Nike missile locations | Wisconsin
Nike Missile Sites in Wisconsin
Find Nike sites in Wisconsin 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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Milwaukee Defense Area
8 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.
Cudahy
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Hales Corners/ Paynesville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Lannon
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Milwaukee/ Brown Deer
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Milwaukee/ Harbor Drive
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Muskegon/ Prospect
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Milwaukee/ Silver Springs
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
West Silver Springs ASARC and Training Area
FDS
Waukesha
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-U, (10L-H)
FDS
FDS
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links from the prior page
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).