Nike missile site

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Cold War facility air defense site military installation

A Nike missile site was a Cold War-era U.S. Army air-defense installation equipped with Nike surface-to-air missiles designed to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft or missiles.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Nike Missile Base 1
Nike missile base 1
Nike missile batteries 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War facility ⓘ
air defense site ⓘ
military installation ⓘ
controlledBy Army Air Defense Command Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedDuring Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedToCounter Soviet bomber threat ⓘ
nuclear-armed bombers ⓘ
equippedWith Nike Ajax missile NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nike Hercules missile NERFINISHED ⓘ
acquisition radar ⓘ
communications equipment ⓘ
fire control computer ⓘ
missile tracking radar ⓘ
surface-to-air missile launchers ⓘ
target tracking radar ⓘ
hasPart administration buildings ⓘ
control vans ⓘ
generator buildings ⓘ
guard facilities ⓘ
integrated fire control area ⓘ
launch area ⓘ
missile magazines ⓘ
perimeter fencing ⓘ
radar installations ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ
continental United States ⓘ
locatedNear major urban areas ⓘ
military bases ⓘ
strategic industrial centers ⓘ
operatedBy U.S. Army Air Defense Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf Nike air defense system NERFINISHED ⓘ
continental air defense network NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires maintenance personnel ⓘ
missile crews ⓘ
radar operators ⓘ
security personnel ⓘ
someConvertedTo industrial areas ⓘ
parks ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
somePreservedAs historic sites ⓘ
status mostly decommissioned ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
usedFor air defense ⓘ
interception of enemy aircraft ⓘ
interception of enemy missiles ⓘ
surface-to-air missile operations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Tilden → formerFunction → Nike missile site ⓘ
Fort Hancock → hasStructure → Nike missile site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nike missile batteries
Riker Hill Art Park → formerlyKnownAs → Nike missile site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nike Missile Base
Riker Hill Art Park → formerUse → Nike missile site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nike missile base