On high ridge, elevation 3,750'. Private ownership redeveloped into single-family housing. Partially Intact, City of Detroit, River Rouge Park. It was subsequently closed by 1990. Others were offered to state and local governments, while others were sold to school districts. Condition unknown. Township of Lumberton and private owner. Now Grandview Off Leash Dog Park. Nike launching pads are visible, probably all sealed shut. FDS. No signs of radar towers. Private ownership, Kraemer Construction Company. 
Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. Intact, NPS-GGNRA, Angel Island State Park. Launch bases were installed in more than 200 locations throughout the country, as well as within the territory of American allies in Asia and Europe. Magazine now an auto junkyard. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. FDS. Appears to be in good condition, no evidence of radar towers. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. The same could be said for the 11 other underground Cold War missile bases scattered throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. DOD communications facility. Edward Peden lives in a decommissioned U. S. Airforce nuclear missile base (Atlas E) underground in Kansas. FDS. It was transferred from the Army to the Air Force (Headquarters Command) on 10 Jun 1963. On 18 Sep 1968, IFC-2 was designated the Palehua AF Solar Observatory Research Site, activated, and assigned to Military Airlift Command with jurisdiction and operational control assigned to Air Weather Service. The Integrated Firing Control Site buildings & radars (formerly located at the end of Hutschenreuter Road in Fork were removed sometime in the early 1980s, and the property is now in private hands. 2 Cold War-era nuclear missile silos that sat abandoned for decades went on sale in Arizona for $495,000 each. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. The rest of the site is used by farmers. 
In 1965, upgraded to the AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Berms still quite visible under vegetation. Leveled and cleared; redeveloped into Patriots Park along 187th Street. Buildings torn down, foundations remain. Site is now used as a bus parking lot for Meramec Valley R-3 school district. Obliterated by 1997. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. Abandoned in heavy woods. See. Gloucester Township, IFC is a vacant lot with woods, some old roads. As the sites were decommissioned, they were first offered to federal agencies. They were disguised as Propane tanks.no radar towers. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol. Obliterated. County Engineers Office. Troop barracks are used for storage for Nike Elementary School in the Meramec Valley R-3 school district. Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. This event actually took place in October 1962[6] during the Cuban missile crisis when NATO came on full alert. As in several other states, during the 1960s the National Guard assumed a greater role in operating the sites. Never operational. Cleveland Defense Area (CL): Headquarters facilities were located at the Shaker Heights Armory and in Cleveland. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. Never completed. A missile silo in Abilene, Kansas, used to store and launch ballistic missiles in the 1960s, is on sale for $380,000. Some buildings still standing, unknown condition. The only IFC building left is a small pump house. Signage indicates that it is being redeveloped as residential housing. Built to oppose Soviet air attack, this complex and those in Great Falls and Lorton were three of thirteen Nike sites that surrounded Washington and Baltimore. Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. Two radar towers still stand. Starting in the early 1950s, the Army made the protection of Pittsburgh's industrial complex a matter of national security, circling the area with bunkers, radar towers and communications equipment. Glenn Woods Published: August 11, 2020. Double magazine now motor pool area for Army Reserve unit. Magazine area appears to be an auto junkyard, although intact, appears to be a large garage, auto dismantling building erected over the magazine. WebMarch 2015. Abandoned, most buildings collapsed, one radar tower still standing. Appears to be light office building. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. On or about 30 Dec 1963 the housing area next to the Launch Site was designated Ellsworth Family Housing Annex No 1, activated, and assigned to Ellsworth AFB. Site leased in about 2014 and is now Wing Headquarters for the Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol. The Army housing was commonly referred to as West Nike Housing Area, and was controlled by Ellsworth AFB until about 2000. of baseball diamond. Intact, Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park. Site cleared and redeveloped on top of ridge. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". Located on Belle Isle, south of Blue Heron Lagoon, East side of Lakeside Drive, Obliterated, City of Detroit. Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park, kits if debris on the launchers, site used as a storage yard. The vehicle park is on top of the three magazines. Cleared land, no evidence except a few pipes emerging from below ground; apron off Forest Way still visible. