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  2. Nike Hercules - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia

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    Nike Hercules bases remained in operation at C49/50, C-72, and C-93 as well as at sites C-46 and C-47 in northern Indiana, until 1974. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) C-80DC established at Arlington Heights AI, IL in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center.

  4. Project Nike - Wikipedia

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    Even as Nike Ajax was being tested, work started on Nike-B, later renamed Nike Hercules (MIM-14). It improved speed, range and accuracy, and could intercept ballistic missiles . The Hercules had a range of about 100 miles (160 km), a top speed in excess of 3,000 mph (4,800 km/h) and a maximum altitude of around 150,000 ft (about 46 km) [ 3 ...

  5. 'Last line of defense': Cold War reheats at Nike missile ...

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    Paul Klco sits in the Nike Battery control room, one of three buildings that worked together if the need came to launch an actual missile at the Fort Hancock Nike missile base at Sandy Hook.

  6. Nike (rocket stage) - Wikipedia

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    The Nike Tomahawk has a Nike rocket as the first stage, and a Tomahawk rocket as the second. The Nike Tomahawk has a ceiling of 230 statute miles (370 km), a payload capacity of 100 pounds (45 kg), a launch thrust of 49,000 pounds of force (217 kN ), a launch weight of 2,200 pounds (1,000 kg), a diameter of 17 inches (0.43 m) and a length of 35 ...

  7. Hyunmoo - Wikipedia

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    The Hyunmoo-1 was a variant of the NHK-1 Baekgom (Nike Hercules Korea-1 White Bear; Korean: NHK-1 백곰) missile whose propulsion engine was modified based on the technology transfer of the American Nike Hercules and has been deployed to the ROK Armed Forces from 1987. Later, Hyunmoo-1 was retired in 2018 due to the further development of the ...

  8. White Sands Launch Complex 38 - Wikipedia

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    In February 1957, the prototype Nike Hercules installation was completed at White Sands Launch Complex 37, and a satisfactory flight test was conducted on March 13 (92 Hercules firings through November 13, 1957 [2]--Operation Understanding civilian tours were conducted in 1967.) [3] The 1956 [4] Nike II anti-ballistic missile study for an advance Project Nike evolved into the development ...

  9. Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site - Wikipedia

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    The Arlington Heights Army Air Defense Site was a Project Nike Missile Master site near Chicago, Illinois. It operated from 1960 until 1968. It operated from 1960 until 1968. Installation started in late 1959 [ 1 ] after the United States Army had purchased 44 acres (18 ha).