All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). Redeveloped into Electric Lighting Company. Fenced. Former Ajax installation with 12 launchers. It is also owned by the Michigan DNR. Bennett's Creek Park. The old missile site is clearly visible with satellite imagery, including the three silos. Please share your experiences and photos with us below in the comments. Appear to have been dug up and filled with earth. FDS. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Intact, salvage yard. FDS. 20th Century Castles, LLC has sold 60 properties. The National Park Service has a history of how women became missileers. NF-17DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-21 / Z-21. Subterranean shelters for sale Take a look at the weird and wonderful abandoned bunkers for sale right now. Air Force operations ended 31 Dec 1969. A semi-circular embankment protecting the fueling area remains. The Alaska Nike sites were under the control of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), rather than Army Air Defense Command. Ajax and Hercules launch doors visible, probably welded shut. No evidence remains of LS. Some traces of building foundations but nothing of missile launchers or magazines. The former crew barracks are now used for county fire station personnel and the old launch bays appear to be used for storage. One radar tower standing. The missile station, officially dubbed SL-40, is near Hecker, a town of 500, though it has a Red Bud address: 5055 M Road. Obliterated. of baseball diamond. 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. Part of Army Reserve Center, in back of facility. Located behind single-family home subdivision 20260 South Garnder Road. The concrete area around magazines, in good shape, appears to be used as a storage yard. Buildings in poor condition, some roofless, some not. This site was the western end of a test range under the jurisdiction of Griffiss AFB. Air Force operations at the site ended in 1962, and Nike operations were inactivated in 1974. 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. No missiles were ever actually launched in Chicago. There were more active silos in the past. Overgrown and abandoned. Missile Base Specialists. 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. It was faster, and could travel farther up to 90 miles. Posted by: BruceS. Batteries paved over with asphalt, new building construction. Maps. Obliterated, no evidence of existence at end of former access road. One of the ready buildings on the south end of the site was sold independently of the main parcel, and is now a private residence. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site. A monument to the site stands near the entrance to the recreation area. Partially Intact, State of California Department of Health Services. 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. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Cape Charles AFS, VA in 1958 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Next, turn left on Wolf Lake Drive and follow it all the way back to where the road forks. C-41 Jackson Park. The launcher site was acquired by the USAF in 1965 and become the Youngstown Test Site. Mostly redeveloped, many buildings remain in good shape, sidewalks still connecting buildings. Cleveland Defense Area (CL): Headquarters facilities were located at the Shaker Heights Armory and in Cleveland. Well-preserved in private ownership. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Formerly manned by the A/54th (12/54-8/56), A/602nd (8/56-9/58), A/4/5th (9/58-8/60), B/4/1st (8/60-12/62), MDArNG A/2/70th (12/62-3/63), HHB 1/70th (10/62-8/74) and B/1/70th (12/62-4/74). After being closed in 1961, the lease for this former Nike IFC site was transferred to the Air Force in 1965. Roads in very poor condition, main access road overgrown by vegetation. It has a maximum range of 8,700 miles and a maximum speed of Mach 23 (17,500 mph). In 2002, Evesham Township had the launch area cleared of illegal dumps and demolition debris left from the buildings. Above-ground site with launchers protected by berms. Today, Nike Missile Base SL-40 near Hecker, Illinois, is the Beck Vocational Center; its buildings preserved through adaptive reuse. Now Nickerson Beach/Chappel Rock Park. This way all Thule batteries could yet be nuclear armed. Redeveloped into Hadley Shopping Center and a light industrial park. FDS. Air strip is now part of Evergreen Lakes subdivision. The first thing that makes this particular route interesting is the still active missile silos that dot the highway from Kimball to the Colorado border. FDS. Ian Frazier, Great Plains, 1989 General Belgian Nike info: The Nike missile system was operational in the Belgian airforce from 1959 until 1990. Some foundations of buildings, remainder of streets. Those have since been dismantled and demolished due to various nuclear arms reduction treaties. Fort Funston/ Mount San Bruno, California. Abandoned. FDS. Obliterated and abandoned, Department of Energy. Site cleared and redeveloped on top of ridge. Double magazine in good shape. King Salmon Long Range Radar Site is still in use. FDS. As the sites were decommissioned, they were first offered to federal agencies. In a two-week period, 24 hours a day, the Army Corps of Engineers literally built an island in the swamp by bringing in thousands of truck loads of earth fill to build an elevated land surface for the missiles and radars which would keep the equipment elevated above the Everglades water level. FDS. Some buildings remain in use, most razed along with radar towers. Either Army Reserve or NY National Guard site. Partially Intact, City of Detroit, River Rouge Park. Units from the Bridgeport Defense Area assisted in operating the Plainville site. No evidence of IFC site. FDS. Launchers obliterated. FDS. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. 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. Around 300 Nike missile sites were installed in rings around major metropolitan areas and other strategic sites across the country in the early 1950s including about 20 in Chicago. If so, are any of the silo structures still there? Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. But some remnants and buildings still stand, including in Wolf Lake where an actual Nike missile is on display. Buildings in good condition, no radar towers. The satellite view allows you to see the actual military facility when you zoom in. Redeveloped, Private ownership, light industrial storage yard. Magazines were sealed during environmental hazards assessment in the 1990s but were then opened and badly vandalized. Launch site relatively intact, magazines visible however appears launch doors concreted over. The other magazines are buried beneath a modern parking lot and have been filled with soil. Double magazine site, now a storage yard. 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 . Another launch facility was on the South Side in Jackson Park, with the radar and control center on Promontory Point. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Magazines visible, earth grading equipment moving dirt around area. Partially intact. Double-battery Nike. Purchased by. Private ownership. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. These were supposed to be airlifted to certain Nike sites in case of deterioration of the international political situation in the world. The road to the site is down the road to the left. They were the countrys first surface-to-air guided missile system. Baseball fields, recreation Halls, Tennis courts, playground etc. The elevator is present but the hydraulics have been removed. FDS. Partially intact, on "Nike Road". 1mi S of Card Sound Road & County Road 905. Mostly intact, some IFC buildings being used for transmitter support with large radio towers on site. Partially intact. Access road to highway 4 only remnants of IFC site. MONTANA LOCATIONS Private ownership. Triple magazines visible, overgrown and abandoned. Solar panels and a simple off grid power [] $999900 118.5 acres 2 bd FDS, now private ownership, fenced, restricted access. No radar towers. Used by the Independence Local Schools. Formally used as an ESDA facility for the Village. Map showing the location of the Minuteman Missile Visitor Center, Launch Control Facility Delta-01 and Launch Facility (Missile Silo) Delta-09. So, 50 silos are empty, but the enemy may have a difficult Two radar towers remain on the property of a landscape business. Fish and Wildlife Service. Overgrown and abandoned. Buildings well maintained, appears to be 3 radar towers to the east of the buildings still standing. FDS. Now obliterated, Park, ownership by Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Light office building, parking lot, also Worcester Nike Park. Due to its solid fuel technology, the missiles could be mass produced. Buildings in use as "4-H Park and County Fairgrounds". Abandoned, most buildings collapsed, one radar tower still standing. Berms around missile launch sites now around buildings erected in former missile sites. Its new purpose is utilized regularly, and you can enjoy it too. Site redeveloped as Bedford Middle School in 2001. Concrete around magazines severely cracked both Ajax and Hercules doors. It is home to a MNDOT radio tower. Especially to the East of them which is the direction of prevailing winds. . The site, known officially as 550th SMS Site 2, was constructed in 1961 and decommissioned on June 25, 1965. PI-70DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-62 / Z-62. On mountain peak. Buildings, some radar towers. Redeveloped as Anne Arundel County Schools Maint & Operations center. The security gate to the MAF is 968 feet from the road. Now Northeastern University Marine Science Center. Love Illinois? A helicopter pad is shown in the lower portion of the photo. As of 1959 the Italian commanding unit was: The IFC is mostly burned (prior to the fire, the IFC was used as a minimum security prison). However, there was a Nike missile base there. Now well-preserved in private ownership. Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. There are a total of 450 silo's in the United States as per officially supplied information spread out among three main areas in the United States: around Malmstrom AFB near Great Falls Montana, around Warren AFB near Cheyenne Wyoming, and around Minot AFB near Minot North Dakota. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. IFC Redeveloped into 2 parks; no remains. FDS. FDS, Abandoned and overgrown. The site today is on the North Branch Trail on a leveled-off hill. Redeveloped into communications site. The buildings are now used as a thrift store, Granny's Attic, and a medical clinic. Little evidence of IFC site remains. After being inactivated by the Army, BA-09C was taken over by the Air Force sometime before 15 September 1967. All barracks but one have been demolished and land is unused. This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets. Installation started in late 1959 [1] after the United States Army had purchased 44 acres (18 ha). Appears to be a storage area for tractor-trailers. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. They could also be remotely controlled from Launch Control Centers miles away from the actual silos, allowing sites to be dispersed over a wide geographic area. Some accessibility through a ventilation shaft to a small bunker room. Vacant land. Redeveloped into single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. Redeveloped into Phillips Park. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. The missiles were decommissioned in 1974 as the Cold War came to an end, but remnants remain all around the country to this day. Launch site looks abandoned, buildings in deteriorated condition. The following are considered the three major ones: Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. Some buildings standing, Now USG Plant. FDS. The Full Screen control in the upper righthand corner of the Google Maps display expands the display to cover the entire computer screen. Concrete launcher foundations partially intact, Microwave/Communication Facility. No evidence of IRC except some disturbed land where structures once were. Assembly building is still present. Buildings used for storage/support in good condition, rest of site has been razed and sold off, now single-family housing, no evidence of radar towers. [16], 413622N 0724129W / 41.60611N 72.69139W / 41.60611; -72.69139 (HA-48-CS). Buildings are mostly gone, or only standing walls remain. The entrance road has many abandoned trailers and also much junk along the sides. Today, partially Intact, Private ownership. Obliterated by 1997. Private ownership, 4 military buildings still exist, usage unknown. Former access road to IFC remains, highly deteriorated and partially taken over by vegetation. Used as a storage area. By Donald E. 