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. A few buildings in use by Teen Challenge; drug & alcohol rehab center. Buildings in good shape, no radar towers. Access road also overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. And this one can be all yours. Being cleared and leveled. Buildings in good condition, also several radar towers. Some old military buildings, off "Nike Site Road". Obliterated, City of Detroit. FDS. Used as the Bedford Electronics Research Annex. On 1 October 1961 W-13DC was integrated with USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-54/Z-227. Some buildings in use, others very deteriorated. Now County highway maintenance storage facility. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Buildings in use, no radar towers. Is on County Road 80S in Castle Rock, Minnesota. Many military buildings in use and well maintained. Large number of cars, boats, large RVs. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) PH-64DC established at Gibbsboro AFS, NJ in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. A few old IFC buildings in use, no radar towers. To the west stood the missiles, poised on above-ground launchers. Guard shack still visible, launcher site clearly visible, and administrative buildings still in use. Mostly overgrown still under US Army control on Kahuku Army Training Area, abandoned. Underground single-magazine intact, Private Ownership. FDS. The site today is on the North Branch Trail on a leveled-off hill. IFC buildings are being reused in reasonable condition. The administrative, housing, and launch complex area was located just west of South Lake Shore Drive, between the 59th St Harbor and Hayes Dr. FDS. Intact, Gateway National Recreation Area. Fort Funston/ Mount San Bruno, California. Also Nike Site Park. Its the ultimate in social distancing.. Few buildings left, faint traces of one magazine but very little of Launch site remains. Baseball fields, recreation Halls, Tennis courts, playground etc. Missile assembly building appears standing, concrete missile pads deteriorated concrete. Magazines appear to be covered over with dirt but location still visible on aerial imagery. After being closed by the Army in 1974, in 1976 the housing part of PH-41/43 was transferred to the Air Force for use by Gibbsboro AFS, New Jersey. As of 2019, entire launch site covered by new police academy. Well-preserved in private ownership. LA-45DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-39 / Z-39 The AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974 along with the remaining Nike Hercules sites. Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy. Intact, Communications Facility Partially. Air Force operations ended 1 October 1972. Still in Army control, being used by the PAArNG; D/876th Engineer Battalion. Land incorporated within Alfred Brush Ford Park (also known as Ford Brush Park) at the foot of Lenox Ave. The IFC was assigned as an off-base installation to Ellsworth AFB on 25 May 1961. The Magazine area is overgrown with vegetation and appears abandoned. U.S. Army Nike sites were also operational in South Korea, Japan and were sold to Taiwan.[1]. Mostly vacant land in the middle of forested area. Air Defense Command/NORAD radar sites at Fire Island AFS (F-1) and King Salmon AFS (F-3) AK were integrated into the Army Nike operations. FDS Location Undetermined Possibly incorporated into Naval Weapons Station Earle. Missile launch pads intact. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Several radar towers standing. FDS. Buildings Demolished Sept 2015 Magazines are there and part of a municipal maintenance facility. The village has constructed wastewater treatment lagoons on 1/3 of the site. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. FDS. We are eager to share our knowledge and expertise to assist you with purchasing your own underground property. Some IFC buildings in use. Units assigned are the 2071st USAR School, 326th Maintenance Battalion and 214th MI Company. Magazines visible and fully functional. Most of site now South Hills Christian School. Some buildings still standing and in use by Independence Board of Education. Dormitory, office spaces and missile maintenance shed were intact and operated by Kent Schools as the Mountain View Academy until their demolition in July 2019 to make room for River Ridge Elementary. Berms around missile launch sites now around buildings erected in former missile sites. Controlling the SAMs was the 29th Artillery Group (Air Defense). Closed in 1993 with the inactivation of Loring Air Force Base. The sites have been disused for many years now but Throughout the U.S. and former Soviet republics, abandoned missile silos and the eerie landscapes they occupy serve as reminders of a dark and unnecessary nuclear arms race. In highly urban area. It was part of the Nike-Belt, a defense system which was created to defend Europe against the then newly invented jets. Most of site has been obliterated, fenceline visible in aerial imagery. The housing area in Brandywine, Maryland, supported Washington Nike Site W-36 from approximately 1957 1961. with defenses manned by both Regular Army and Washington National Guard units. Access road to upper control site (IFC-1) inaccessible due to decades of vegetation growth taking back the road up to the top. Buildings well maintained, appears to be 3 radar towers to the east of the buildings still standing. This magazine is currently abandoned and is flooded to a depth of several inches. This site was co-located with the now closed. Magazine area now storage yard. Above ground magazines protected by berms. L-85's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #3. While the project was approved, the development was never built. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site. No evidence of IFC remains. FDS. