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Article #54943Re: Nike-Hurcules around DC in the 60's ?
From: Steve Snyder
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 15:27
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 15:27
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In article <20845@oasys.dt.navy.mil> gallaghe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Michael Gallagher) writes: >In dc.general, michael@vk2bea.UUCP (Michael G. Katzmann) writes: >>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. > > There is an old Nike site (don't know which type) at the Annapolis >Naval Station that is across the river from the Academy. I don't think >it has any remnants, but the navy base, I think, converted it to a park >because it is always referenced for picnics and so forth. I remember that there used to be one near the intersection of routes 107 and 28 just east of Poolesville, MD. I think the sign out front said NIKE-AJAX. This was late 60s and early 70s. Steve
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,29bb62e756cbb844 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-06-10 09:35:12 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!seismo!rsg1.er.usgs.gov!sunai.er.usgs.gov!ssnyder From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder) Newsgroups: dc.general Subject: Re: Nike-Hurcules around DC in the 60's ? Message-ID: <1992Jun10.152754.8479@rsg1.er.usgs.gov> Date: 10 Jun 92 15:27:54 GMT References: <954@vk2bea.UUCP> <20845@oasys.dt.navy.mil> Sender: news@rsg1.er.usgs.gov Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA Lines: 15