A new structure adjacent to "A" Section houses offices formerly used by the Baltimore County Fire Department Rescue Academy but now houses the Baltimore County Department of Public Works Safety Office and Training Academy. Mostly sold off. Some IFC buildings still in-use, part of site also used by "Rolnick Observatory" also using old IFC buildings. Command, maintenance, and fueling buildings now serve as the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector Headquarters. This site was the western end of a test range under the jurisdiction of Griffiss AFB. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. The AADCP was inactivated in Sep 1969. Intact, Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park. In the 1970s, the partially dismantled site was part of the Friends World College campus. 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. Map showing the areas of the six Minuteman Missile wings on the central and northern Great Plains. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. The "Missile type" code indicates the numbers and types of missiles and other installation details. 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. Double magazine, launch doors appear to be concreted over, some buildings erected on firing pads. If so, are any of the silo structures still there? Battalion Headquarters was located at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant located north of Doyline. Mostly overgrown still under US Army control on Kahuku Army Training Area, abandoned. Intact, Private ownership, 1 launcher used to store dynamite. Most of area now redeveloped into tennis courts, park area. (17,500 mph). If you're using an IOS device like an iPhone or iPad, double-tapping the display zooms in but tapping does not zoom Very deteriorated. Abandoned IFC site. Magazines visible, condition unknown. see the locations of all silos on the ICBM History page. Different parts of the site also took on various roles including a fire and police academy, school, and target range. Private ownership, Old Army building still standing most in good condition, along with the roads. Redeveloped into single-family housing. Land cleared and being redeveloped into forested area. This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads. Dual magazines, in overgrown area, visible. Also quite a few junk vehicles. Totally obliterated. C-70 Naperville, Illinois - Nike Missile Sites on Waymarking.com. Especially to the East of them which is the direction of prevailing winds. The Boston Defense Area merged with Hartford & Providence Defense Areas in 1962, becoming the New England Defense Area. No evidence of IFC - Correction - IFC was located at the top of a hill on the corner of Ratzer and Alps Roads including radar towers as late as 1980. Buildings deteriorated but intact. Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. On 1 May 1961 PH-64DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-63/Z-63 Nike operations were inactivated on 30 Sep 1966. Former double magazine. Some buildings still in use. Abandoned, buildings appear derelict with lots of junk in the area. Obliterated, overgrown. You can turn off the labels if they obstruct your view. Radar facility used as storage for Lannon County Park and as a US Cellular tower site. Every fall, the park holds a, Obliterated, only foundations remain, Township owned. They are cement-block shells. No buildings or signs of magazines. San Francisco Defense Area (SF): San Francisco was defended by 12 Nike sites: SF-08, SF-09, SF-25, SF-31, SF-37, SF-51, SF-59, SF-87, SF-88, SF-89, SF-91 and SF-93. The road to the site is down the road to the left. Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. Most of launch site turned into a quarry. Because of this new missile, fewer sites were needed and PH-32, along with 7 other Philadelphia region bases, was shut down. Each flight is a group of 10 missile silos controlled by a Missile Alert Facility (MAF). Some buildings standing as well as radar towers. 4255'04.5"N 8809'57.6"W. Demolished as of 2014. Large piles of earth on top of magazines, some vehicles parked in magazine area visible in aerial images. The U.S. reverted the islands to Japan on May 15, 1972, setting back a Ryky independence movement that had emerged. Horses occupy the Assembly building. Oakland Community College. Interstate 87. 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. Rhode Island Army National Guard, most buildings intact, Magazine area used as a motor pool. Nike Carlton: 3B/20A/12L-A Newport: 3B/18H, 30A/12L-UA, FDS Derelict, but partially intact. East side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Controlling the SAMs was the 29th Artillery Group (Air Defense). Montrose Harbor was the radar and command center that controlled a battery of missiles located right next door at Belmont Harbor. concrete pad inside berms partially clear. FDS. Looks as if it is being used as a storage/junkyard. Former twin magazine site, intact, now Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy. Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. Assembly building is still present. No radar towers showing in aerial imagery. Harry P. Barbier Memorial Park. 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. L-58'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. Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. Bennett's Creek Park. 