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  2. Project Nike - Wikipedia

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    Project Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953. A great number of the technologies and rocket systems used for ...

  3. List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia

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    After the phase-out of the Nike Ajax system, sites B-05, B-36, and B-73 remained supplied with Hercules missiles. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC established at Fort Heath, MA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center.

  4. Nike Hercules - Wikipedia

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    system. command guidance. The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. [4] It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but could also be fitted with a conventional warhead for export use.

  5. MIM-3 Nike Ajax - Wikipedia

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    MIM-3 Nike Ajax. A Nike Ajax in firing position. The Nike Ajax was an American guided surface-to-air missile (SAM) developed by Bell Labs for the United States Army. The world's first operational guided surface-to-air missile, [ 1 ] the Nike Ajax was designed to attack conventional bomber aircraft flying at high subsonic speeds and altitudes ...

  6. Combat boot - Wikipedia

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    Combat boot. Combat or tactical boots are military boots designed to be worn by soldiers during combat or combat training, as opposed to during parades and other ceremonial duties. Modern combat boots are designed to provide a combination of grip, ankle stability, and foot protection suitable for a rugged environment.

  7. Nike (rocket stage) - Wikipedia

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    Nike (rocket stage) Early Booster Missile Nike I (three fin model). The Nike stage or Nike booster, a solid fuel rocket motor, was created by Hercules Aerospace for the Nike Ajax (M5) Nike Hercules (M5E1) (and M88 late in Hercules career). [1][2] It was developed for use as the first stage of the Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles as part of ...

  8. Site Summit - Wikipedia

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    96000691 [1] AHRS No. ANC-789. Added to NRHP. July 11, 1996. The Nike Site Summit (or just Site Summit) is a historic military installation of the United States Army in Anchorage Borough, Alaska. The site, located in the Chugach Mountains overlooking Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, is the location of one of the best-preserved surviving Nike ...

  9. Western Electric System 1393 Radar Course Directing Central

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    The Western Electric System 1393 Radar Course Directing Central[2] (RCDC) was a Cold War complex of radar/computer systems within the overall Improved Nike Hercules Air Defense Guided Missile System (separate from the missiles, storage and launch equipment, and command post equipment). The RCDC was installed at the "battery control areas" [3][4 ...

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