Nike missile locations | Georgia

Nike Missile Sites in Georgia

Find Nike sites in Georgia 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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2Defense areas

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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.

Robins Defense Area

2 sites in this inventory

Defense-area history
Robins location map

It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.

Historical map of Robins Defense Area Nike launcher locations
R-88

Byron

Service: Nov 1960 - Mar 1966

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3AG/12H/12L-H

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

R-28

Jeffersonville

Service: Nov 1960 - Mar 1966

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3AG/12H/12L-H

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Turner Defense Area

2 sites in this inventory

Defense-area history
TU-79

Armenia/Sasse

Service: Nov 1960 - Mar 1966

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3AG/12H

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Not stated in source

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

TU-28

Willingsham/ Sylvester

Service: Nov 1960 - Mar 1966

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3AG/12H/12L-H

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Not stated in source

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

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).