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Article #54938Nike-Hurcules around DC in the 60's ?
From: Michael G. Katzmann
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1992 17:39
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1992 17:39
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I was just reading an article in "Discover" magazine (June 1991), stating that Washington DC was ringed in the 60's by Nike-Hurcules nuclear tiped anti-aircraft missiles. From what I was led to believe, there were only Nike-Ajax sites (conventional warhead) involved in the DC area defense. Our local radio club is in one of these old sites at Davidsonville MD (we use the RADAR antenna base as a base for our repeater mast). Does any one know the truth of the "Discover" statement? I recall talking to an ex commander of a similar site who said, if my memory serves me correctly, that Herc. was only an experimental system. -- Michael Katzmann > Broadcast Sports Technology Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ < Crofton, Maryland. U.S.A Amateur Radio Stations: > NV3Z / VK2BEA / G4NYV < opel!vk2bea!michael@uunet.uu.net
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,29bb62e756cbb844,start X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-06-10 05:54:56 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!opel!slc1!vk2bea!michael From: michael@vk2bea.UUCP (Michael G. Katzmann) Newsgroups: dc.general Subject: Nike-Hurcules around DC in the 60's ? Keywords: air-defence, missiles Message-ID: <954@vk2bea.UUCP> Date: 9 Jun 92 17:39:33 GMT Reply-To: michael@vk2bea.UUCP (Michael G. Katzmann) Organization: Broadcast Sports Technology, Crofton. Maryland. Lines: 16