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The Air Force ceased radar operations on 30 Sep 1969, and the AADCP was inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. D-57 site demolished, redeveloped into Ford Motor Co. automotive parts distribution center in 2021. Appears to be mostly intact with buildings in various states of deterioration, several radar towers visible on aerial imagery. The village has constructed wastewater treatment lagoons on 1/3 of the site. Buildings in good condition, the old radar towers are still standing. Isle of Wight County Park. Launch pad doors still visible, but concrete has been covered by soil and is now a grassy area. Used as City of Rancho Palos Verdes storage area. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. Figure3shows a Google Maps street-view of the entrance to a MAF. Magazines visible and fully functional. Its new role was meant to be a coordination center for civil defense in the event of attack, but it ended up being used as storage. Air Defense Command/NORAD radar sites at Fire Island AFS (F-1) and King Salmon AFS (F-3) AK were integrated into the Army Nike operations. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. FDS. USAR Center Magazine area remains, concrete badly deteriorated.BR>. Redeveloped but abandoned; site of a former automobile dealership on Grant Street, now empty. Researchers are encouraged to review the appropriate finding aids at the National Archives at Chicago for additional records. 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. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Sweetwater AFS, TX in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The most common sites have been the Minuteman. The areas in black denote deactivated missile wings, the areas in red denote the active missile . Porter Center Road divides site into west and east sections. America built 107 missile bases around the country during the arms race in the 1960s, including the Atlas F Missile Silo located about 130 miles north of Albany. For instance, from Launch Facility (Missile Silo) Delta-09 to Moscow was approximately 5,100 miles. After the Nike site was closed in 1966, was taken over by the Air Force which used it as a communications facility and satellite tracking site. DallasFort Worth Defense Area (DF): For air defense of Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Travis AFB Defense Area (T): Established to defend the USAF Strategic Air Command, later Military Airlift Command base. Razed and redeveloped into Montrose Harbor Park (part of the. Intact double underground magazine, Small arms storage, firing, and maneuvering range. Buildings standing and in use. The Radar towers, Generator bldg., Van pads, and connecting building foundation are all there. Until 1978, all missileers were men. No evidence of launchers. Appears to be a tower also present. North Kingston Parks and Recreation Department sports complex. Intact, USAR Center Orangeburg. A battery of Nike missiles was installed at Belmont Harbor in the early 1950s. Leveled and cleared; redeveloped into Patriots Park along 187th Street. Headquarters facilities were located at Tappan, Fort Totten, Fort Wadsworth, and Roslyn. Private ownership, Old Army building still standing most in good condition, along with the roads. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. This area is currently being run by the U.S. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. 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. 5 miles. L-13's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #2. Entire site now the WA National Guard Kent Armory. Large piles of earth on top of magazines, some vehicles parked in magazine area visible in aerial images. Site and unit moved to HM-40, with this site abandoned in June 1965. Part of Allegheny County Police and Fire Training Academy. Obliterated, Corps of Engineers control, demolished, Partially intact, Launch remains, serves as administration facility for Chena River Lakes Recreation Area. FDS. The Launch Area is still fenced in, although the access road to the magazine area leads to a storage yard and Commercial Driver Training course. To reach the site, drive to William W. Powers State Recreation Area in southeast Chicago. A parking lot for Northeastern University Suburban Campus. Partially intact, administration buildings at entrance standing, with what appear to be military radio towers. Peninsula Airport Commission. Command, maintenance, and fueling buildings now serve as the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector Headquarters. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Only a couple of buildings standing. FDS. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. HM-01 was Nike-Ajax. See. Buildings in good condition, magazine area in use by the city police department as a vehicle storage area. Rhode Island Army National Guard, most buildings intact, Magazine area used as a motor pool. In early 1965 the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. Redeveloped into single-family housing. If youve ever been to this missile launch site park, wed love to hear from you. Nike launching pads are visible, probably all sealed shut. Township of Lumberton. LC buildings along Staley road still in use. Today, the buildings are still in use, some buildings still standing. The missile silo is considered one of the best-preserved missile silos in the US, according to Business Insider. Largely intact and abandoned.
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