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. Today, the site is in use, some buildings still standing. Town of Westport, Westport/Weston Health District, Bayberry. Former triple-magazine site now abandoned. The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. A wonderful private oasis! The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FDS) program processed many former sites and then transferred them out of Defense Department control.[7]. One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft. No evidence of IFC site. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Some IFC roads exist, no structures. Private ownership. Obliterated, Private ownership, Light Industrial park, In highly urbanized area. All buildings razed, partially reused by parking lot and West Bayshore Blve. FDS. Pads have been removed, with just disturbed earth and a cleared area where they were. Obliterated. Town of Manchester, Recreation Center. The launch batteries and magazines were on the east edge of the Jackson Park Lagoons (facing east), about 3/4 mile away from the IFC radar site. IFC Redeveloped into a public park called Nike Park, in the middle of a much larger industrial park. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. Also used by the Air Force as part of the. Redeveloped into park and recreation area. Above ground magazines protected by berms. Obliterated, City of Detroit. 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. D-57 site demolished, redeveloped into Ford Motor Co. automotive parts distribution center in 2021. FDS. Underground launch control centers, called Missile Alert Facilities (MAF), that are within miles of the missile silos, control missile launch for 10 silos. Answer (1 of 19): Used to be in the middle of the countrywhere they were safer from sneak attacks. You can exit out of full screen by pressing the Escape key or clicking the control in the upper righthand corner of the display. Some ruins are visible along the west boundary, including the crushed fuelling stand and parts of the acid storage sheds.384850N 0772121W / 38.81389N 77.35583W / 38.81389; -77.35583 (W-74-LS). The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. are the names of places, businesses, cities, etc. Redeveloped into Bethel Church and Glouchester County Christian School. 400659N 0745330W / 40.11639N 74.89167W / 40.11639; -74.89167 (PH-15-LS). Abandoned, some buildings standing, magazine deteriorating but visible. On 15 Dec 1956 jurisdiction, control, and accountability transferred back to the Army. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors probably welded shut. Double magazine site, now a storage yard. All buildings in use in excellent condition. FDS. Private ownership, complete and buildings look in good shape. 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). No radar towers. 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. The missiles were stored horizontally underground. Love Illinois? Large number of commercial bee hives. Double launch magazine now District of Columbia minimum security prison. Launchers probably intact. Appears to be a large water tower built on site. Partially intact. Magazine launch doors removed; site appears to be filled in, with vegetation covering fill sites. Lately, many have been closed and the . 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. Used as the Bedford Electronics Research Annex. Complete with radar towers, in use, use unknown. Mix of new and old buildings. Nothing remains except large open area. Private ownership. U.S. Army Nike sites were also operational in South Korea, Japan and were sold to Taiwan.[1]. 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. private retirement home. They were said to be the last line of defense. 16T E 404265 N 4628284. Intact, NPS-GGNRA, Angel Island State Park. Formerly manned by the B/54th (12/54-9/58), B/4/1st (9/58-9/59) and MDArNG D/2/70th (9/59-9/53). Now part of a horse farm. There were also sites in Wolf Lake, Fort Sheridan, the Skokie Lagoons and elsewhere placed strategically to overlap so that no part of the Chicago-area would be left unprotected. In 2002, Evesham Township had the launch area cleared of illegal dumps and demolition debris left from the buildings. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol. Site redeveloped as Bedford Middle School in 2001. 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. The building that housed the Missile Master site is still standing and concrete paddocks that held radar tower are still visible. The Air Force ceased radar operations on 30 Sep 1969, and the AADCP was inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. Buildings torn down, launch pads consist of concrete slabs and bunkers. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. A helicopter pad is shown in the lower portion of the photo. Theres a Cold War missile launch site in Addison, Illinois that is now home to a charming park where children play. Launch structures completely removed except for some fences and a road and other infrastructure built for the missile site, Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Parks and Recreations District. A monument to the site stands near the entrance to the recreation area. Launch site with three intact missile pits located at the end of Stocksdale Road in Kingsville, MD. In use, some buildings still standing. Today, a few foundations of buildings visible, launch area exists, condition unknown probably filled with water. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. Twin Oaks Summer Camp. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. The country didnt deactivate most sites until the 70s after the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed by the Soviet Union and the U.S. in 1974. Location: Illinois, United States. Totally obliterated; replaced by the South Suburban Rehab Center at 19000 S Halsted St. FDS. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. Intact, USAR Center Orangeburg. CAArNG, 458th MASH facility. After the Nike base was closed, it was gained by Ellsworth AFB on 30 Sep 1963, as Ellsworth Academic Annex (also referred to as South Nike Education Annex). Meanwhile, the area that used to be a Nike site at Montrose Harbor is now a nature preserve. Intact, Department of Energy, facilities used as auxiliary research labs under Pacific Northwest National Laboratories oversight, currently scheduled for demolition. But the Ajax could only travel about 25 miles, which military leaders felt was not far enough to be an effective air defense. Totally obliterated, nothing left. New York Defense Area (NY): Combined with the sites located in New Jersey, the New York sites composed one of the largest defensive nets in the nation. FDS. Berms around missile launch sites now around buildings erected in former missile sites. Beck VoTech School. Double-battery Nike. Redeveloped into Howard Cassidy Park. Redeveloped into Governor Livingston Regional High School. Manned by C/36th (/54-9/58), C/1/562nd (9/58-3/60) and MDArNG A/1/70th (3/60-12/62). Now a forest preserve. Magazines visible, concrete heavily cracked. Subterranean shelters for sale Take a look at the weird and wonderful abandoned bunkers for sale right now. 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. The AADCP was inactivated in 1969. You can Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. 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. Buildings in use by park personnel. Also used as a self-storage site. Now well-preserved in private ownership. Buildings in good condition, the old radar towers are still standing. Some foundations of buildings, remainder of streets. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Private Ownership. Has radar towers. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. 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. Obliterated and abandoned, Department of Energy. FDS. 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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The AAFC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-71 / Z-71. ICBMs were offensive weapons and were actually what led to Nike missiles becoming obsolete. Most buildings are still there, launch magazines filled in, concrete pads obliterated. Several Buildings standing also some radar towers. Redeveloped into Marine Mammal Center. Appears in good condition. The site fired Nike missiles at potentially incoming jets as part of the Project Nike. Some military buildings in use, new buildings erected over magazine. They were the countrys first surface-to-air guided missile system. Nike was meant to defend against manned aircraft. Buildings in good shape. Sites CL-02, CL-ll, and CL-69 were converted to fire Nike Hercules missiles. Deactivated silos were located in Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, New York, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington. The areas in black denote deactivated missile wings, the areas in red denote the active missile . Abandoned. Dillingham Airport, Above-ground Nike-Hercules launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, no buildings remain abandoned. This will show things like Part of old access road still visible from Pitman Road. Some broken concrete remains of launch area. There are currently three active missile wings (supposedly), each wing has a total of 150 silo's and three squadrons. Almost intact buildings still exist but are vandalized and a section has major fire damage. Dyess AFB Defense Area (DY): Installed to defend the SAC bombers and Atlas F missile silos stationed at and around Dyess AFB. In 1968, the Cleveland Defense Area merged with Detroit's. Municipal complex storage yard. Radar tower outlines are visible. This change eventually made Nikes air defense role obsolete. The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army. Buildings removed; foundations and radar tower concrete bases remain. The land at 770 Muddy Branch Road (Excess Land Sale Only) is one of fourteen federal properties listed for disposal by the Public Buildings Reform Board in their 2019 recommendations. Fenced and gated. Light office building, parking lot, also Worcester Nike Park. Buildings well maintained, appears to be 3 radar towers to the east of the buildings still standing. Most structures are still present but have been repurposed as storage buildings. Town of Fairfield, Fire Training and Canine Center. Abandoned. The IFC was assigned as an off-base installation to Ellsworth AFB on 25 May 1961. Fenced. Partially intact. Magazine area has been partially filled in, severe cracking of concrete, abandoned. 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. Two round ground pads, one square ground pad, and one tower with cyclone fence around the top. Located on top of a mountain in the middle of the city.