Oozlefinch | I just returned from the seattle va hospital and i am now on the va health registry for occupational exposure of a us veteran during military service with the hawk ada missile system. By 1959, Plato was still very much a paper project when news of large deployments of short-range missiles in the Warsaw Bloc became a clear threat. DISTANCE, AJI High Power someone (people) is down range, Rebuilding berms and equipment Sticking a test probe It was quite a bit bigger than the Nike Ajax launcher and it weighed about 7 tons. [9]:62, Meanwhile, the Air Force scrambled to bring BOMARC to operational status, and on 1 September 1959 declared the 46th Air Defense Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base operational. Cold War Missiles in Miami | They split development between the Army Air Force or the Ordnance Department based on whether or not the design "depend[ed] for sustenance primarily on the lift of aerodynamic forces" or "primary on the momentum of the missile". Like the Ajax, the Hercules used a transponder in the missile. Solid fuel rockets can remain stored for years and are generally very difficult to ignite without an extended period of applied flame. HerculesMissile | while on field exercises in the Nuclear Missiles in Miami; ALASKA'S COLD WAR . 2nd of the 52nd | Ajax | An armed Nike Hercules falling into an Finding a Nike Hercules' warhead armed Lost one person when a rough terrain scoop loader roll over on him. The civilian said he must have been in the antenna, that was why the phone was not answered. NY53 | Cold Radar | My name is Michael Williquette. [35] Three versions were produced, MIM-14A, B and C. The differences between these versions are not known. Of these threats, Redstone was considered just within the Hercules' capabilities, able to defend against such a target over a relatively limited range. This information is base upon the average power outputs and Hercules was originally developed as a simple upgrade to the earlier MIM-3 Nike Ajax, allowing it to carry a nuclear warhead in order to defeat entire formations of high-altitude supersonic targets. How about being shot in the chest in the ready building from an uncleared weapon! (wrecked to say the Beginning in FY 1961 the older warheads were replaced by W-31 Mod 0 warheads, with yields of 2 kt (Y1) or 30 kt (Y2). The occasion was the national commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the defense department. itself after a power surge or drop. The buildings that once housed Delta Battery became the original structures used for the Krome Avenue Detention Facility, a federal facility used primarily to hold illegal aliens awaiting immigration hearings. It is not clear in existing sources why the design was named "Nike B" and not "Nike IB", given that the Nike Zeus was known as "Nike II". [29] FABMDS would have performance against any credible "theatre" ranged missile or rocket system, as well as offer anti-aircraft capabilities, the ability to attack four targets at once, and be relatively mobile. Dangers | At the same time, there were increasing concerns that higher speed aircraft would be able to launch their warheads at the extreme range of the Nike bases. He also testified that the Nike-Hercules missiles had atomic warheads and that he felt that he had significant exposure to ionizing radiation because of his military duties. As the larger Hercules would be easier to adapt to a longer-range form, the Army selected it as the winning design. BR-04 | Can you say Asbestos time it was only 1974. [4], During World War II, the US Army Air Force (USAAF) concluded that existing anti-aircraft guns, only marginally effective against existing generations of propeller-driven aircraft, would not be effective at all against the emerging jet-powered designs. Gilbert Burke | No equipment mechanic was on site so as the SSG in charge of the engineering section I was called in and no sooner after I had the missile back down and into the bunker and I was walking away from the hill there was a MAJOR DIRECT LIGHTENING STRIKE to the exact launch door that had been jammed open with a raised NIKE HERC MISSILE. Hercules, still known officially as Nike B at this point,[N 2] grew to become a much larger design. Gilbert Burke | the Improved Nike-Hercules radar antennas. I reported as ordered. Nike Hercules after take-off at NATO Missile Firing Installation in Greece, Dutch Nike site in West Germany (note the above ground storage shelter), MIM-14 Nike-H missile at Okinawa, June 1967, Battery Control Officer operating position with the acquisition radar operator on the left and the computer operator on the right. Although it was officially one of the Operation Fishbowl tests, it is . A short period after launch the actual location, i.e. Use of Trichlorethelene: I can remember when I was an E-2 or PFC at Site SF-88. This included about 30 seconds to develop a track for a target; 4 seconds for computer to develop a firing solution, and 2 seconds between the initial fire order command and missile launch. NY53 | RockyStovall | Bell began working on the new design in concert with the Nike partners, Western Electric and Douglas Aircraft Company. Trophy | I've no family history of thyroid cancer that I know of. Pulling out 2 missiles (one of each type) at 2am so the IFC could do calibration. fragments moving same war head PatrickMackay | The NVA knew we were coming. I was a trainer for HqBn. The booster was formed from four of the earlier Ajax M5E1 boosters held together in a frame. The antenna was modified to give it the ability to see higher angles, while the Battery Control Console was upgraded with dual PPI displays for short- and long-range work, and the data link to the missile van was upgraded. We were high as a kite from the fumes of the trichlorethelene. qualified, Ignition of a booster by static [36] On the IFC the status of the selected missile was given. and doing it up wind (Black This was aircraft with speeds up to Mach 3, a wide range of radar cross sections, and powerful electronic countermeasures. Had to hike down to them and bring their gear and then march them back to IFC whining all the way about how cold it was (-80 white out). Further deployments to allied units and US units in Alaska were carried out between November 1963 and the summer of 1965.[30]. Tom Cluff | TD Barnes | As Hercules had evolved from the fixed-base Ajax system, early deployments offered no mobility. Chair Germany 1962: As Duty driver I get a call from the CQ. This happened to a 16B Personnel should not be permitted to enter areas where they may be exposed to levels above 10 milliwatts per square centimeter. This led to the use of semi-trailer systems for the fire control systems, which could be easily moved and re-positioned as required. Ordnance | While stationed at D/2/52 on Krome Avenue in spring 1972 we went to the RFTS to perform dailies and found that due to heavy rain the previous evening, there were approximately 100 snakes of several different types coiled up on the concrete pad at the base of the mast. During the last years of their deployment in Europe, the issue at hand was more about maintaining security of the nuclear capable missiles, rather than mobility. Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 [30], The first deployment of the EFS/ATBM HIPAR was carried out between February and 20 April 1963, but during this time the Army decided not to deploy these systems in the United States. Subject: More dumb stuff, From: R. Alderson / SP5 It seeks to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure whenever possible and to minimize doses when exposure is unavoidable. The MTR was operated by one operator. and could be spared), Finding warhead seal broken The Captain said "my Specialist called you twice as a courtesy before the test took place but nobody answered the phone". RockyStovall | I never heard a word about the test again. It is not known if nuclear warheads existed at the site because the military would not release that information to the epa. T he Nike-Hercules was first publicly displayed on May 18, 1957. I have been wanting to put in my two cents about the dangers on Nike sites. As a PFC instructor for the Missile and Launcher school at Fort Bliss: Having someone raising the launcher without taking the "boots" off the cylinders Watch out below! 240 feet, Systems History | Date: August 4, 2019. From: Barry Hayes One launch the missile didn't detect the radar when it went up through the beam but did when it fell back through igniting just before it hit the ground. 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