redeveloped into single-family housing. On Reversion Day, May 15, 1972, all Nike Hercules missile sites were handed over to the JASDF. These are MAJOR nuclear war targets, each one of these silo's will be hit with minimum one warhead with a fairly large yield as part of a Russian counterforce attack. LS completely removed. Site is now used as a bus parking lot for Meramec Valley R-3 school district. They were said to be the last line of defense. Former Ajax installation with 12 launchers. Redeveloped but abandoned; site of a former automobile dealership on Grant Street, now empty. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. It is also used occasionally for communications exercises supporting various US Army operations. Facility fenced but appears to be open. Locked gate and fence; however, launch facility is abandoned and deteriorating all buildings are standing, but they are in bad shape. Intact, Private ownership, 1 launcher used to store dynamite. Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour. 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. Redeveloped into Industrial Area. Intact, Private ownership. On "Nike Base Road". Now LSU School of Medicine, almost all buildings were torn down with little evidence of IFC. Bug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380k - The Drive Obliterated. Now obliterated, although largely intact. Two radar towers remain on the property of a landscape business. It was inactivated on 1 Oct 1980, declared excess on 15 Dec 1980, then reactivated on 12 May 1981 and remained in use until the closure of Loring Air Force Base in 1995. Others were offered to state and local governments, while others were sold to school districts. Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command, Buildings in good shape, magazines covered with earth. You can zoom in and out in a few ways. Partially intact, on "Nike Road". It is also a safe haven for deer chased by hunters in the area, as it is completely fenced in. C-03 Montrose/Belmont. Were intercontinental ballistic missiles ever housed or siloed at Montrose Harbor? Town of Fairfield, Fire Training and Canine Center. From the mid-1960s until the early 1990s there were 1,000 Minuteman Silos and 100 corresponding Launch Control Facilities for command and control. Redeveloped into USAR Center. Under restoration since 2009. Barracks and some minor buildings intcdt, also new industrial building constructed on back of site. Appears to be the base of a radar tower remaining, no buildings. Download the official NPS app before your next visit. Maryland Indian Heritage Society, Melwood Horticultural Training Center. US Government ownership, storage and maintenance support facility for Fort Devens. Obliterated. Figure7shows a missile silo site from the road. The Map/Satellite control in the upper lefthand corner of the screen lets you choose either the normal map view or the satellite view. The Magazine area is overgrown with vegetation and appears abandoned. Nike Carlton: 3B/20A/12L-A Newport: 3B/18H, 30A/12L-UA, FDS Derelict, but partially intact. Site is abandoned, four radar towers standing. Now part of a horse farm. Part of the facility exists to the west, with outlines of radar towers visible. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. The sign simply says M1. The Air Force used the property until 1976. Totally obliterated, nothing left. In May 1954, during the the Cold War, the United States Army Defense Command announced the construction of more than 300 Nike anti-aircraft installation sites in 28 states. Was in use by Army Reserve and PA National Guard. 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. Missile assembly building appears standing, concrete missile pads deteriorated concrete. Has radar towers. FDS. C-70 Naperville, Illinois. The lower righthand corner of the Google Maps display has a plus sign and a minus sign that controls zooming. 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. Berms still quite visible under vegetation. there, you'd probably ignore it. 5 miles. Has been turned into a public horse park named Paradise Ridge. Many buildings standing, some razed. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. Buildings appear in excellent condition.381723N 0895651W / 38.28972N 89.94750W / 38.28972; -89.94750 (SL-40-CS), 381611N 0895700W / 38.26972N 89.95000W / 38.26972; -89.95000 (SL-40-LS). Private ownership, redeveloped into single-family housing. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) DF-30DC was established at Duncanville AFS, TX in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Ask Geoffrey: Old Nike Missile Sites in Chicago - WTTW News Now privately owned but undeveloped. Wooded area behind Bristol Plaza Shopping Center and. Alert Operations and the Strategic Air Command, This is What Its Like to Be in Control of the Most Powerful Weapons on the Planet, U.S. ICBM to Replace 1970s Minuteman May Cost $111 Billion. Still in use, with a few buildings, one radar tower, TXArNG training. 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. Private ownership. Above-ground launch site. They were the countrys first surface-to-air guided missile system. 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). FDS. 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). Two Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites service the launch site, which contained twice the normal number of batteries. Upon deactivation of this Hercules battery in 1960, the equipment was forwarded to the Norfolk site at Deep Creek/Portsmouth. Leftover traces of the approximately 265[2] Nike missile bases can still be seen around cities across the United States. Above-ground magazine protected by berms. Air Force operations ended 31 Dec 1969. Constructed during the Cuban Missile Crisis [October 1962]. Redeveloped into Robert Manry Park. W-45 was manned by the A/75th (11/54-9/58), A/3/562nd (9/58-6/60) and MDArNG B/3/70th (6/60-12/61) ADA. Site cleared and redeveloped on top of ridge. Now a forest preserve. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Omaha AFS, NE in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions.
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