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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. Nike Hercules - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. 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.

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. 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 ...

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   10. Vintage Style: Vintage fashion fans will love these mid-rise shorts for their vintage light wash, distressed style and comfortable cotton fabric — $70! 11. Office Fashion: Sadly, we still ...

8. Surface-to-air missile - Wikipedia

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   A surface-to-air missile ( SAM ), also known as a ground-to-air missile ( GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon ( SAGW ), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft system; in modern armed forces, missiles have replaced most other forms of dedicated anti ...

9. Nike Zeus - Wikipedia

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   Nike Zeus. Nike Zeus was an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system developed by the United States Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s that was designed to destroy incoming Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile warheads before they could hit their targets. It was designed by Bell Labs ' Nike team, and was initially based on the earlier ...