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. 430349N 0784238W / 43.06361N 78.71056W / 43.06361; -78.71056 (BU-09-LS), 425550N 0783549W / 42.93056N 78.59694W / 42.93056; -78.59694 (BU-18-LS), 424634N 0784006W / 42.77611N 78.66833W / 42.77611; -78.66833 (BU-34/35-LS), 431259N 0785732W / 43.21639N 78.95889W / 43.21639; -78.95889 (NF-03-CS), 430931N 0785023W / 43.15861N 78.83972W / 43.15861; -78.83972 (NF-16-CS), 430107N 0790047W / 43.01861N 79.01306W / 43.01861; -79.01306 (NF-41-CS), 430032N 0790056W / 43.00889N 79.01556W / 43.00889; -79.01556 (NF-41-LS), 410319N 0735541W / 41.05528N 73.92806W / 41.05528; -73.92806 (NY-09-CS), 404838N 0733253W / 40.81056N 73.54806W / 40.81056; -73.54806 (NY-23-LS), 404249N 0732535W / 40.71361N 73.42639W / 40.71361; -73.42639 (NY-24-CS), 405700N 0725207W / 40.95000N 72.86861W / 40.95000; -72.86861 (NY-25-CS), 403536N 0733804W / 40.59333N 73.63444W / 40.59333; -73.63444 (NY-29/30-CS). Site DY-10, located at Fort Phantom Hill and site DY-50, located southwest of Abilene, remained operational from 1960 until 1966. Is now used as the Grand Island Central School District's Eco Island Ecology Reserve. (Johnson wanted to meet in Washington, D.C., and Kosygin preferred New York City; Glassboro was the compromise.) Totally obliterated by new construction. Offer subject to change without notice. FDS. Radars used at Fire Island were CPS-6B, FPS-8, CPS-4, FPS-20A, FPS-6B. Magazines visible behind parking lot. Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. Fenced. The town of Swedesboro, formerly part of Woolwich Township (which owns the property), is a short drive from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. FDS. Obliterated. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. The three underground magazines are existent and in reasonably good condition. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Under restoration since 2009. FDS. Horses occupy the Assembly building. Redeveloped into Norwin Soccer Club, Norwin YMCA, Oak Hollow Seniors Center. Legal 2 bd. Redeveloped into an office park north of I-88. Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. Lancaster (town) Police Department and local government office. D-58 control site is currently being auctioned to general public by. Partially Intact, Las Trampas Regional Park and microwave communications facility, Redeveloped, TRACOR Aerospace, Expendable Technology Center, Las Trampas Regional Park Office. Obliterated, City of Detroit. FDS. Redeveloped as Anne Arundel County Schools Maint & Operations center. The site totally redeveloped, and no Nike site buildings remain. The radar and control facility was located on the west side of Forest Way Drive two blocks north of Tower Road. High-end housing development, nothing remains. HM-01 was Nike-Ajax. Partially Intact, State of California Department of Health Services. Barracks buildings remain intact and little altered. Redeveloped into single-family home sites. No evidence of IFC site. Isle of Wight County Park. In the mid-1990s, the site was sold to another developer who turned the control area into the Briarwood development. Some roads still exist as unconnected concrete. Abandoned. C-80DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-31 / Z-31. In an email, Woolwich Township Clerk Jane DiBella writes that a commemorative radar tower may stay put as a reminder of the sites history. Now part of a horse farm. Bunker located under house. Land cleared and being redeveloped into forested area. Through the efforts of various volunteer groups, as of 1995, this is the only Nike site in the country that has been preserved and is open for public viewing. Intact Launch remains, no use known. Many tractor trailers and new small business or manufacturing buildings on the site. He's converted 1/3 of the missile base into a 6,000 square foot underground house. Minor remnants are still visible in the NE corner. Appears to be a storage area for tractor-trailers. Also being used by School District for school bus parking. In private hands. Magazine site is still very recognizable, with the surface concrete pad / blast deflectors and raised areas surrounding the former elevator doors still in place. Beck VoTech School. Accessible to the public by hiking. Empty lot cleared of all vegetation. Used as a storage yard/junkyard. Now a forest preserve. Some old IFC buildings in use being used by the Town of Orangeburg. L-13's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #2. Initially operating both Nike Ajax and Hercules but later on only Nike Hercules, the Norwegian Nikes were only conventional armed with the T-45 High Explosive warhead. Launcher area was destroyed/obliterated in the early 1990s when Westchester Parkway was constructed. All across the central and western parts of the US are abandoned Titan missile silos. Appears to be a tower also present. FDS. Most buildings in good condition, magazine in good condition. Fenced and gated. Buildings torn down, launch pads consist of concrete slabs and bunkers. The mountain between the launcher and the IFC was "notched" in three places to allow the Missile Tracking Radar to acquire the missile while sitting on the launcher. The site fired Nike missiles at potentially incoming jets as part of the Project Nike. Little evidence of IFC site remains. FDS. The AAFC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-71 / Z-71. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Redeveloped into open greenspace with retention ponds. Evidence of IFC structures on hill behind buildings. FDS. Also lots of single-family housing. Site Summit is listed in the, Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site. Pittsburgh Defense Area (PI): At first, three active Army battalions manned the ring around "Steel City". On mountain peak. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. FDS. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) S-90DC established at Fort Lawton AFS, WA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. Intact, US Park Service, very deteriorated condition. South Florida Natural Resources Center in Everglades National Park, under control of National Park Service. Radar mount mounds on north side of site visible from Military Rd. Former triple-magazine site now abandoned. All buildings at the site were demolished in 1977. On high mountain peak. Abandoned lot now filled with junk belongs to the Township of Grosse Ile and is leased to a landscaping company. Redeveloped but abandoned; site of a former automobile dealership on Grant Street, now empty. The Air Force ceased radar operations on 30 Sep 1969, and the AADCP was inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. Former double magazine. The AADCP was inactivated in Sep 1969. It was organized into a Missile Group (the overall staffing); a Support Wing (tech and log support), and 2 (9th and 13th) Missile Wings, each with 4 subordinate units. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Hundreds of servicemen worked at these sites, and the government encouraged public outreach and events to help residents feel at ease with the missiles in their backyards. Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. In the 1980s, water contamination near the base was found to be a health hazard. This beautiful yet rugged Cold War missile launch site and bunker is located in one of the most remote sections of northeastern North Dakota. Built on a former World War II auxiliary field (#3) of Roswell AAF. Anti-aircraft missiles encircled the nation's largest cities toas a final line of defense against Soviet bombers. The launcher area has occasional tours. Outline of fence evident in aerial photography. Above-ground site with launchers protected by berms. It was formerly under private ownership, used as an Airsoft gaming facility, most notably by the Minnesota Airsoft Association. "New Testament Church". D-57 site demolished, redeveloped into Ford Motor Co. automotive parts distribution center in 2021. [10] During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Travis battalion assumed responsibility for the remaining active batteries guarding the entire San Francisco region. Abandoned area, weeds, no remains of launchers. No evidence of LS. Visitors are also allowed access to one of the sections barn's. A few military buildings still in use, new construction. Redeveloped into Marine Mammal Center. Access road to highway 4 only remnants of IFC site. No remnants remain except some small broken chunks of concrete. City of SeaTac WA Parks Dept. Obliterated, Corps of Engineers control, demolished, Partially intact, Launch remains, serves as administration facility for Chena River Lakes Recreation Area. Private ownership, berm and assembly building exits. Redeveloped into part golf course, part U.S. Army Reserve center. On Bellows AFB, remains under US government control but abandoned. Appears to be largely intact underneath vegetation overgrowth; old access road entrance at Ave J & 133 Street largely obliterated. FDS. Headquarters facilities were located at Camp Hanford. But this looming 40-foot tower, a kind of metallic mushroom, is part of a different kind of infrastructure: an abandoned missile launcher dating back to the Cold War, strategically positioned to defend the Philadelphia metropolitan area, with a particularly historic pedigree. Barracks remaining. Buildings still standing, missile firing area in good condition. Appears to be light industrial estate. The site also hosts Squadron 3 of the Civil Air Patrol's California Wing. FDS. Residential housing plan. Used to be well preserved for its years of age and disuse, but the underground batteries were demolished and filled in 2001. Winner will be selected at random on 05/01/2023. The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FDS) program processed many former sites and then transferred them out of Defense Department control.[7]. Appears in good condition, buildings in use. WebHouse is located 30+ mins out of Madison WI. Site PR-99 at North Smithfield stayed in operation until 1971 while PR-38 at Bristol held on until 1974. The site is currently used as a small arms firing range and a radio tower has been built there. Now obliterated, High-end single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) DF-30DC was established at Duncanville AFS, TX in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Private ownership. Air strip is now part of Evergreen Lakes subdivision. Sites HA-48 and HA-08 were converted to fire the Nike Hercules missile and remained operational until 1968 and 1971, respectively. Nothing left. Battalion Headquarters was located at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant located north of Doyline. Driving down Route 322, just minutes from where southern New Jersey meets Philadelphia, you might think youve spotted a factory tower or standpipe off the side of the road, one of many postindustrial artifacts that flank Americas roadways. The tower is the most visible aspect, but theres much more to the abandoned site. In 1963, the more advanced Nike-Hercules missile was distributed to some Nike bases. The transmitter tower for UNT's campus radio station is also located on site. The 436th AAAB was redesignated as an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion on 5 January 1957 and subsequently occupied four Nike Ajax sites, which went to 1st Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery on 1 September 1958. Some are now private residences. Excavated into a pond. Double above-ground magazines, on top of mountain ridge, under US Army control, Both Nike launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. Razed and redeveloped into Montrose Harbor Park (part of the. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. Off "Nike Site Road". Private owners, buildings in good shape, appears to be single-family homes built on site. Part of the facility exists to the west, with outlines of radar towers visible. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Private ownership. FDS. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Owned by Burlington Recreation Commission. Im asking $520,000. The AADCP was inactivated in May 1972. The AADCP inactivated in June 1974. Redeveloped, Private ownership, light industrial storage yard. Still behind locked gate and fenced. Iron Mountain storage building erected on old Missile pad. FDS. to defend this nuclear industrial complex. 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Launch doors are probably sealed shut but visible along with Nike concrete launching pads. Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. Intact, NPS-GGNRA, Angel Island State Park. Launch bases were installed in more than 200 locations throughout the country, as well as within the territory of American allies in Asia and Europe. Magazine now an auto junkyard. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. FDS. Appears to be in good condition, no evidence of radar towers. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. The same could be said for the 11 other underground Cold War missile bases scattered throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. DOD communications facility. Edward Peden lives in a decommissioned U. S. Airforce nuclear missile base (Atlas E) underground in Kansas. FDS. It was transferred from the Army to the Air Force (Headquarters Command) on 10 Jun 1963. On 18 Sep 1968, IFC-2 was designated the Palehua AF Solar Observatory Research Site, activated, and assigned to Military Airlift Command with jurisdiction and operational control assigned to Air Weather Service. The Integrated Firing Control Site buildings & radars (formerly located at the end of Hutschenreuter Road in Fork were removed sometime in the early 1980s, and the property is now in private hands. 2 Cold War-era nuclear missile silos that sat abandoned for decades went on sale in Arizona for $495,000 each. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. The rest of the site is used by farmers. In 1965, upgraded to the AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Berms still quite visible under vegetation. Leveled and cleared; redeveloped into Patriots Park along 187th Street. Buildings torn down, foundations remain. Site is now used as a bus parking lot for Meramec Valley R-3 school district. Obliterated by 1997. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. Abandoned in heavy woods. See. Gloucester Township, IFC is a vacant lot with woods, some old roads. As the sites were decommissioned, they were first offered to federal agencies. They were disguised as Propane tanks.no radar towers. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol. Obliterated. County Engineers Office. Troop barracks are used for storage for Nike Elementary School in the Meramec Valley R-3 school district. Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. This event actually took place in October 1962[6] during the Cuban missile crisis when NATO came on full alert. As in several other states, during the 1960s the National Guard assumed a greater role in operating the sites. Never operational. Cleveland Defense Area (CL): Headquarters facilities were located at the Shaker Heights Armory and in Cleveland. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. Never completed. A missile silo in Abilene, Kansas, used to store and launch ballistic missiles in the 1960s, is on sale for $380,000. Some buildings still standing, unknown condition. The only IFC building left is a small pump house. Signage indicates that it is being redeveloped as residential housing. Built to oppose Soviet air attack, this complex and those in Great Falls and Lorton were three of thirteen Nike sites that surrounded Washington and Baltimore. Magazine area is used for earth moving equipment training. Two radar towers still stand. Starting in the early 1950s, the Army made the protection of Pittsburgh's industrial complex a matter of national security, circling the area with bunkers, radar towers and communications equipment. Glenn Woods Published: August 11, 2020. Double magazine now motor pool area for Army Reserve unit. Magazine area appears to be an auto junkyard, although intact, appears to be a large garage, auto dismantling building erected over the magazine. WebMarch 2015. Abandoned, most buildings collapsed, one radar tower still standing. Appears to be light office building. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. On or about 30 Dec 1963 the housing area next to the Launch Site was designated Ellsworth Family Housing Annex No 1, activated, and assigned to Ellsworth AFB. Site leased in about 2014 and is now Wing Headquarters for the Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol. The Army housing was commonly referred to as West Nike Housing Area, and was controlled by Ellsworth AFB until about 2000. of baseball diamond. Intact, Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park. Site cleared and redeveloped on top of ridge. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". Located on Belle Isle, south of Blue Heron Lagoon, East side of Lakeside Drive, Obliterated, City of Detroit. Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park, kits if debris on the launchers, site used as a storage yard. The vehicle park is on top of the three magazines. Cleared land, no evidence except a few pipes emerging from below ground; apron off Forest Way still visible. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. A few buildings in use by Teen Challenge; drug & alcohol rehab center. Buildings in good shape, no radar towers. Access road also overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. And this one can be all yours. Being cleared and leveled. Buildings in good condition, also several radar towers. Some old military buildings, off "Nike Site Road". Obliterated, City of Detroit. FDS. Used as the Bedford Electronics Research Annex. On 1 October 1961 W-13DC was integrated with USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-54/Z-227. Some buildings in use, others very deteriorated. Now County highway maintenance storage facility. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Buildings in use, no radar towers. Is on County Road 80S in Castle Rock, Minnesota. Many military buildings in use and well maintained. Large number of cars, boats, large RVs. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) PH-64DC established at Gibbsboro AFS, NJ in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. A few old IFC buildings in use, no radar towers. To the west stood the missiles, poised on above-ground launchers. Guard shack still visible, launcher site clearly visible, and administrative buildings still in use. Mostly overgrown still under US Army control on Kahuku Army Training Area, abandoned. Underground single-magazine intact, Private Ownership. FDS. The site today is on the North Branch Trail on a leveled-off hill. IFC buildings are being reused in reasonable condition. The administrative, housing, and launch complex area was located just west of South Lake Shore Drive, between the 59th St Harbor and Hayes Dr. FDS. Intact, Gateway National Recreation Area. Fort Funston/ Mount San Bruno, California. Also Nike Site Park. Its the ultimate in social distancing.. Few buildings left, faint traces of one magazine but very little of Launch site remains. Baseball fields, recreation Halls, Tennis courts, playground etc. Missile assembly building appears standing, concrete missile pads deteriorated concrete. Magazines appear to be covered over with dirt but location still visible on aerial imagery. After being closed by the Army in 1974, in 1976 the housing part of PH-41/43 was transferred to the Air Force for use by Gibbsboro AFS, New Jersey. As of 2019, entire launch site covered by new police academy. Well-preserved in private ownership. LA-45DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-39 / Z-39 The AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974 along with the remaining Nike Hercules sites. Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy. Intact, Communications Facility Partially. Air Force operations ended 1 October 1972. Still in Army control, being used by the PAArNG; D/876th Engineer Battalion. Land incorporated within Alfred Brush Ford Park (also known as Ford Brush Park) at the foot of Lenox Ave. The IFC was assigned as an off-base installation to Ellsworth AFB on 25 May 1961. The Magazine area is overgrown with vegetation and appears abandoned. U.S. Army Nike sites were also operational in South Korea, Japan and were sold to Taiwan.[1]. Mostly vacant land in the middle of forested area. Air Defense Command/NORAD radar sites at Fire Island AFS (F-1) and King Salmon AFS (F-3) AK were integrated into the Army Nike operations. FDS Location Undetermined Possibly incorporated into Naval Weapons Station Earle. Missile launch pads intact. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Several radar towers standing. FDS. Buildings Demolished Sept 2015 Magazines are there and part of a municipal maintenance facility. The village has constructed wastewater treatment lagoons on 1/3 of the site. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. FDS. We are eager to share our knowledge and expertise to assist you with purchasing your own underground property. Some IFC buildings in use. Units assigned are the 2071st USAR School, 326th Maintenance Battalion and 214th MI Company. Magazines visible and fully functional. Most of site now South Hills Christian School. Some buildings still standing and in use by Independence Board of Education. Dormitory, office spaces and missile maintenance shed were intact and operated by Kent Schools as the Mountain View Academy until their demolition in July 2019 to make room for River Ridge Elementary. Berms around missile launch sites now around buildings erected in former missile sites. Controlling the SAMs was the 29th Artillery Group (Air Defense). Closed in 1993 with the inactivation of Loring Air Force Base. The sites have been disused for many years now but Throughout the U.S. and former Soviet republics, abandoned missile silos and the eerie landscapes they occupy serve as reminders of a dark and unnecessary nuclear arms race. In highly urban area. It was part of the Nike-Belt, a defense system which was created to defend Europe against the then newly invented jets. Most of site has been obliterated, fenceline visible in aerial imagery. The housing area in Brandywine, Maryland, supported Washington Nike Site W-36 from approximately 1957 1961. with defenses manned by both Regular Army and Washington National Guard units. Access road to upper control site (IFC-1) inaccessible due to decades of vegetation growth taking back the road up to the top. Buildings well maintained, appears to be 3 radar towers to the east of the buildings still standing. This magazine is currently abandoned and is flooded to a depth of several inches. This site was co-located with the now closed. Magazine area now storage yard. Above ground magazines protected by berms. L-85's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #3. While the project was approved, the development was never built. