SELECTED NIKE MISSILE-RELATED LINKS
http://www.holeintheheadpress.com
Provides data on the book Rings of Supersonic Steel - a recently published history of United States continental air defense during the "Cold War". Provides detailed information about each Nike missile site in the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska) and Greenland plus a general history on the Nike missile system and several competitors.
http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/nikesite/welcome.html
A collection of black and white and color pictures, many of which are pictures of Nike Ajax, Nike Hercules and Nike Zeus provided by the U.S. Army Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. It also includes Redstone Aresenal data and specific Nike data.
http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/vigilant/sus_intro.html
An article by Colonel Stephen Moeller, first published in ADA Magazine. This is the history of the United States Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM) and its role in protecting the continental United States during the Cold War. It provides excellent information on the Nike Ajax, Nike Hercules, Nike Zeus and Anti-Ballistic Missile weapons and systems.
Doyle Piland's web page is dedicated to the men and women, civilian or military, who served with Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules Ordnance Support units. Click to this site to see Nike pictures, Nike stories and a "find them" roster of former Ordnance Support unit personnel.
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/6540/
Contains data and pictures of Nike sites in northwest Indiana, the Chicago area, southeast Indiana and restoration efforts at Site C-47.
http://users.skynet.be/amicale13w/
A site developed by a member of the Belgian 13th Missile Wing, which is at majority, a French-speaking wing. An association was created in 1989 by Major Jean-Marie DE BLENDE.
http://www.nikemissile.com Site M-74 Hillcrest Park, Waukesha Wisconsin
http://www.frontiernet.net/~w2hyn51/page4.html
US Army Nike AA Missile Base Bristol, Rhode Island, a great history of a Rhode Island site.E Battery 4th of the 44th, then 2nd of the 44th, Kimje Korea. How it was then and how it is now. Part of the 38th Artillery Brigade in Korea. Better known today as a United Nations Peace Keeping Force. Where 13 months seemed like a lifetime, especially after the Pueblo was captured!
2nd Missile Battalion 71st Artillery deployed to Taiwan from 1958 - 1959
12. http://ph32.homestead.com/index.html Nike Battery PH-32 in Marlton NJ. "A piece of Cold War history in Evesham's backyard."
http://m-epperson.home.comcast.net/nike Missile Site C-41, Promontory Point Jackson Park Chicago "Chicago has become the best defended city in the Middle West against enemy air-to-ground attacks."
http://www.acme.com/jef/nike/ Nike Missile Sites of the San Francisco Bay Area. As they are now. By Jef Poskanzer.
http://www.coldwar.org This is a link to the National Cold War Museuem
http://www.ftmac.org/Lanike1.htm Fort MacArthur Museum. Nike Missile Sites in the Los Angeles area.
http://www.granitehistory.org/nike.html Granite Historical Society. Granite Nike Missile Base BA-79.
http://www.goerigk-jever.de/doing.html Nike Air Defense Missile System. The Basic.
The Safeguard Anti Ballistic Missile System. This system was the replacement for the Nike System. It was activated and deactivated in a matter of months due to the ABM Treaty. http://www.srmsc.org
http://www.edva.us Europe Defense Veterans of America. An honor association of veterans who defended Europe during the Cold War. Point of interest for all the Nike Vets who served in Europe or were assigned under NATO.
http://home.att.net/~nikealaska/point/AADCP.html A very comprehensive look at Nike sites in Alaska. Site Point Alaska.
http://www.aaonline.com/hawk/Unithistory.htm A website covering the HAWK deployment to Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis and how the unit subsequently became attached to ARADCOM as a permanent air defense system.
Fort Bliss Texas the Army Air Defense Training Center. Who can forget the radar park where the 16C's were trained and weeded out! On the day you graduated from AIT hearing those immortal words, "you might as well forget what you have learned here since it's all going to be different when you get on site." You were told that you were the "best of the best", and probably so! For all you young men and women out there thinking of going into the military, think of air defense, that is, if you're good enough! https://www.bliss.army.mil/
White Sands Missile Range is an important link to this website. It's the test stand where the weapons proved their salt. http://www.wsmr.army.mil
The Cold War Veteran's Association's web page. http://www.coldwarveterns.com
Robins AFB Georgia Nike Sites http://home.earthlink.net/~kturnerga/robinsnike
Fantastic link. Nike radar systems used at Area 51 by the CIA http://area51specialprojects.com
www.ChristopherJohnBright.com An interesting website. Christopher Bright has done extensive research on the Nike System during the Eisenhower era.
Epiphany A book written by Gary Stephens, Nike Veteran and Nike Historical Society member. Restoration of a Nike Missile Site to shoot down astroids.
LA-88 Oat Mountain, Chatsworth, Ca. Howard Rathbun looks back at his duty at LA-88 and pays a visit back to the old site in 2006.