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Robinson Dept. Some foundations of buildings, remainder of streets. We are eager to share our knowledge and expertise to assist you with purchasing your own 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. Appears to be largely intact underneath vegetation overgrowth; old access road entrance at Ave J & 133 Street largely obliterated. that appear on the map. Many Nike sites are now municipal yards, communications, and FAA facilities, probation camps, and even renovated for use as airsoft gaming and military simulation training complexes. Former double-magazine site abandoned and mostly overgrown with vegetation. Buildings have been razed but foundations remain; double-Nike-Ajax magazines badly cracked with wild vegetation overgrowing. Demolition of this facility began in 2015 and is now complete. To the west stood the missiles, poised on above-ground launchers. Where's The Bunker? The magazines have a one-foot thick cap of concrete on them. FDS. FDS. Not much else. 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. Abandoned. Obliterated, no evidence of launch site. Northwest side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. In the 1980s, water contamination near the base was found to be a health hazard. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Caswell AFS, ME in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 15:53. At some later time, probably about 1984, it was transferred back to the Army and assigned to Fort Dix. Buildings in good condition, also several radar towers. Private ownership, complete and buildings look in good shape. Abandoned. Located behind single-family home subdivision 20260 South Garnder Road. No evidence of radar towers. Many buildings standing, some razed. Today's W78 warheads are 23 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The security gate to the MAF is 968 feet from the road. Redeveloped into large school and recreational area of the Long Beach School District. 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. Vacant land. Several radar towers standing. Command, maintenance, and fueling buildings now serve as the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector Headquarters. Buildings were torn down, some new structures erected, and a bunch of old boats and trucks stored on site; may be a junkyard. Former triple Ajax battery. IFC site operated by B/602nd (9/55-9/58) and B/4/5th (9/58-8/60), Still under US government control, Naval Surface Warfare Center. 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. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Now Massachusetts Audubon Society, Drumlin Farm. Site redeveloped as Bedford Middle School in 2001. Two towers are still standing, covered with corrugated sheet steel. Also lots of single-family housing. 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. The AADCP was inactivated in 1969. 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. Mostly cleared land, some roads of IFC remain but that's about it. Underground single-magazine intact, no buildings, appears abandoned. Mapping the Missile Fields (U.S. National Park Service) Totally obliterated; formerly a three-magazine (1B2C)/12-launcher facility with battery at Lake Shore Drive off the end of what's now I-55, south of the McCormick Place complex. [16], 413622N 0724129W / 41.60611N 72.69139W / 41.60611; -72.69139 (HA-48-CS). FDS. Intact, Explosives Technology. The buildings appear to be in use and in good condition. But the Ajax could only travel about 25 miles, which military leaders felt was not far enough to be an effective air defense. There were more active silos in the past. Pads have been removed, with just disturbed earth and a cleared area where they were. FDS. Above-ground Nike-Hercules pads within protective berms. Large number of cars, boats, large RVs. FDS. Redeveloped into park and recreation area. Buildings exist on east side of road, appear to be in poor condition and overgrown. Partially intact, administration buildings at entrance standing, with what appear to be military radio towers. FDS. Much of site overgrown with vegetation. The buildings are now used as a thrift store, Granny's Attic, and a medical clinic. Evidence of IFC structures on hill behind buildings. Today, most buildings had recently been demolished. Raymond Central High School some buildings intact but site greatly modified for school. Now part of a horse farm. out. Map showing the areas of the six Minuteman Missile wings on the central and northern Great Plains. Most buildings remain, appears some of the magazine as well. Intact, US Park Service, very deteriorated condition. Figure3shows a Google Maps street-view of the entrance to a MAF. Nike was created to address a new. Maryland Indian Heritage Society, Melwood Horticultural Training Center. Buildings torn down, launch pads consist of concrete slabs and bunkers. 1) Distance - The shortest distance to the Soviet Union - the United States main opponent during the Cold War - was over the North Pole. Magazines visible, concrete heavily cracked. Underground single-magazine intact, Private Ownership. A few, such as site C-44 in southeastern Chicago can still be visited. FEMA team headquarters, and missile site still accessible. 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. have been removed. The site is currently for sale. Most buildings were razed, with no radar towers. Magazines visible, some snow plows being stored on them. 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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. You do not want to buy land or live anywhere near these silo's, and preferrably not anywhere within 200 miles of these missile fields. 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]. The remainder of these sites are privately owned. Redeveloped into part golf course, part U.S. Army Reserve center. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. 5 miles. FDS. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) LA-45DC was established at San Pedro Hill AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Concrete launch pads still visible. The adjacent buildings are used by an EOD unit. The park currently owns three Ajax missiles and one Hercules. Assembly buildings are still standing but now in private hands. becomes S. State Line Rd. Now obliterated, Park, ownership by Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Construction of the Nike batteries started in 1959; becoming limited operational in 1960 and fully operational in 1961. Concrete foundations badly deteriorated, only some building foundations remain. Now obliterated, High-end single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. Missile Base Specialists. Launch site on W side of Columbia Ave. razed in 2008, obliterated; missile magazines filled in, concrete pads removed. Fences and one . 262 just outside the town limits. Dual magazines, in overgrown area, visible. Abandoned, buildings appear derelict with lots of junk in the area. Several were obliterated and turned into parks. Very deteriorated state. [10] During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Travis battalion assumed responsibility for the remaining active batteries guarding the entire San Francisco region. Buildings at beginning of entrance road, former underground double magazine. Privately owned, abandoned and overgrown, surrounded on north and east by a new subdivision. Batteries paved over with asphalt, new building construction. Abandoned. Site is now utilized by the LAPD SWAT team for training. Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command, Buildings in good shape, magazines covered with earth. Private ownership, electrical service, buildings and radar towers standing. 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. Private ownership, Old Army building still standing most in good condition, along with the roads. A semi-circular embankment protecting the fueling area remains. Assembly building is still present. During the Cold War there were an additional 500 silo's for a total of about 1,000, which were in South Dakota, Missouri, and North Dakota. The site, known officially as 550th SMS Site 2, was constructed in 1961 and decommissioned on June 25, 1965. Some buildings in use, magazine area obliterated however land scarring visible where overfilled with soil.