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Nike Ajax Missile Site C-41

Launcher Area
61st Street and Lake Shore Drive, Jackson Park, Chicago

 
 

Typical Launcher Area Layout

(from http://ed-thelen.org/index.html)

Under

Nike Site C-41 in Jackson Park would have looked similar to this photo of Boston Site B-15.

(15 July 60) U.S. Army Photo

(from http://www.matf.org/BO_15.htm)

Nike Site

Nike Ajax missile being raised via elevator from its underground magazine.

Elevator

Nike Hercules missile tilting into launch position.

Elevator2

Boston Site B-15 - Nike Ajax missiles

(15 July 60) U.S. Army Photo

(from http://www.matf.org/BO_15.htm)

Bunker

The Nike Hercules shown here defended major U.S. target areas against aircraft attack from 1958 to 1974. It had an effective range of over 75 miles and a speed of mach 3.6. South Korea has over 200 of these missiles, with associated radars and guidance systems, currently in service. Its predecessor, the smaller Nike Ajax, was in service from 1954 through about 1965. It had a range of 25 miles and a speed of mach 2.5.

(From Rolf Dieter Görigk c/o
http://ed-thelen.org/index.html)

Nike Crete

For more information on the Nike launcher area, see: http://ed-thelen.org/launcher_area.html

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