Nike missile sites
Find Ajax and Hercules batteries, including launch and control areas.
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U.S. Military History Archive
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03Search a name or codeLook for a base, battery, or equipment designation.
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Missile silos
Explore Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, and Peacekeeper sites and their histories.
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Air defense sites
Find a Nike missile site
Browse individual batteries and their launch and control locations.
Strategic missile sites
Explore Titan I silo locations
Follow the complexes from the missile program to individual sites.
Continental warning
Understand the radar network
See how stations, equipment, and SAGE centers worked together.
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About this archive
History grounded in place.
The Military Standard connects installation histories with the missile, radar, and defense networks around them. Detailed pages bring together historical records, photographs, maps, and related places where available.