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site. No evidence of IFC remains. FDS. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. 430349N 0784238W / 43.06361N 78.71056W / 43.06361; -78.71056 (BU-09-LS), 425550N 0783549W / 42.93056N 78.59694W / 42.93056; -78.59694 (BU-18-LS), 424634N 0784006W / 42.77611N 78.66833W / 42.77611; -78.66833 (BU-34/35-LS), 431259N 0785732W / 43.21639N 78.95889W / 43.21639; -78.95889 (NF-03-CS), 430931N 0785023W / 43.15861N 78.83972W / 43.15861; -78.83972 (NF-16-CS), 430107N 0790047W / 43.01861N 79.01306W / 43.01861; -79.01306 (NF-41-CS), 430032N 0790056W / 43.00889N 79.01556W / 43.00889; -79.01556 (NF-41-LS), 410319N 0735541W / 41.05528N 73.92806W / 41.05528; -73.92806 (NY-09-CS), 404838N 0733253W / 40.81056N 73.54806W / 40.81056; -73.54806 (NY-23-LS), 404249N 0732535W / 40.71361N 73.42639W / 40.71361; -73.42639 (NY-24-CS), 405700N 0725207W / 40.95000N 72.86861W / 40.95000; -72.86861 (NY-25-CS), 403536N 0733804W / 40.59333N 73.63444W / 40.59333; -73.63444 (NY-29/30-CS). Site DY-10, located at Fort Phantom Hill and site DY-50, located southwest of Abilene, remained operational from 1960 until 1966. Is now used as the Grand Island Central School District's Eco Island Ecology Reserve. (Johnson wanted to meet in Washington, D.C., and Kosygin preferred New York City; Glassboro was the compromise.) Totally obliterated by new construction. Offer subject to change without notice. FDS. Radars used at Fire Island were CPS-6B, FPS-8, CPS-4, FPS-20A, FPS-6B. Magazines visible behind parking lot. Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. Fenced. The town of Swedesboro, formerly part of Woolwich Township (which owns the property), is a short drive from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. FDS. Obliterated. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. The three underground magazines are existent and in reasonably good condition. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Under restoration since 2009. FDS. Horses occupy the Assembly building. Redeveloped into Norwin Soccer Club, Norwin YMCA, Oak Hollow Seniors Center. Legal 2 bd. Redeveloped into an office park north of I-88. Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. Lancaster (town) Police Department and local government office. D-58 control site is currently being auctioned to general public by. Partially Intact, Las Trampas Regional Park and microwave communications facility, Redeveloped, TRACOR Aerospace, Expendable Technology Center, Las Trampas Regional Park Office. Obliterated, City of Detroit. FDS. Redeveloped as Anne Arundel County Schools Maint & Operations center. The site totally redeveloped, and no Nike site buildings remain. The radar and control facility was located on the west side of Forest Way Drive two blocks north of Tower Road. High-end housing development, nothing remains. HM-01 was Nike-Ajax. Partially Intact, State of California Department of Health Services. Barracks buildings remain intact and little altered. Redeveloped into single-family home sites. No evidence of IFC site. Isle of Wight County Park. In the mid-1990s, the site was sold to another developer who turned the control area into the Briarwood development. Some roads still exist as unconnected concrete. Abandoned. C-80DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-31 / Z-31. In an email, Woolwich Township Clerk Jane DiBella writes that a commemorative radar tower may stay put as a reminder of the sites history. Now part of a horse farm. Bunker located under house. Land cleared and being redeveloped into forested area. Through the efforts of various volunteer groups, as of 1995, this is the only Nike site in the country that has been preserved and is open for public viewing. Intact Launch remains, no use known. Many tractor trailers and new small business or manufacturing buildings on the site. He's converted 1/3 of the missile base into a 6,000 square foot underground house. Minor remnants are still visible in the NE corner. Appears to be a storage area for tractor-trailers. Also being used by School District for school bus parking. In private hands. Magazine site is still very recognizable, with the surface concrete pad / blast deflectors and raised areas surrounding the former elevator doors still in place. Beck VoTech School. Accessible to the public by hiking. Empty lot cleared of all vegetation. Used as a storage yard/junkyard. Now a forest preserve. Some old IFC buildings in use being used by the Town of Orangeburg. L-13's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #2. Initially operating both Nike Ajax and Hercules but later on only Nike Hercules, the Norwegian Nikes were only conventional armed with the T-45 High Explosive warhead. Launcher area was destroyed/obliterated in the early 1990s when Westchester Parkway was constructed. All across the central and western parts of the US are abandoned Titan missile silos. Appears to be a tower also present. FDS. Most buildings in good condition, magazine in good condition. Fenced and gated. Buildings torn down, launch pads consist of concrete slabs and bunkers. The mountain between the launcher and the IFC was "notched" in three places to allow the Missile Tracking Radar to acquire the missile while sitting on the launcher. The site fired Nike missiles at potentially incoming jets as part of the Project Nike. Little evidence of IFC site remains. FDS. The AAFC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-71 / Z-71. