Nike missile locations | Connecticut
Nike Missile Sites in Connecticut
Find Nike sites in Connecticut by town, site ID, or defense area. Browse the original service dates and site notes, with links to existing histories and IFC or launch pages where available.
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Before visiting a site: Condition and ownership notes below come from the prior inventory and have not been verified as current. They are not access guidance. Any coordinates in the additional source material are source-listed points, not surveyed property boundaries.
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Bridgeport Defense Area
6 sites in this inventory
It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.
Ansonia
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
US Forest Service
Private ownership
Fairfield
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Town of Fairfield, Fire Training and Canine Center
South Pine Creek Park
Milford
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Town of Milford, board of education
Private ownership
Shelton
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 1C
US Government ownership, storage and maintenance support facility for Fort Devens
Park, Town of Shelton
West Haven
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
CTANG, Communications site
Town of Westhaven, Parks and Recreation Department
Westport
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Town of Westport, Westport/Weston Health District, Bayberry Special Education Center
Firefighting Traning Center
Hartford Defense Area
6 sites in this inventory
Avon/Simsbury
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Talcott Mountain Service Center
Condominiums
Cromwell
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-U, (7L-H)
Church and elderly housing
USAR Center, Transportation Company
East Windsor
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-U
US Government ownership
USAR Center
Manchester
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Town of Manchester, Recreation Center
Electric Lighting Company
Plainville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Obliterated, Residential
Industrial
Portland
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Meskomasic State Forest
FDS, Abandoned
Reading the original records
Missile codes and source context
Nike missile and launcher code key
The original inventory uses compact storage and launcher codes, retained in each site's details.
- Storage
- C: Ajax only, original design. B: Ajax or Hercules, with some elevators modified for Hercules. D: either type, with increased magazine access.
- Launcher
- A: Ajax; AA: double Ajax; AG: above ground; H: Hercules; L: launcher; K: unofficial Alaskan above-ground designation; U: universal; UA: half universal and half Ajax; UU: double universal.
Launcher conversions to Hercules appear in parentheses in the original code, for example (8L-H).