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Redeveloped into open greenspace with retention ponds. Evidence of IFC structures on hill behind buildings. FDS. Also lots of single-family housing. Site Summit is listed in the, Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site. Pittsburgh Defense Area (PI): At first, three active Army battalions manned the ring around "Steel City". On mountain peak. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. FDS. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) S-90DC established at Fort Lawton AFS, WA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Formerly located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall. Intact, US Park Service, very deteriorated condition. South Florida Natural Resources Center in Everglades National Park, under control of National Park Service. Radar mount mounds on north side of site visible from Military Rd. Former triple-magazine site now abandoned. All buildings at the site were demolished in 1977. On high mountain peak. Abandoned lot now filled with junk belongs to the Township of Grosse Ile and is leased to a landscaping company. Redeveloped but abandoned; site of a former automobile dealership on Grant Street, now empty. The Air Force ceased radar operations on 30 Sep 1969, and the AADCP was inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. Former double magazine. The AADCP was inactivated in Sep 1969. It was organized into a Missile Group (the overall staffing); a Support Wing (tech and log support), and 2 (9th and 13th) Missile Wings, each with 4 subordinate units. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. Hundreds of servicemen worked at these sites, and the government encouraged public outreach and events to help residents feel at ease with the missiles in their backyards. Headquarters, Miami-Homestead Defense Area. In the 1980s, water contamination near the base was found to be a health hazard. This beautiful yet rugged Cold War missile launch site and bunker is located in one of the most remote sections of northeastern North Dakota. Built on a former World War II auxiliary field (#3) of Roswell AAF. Anti-aircraft missiles encircled the nation's largest cities toas a final line of defense against Soviet bombers. The launcher area has occasional tours. Outline of fence evident in aerial photography. Above-ground site with launchers protected by berms. It was formerly under private ownership, used as an Airsoft gaming facility, most notably by the Minnesota Airsoft Association. "New Testament Church". D-57 site demolished, redeveloped into Ford Motor Co. automotive parts distribution center in 2021. [10] During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Travis battalion assumed responsibility for the remaining active batteries guarding the entire San Francisco region. Abandoned area, weeds, no remains of launchers. No evidence of LS. Visitors are also allowed access to one of the sections barn's. A few military buildings still in use, new construction. Redeveloped into Marine Mammal Center. Access road to highway 4 only remnants of IFC site. No remnants remain except some small broken chunks of concrete. City of SeaTac WA Parks Dept. Obliterated, Corps of Engineers control, demolished, Partially intact, Launch remains, serves as administration facility for Chena River Lakes Recreation Area. Private ownership, berm and assembly building exits. Redeveloped into part golf course, part U.S. Army Reserve center. On Bellows AFB, remains under US government control but abandoned. Appears to be largely intact underneath vegetation overgrowth; old access road entrance at Ave J & 133 Street largely obliterated. FDS. Headquarters facilities were located at Camp Hanford. But this looming 40-foot tower, a kind of metallic mushroom, is part of a different kind of infrastructure: an abandoned missile launcher dating back to the Cold War, strategically positioned to defend the Philadelphia metropolitan area, with a particularly historic pedigree. Barracks remaining. Buildings still standing, missile firing area in good condition. Appears to be light industrial estate. The site also hosts Squadron 3 of the Civil Air Patrol's California Wing. FDS. Residential housing plan. Used to be well preserved for its years of age and disuse, but the underground batteries were demolished and filled in 2001. Winner will be selected at random on 05/01/2023. The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FDS) program processed many former sites and then transferred them out of Defense Department control.[7]. Appears in good condition, buildings in use. WebHouse is located 30+ mins out of Madison WI. Site PR-99 at North Smithfield stayed in operation until 1971 while PR-38 at Bristol held on until 1974. The site is currently used as a small arms firing range and a radio tower has been built there. Now obliterated, High-end single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) DF-30DC was established at Duncanville AFS, TX in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Private ownership. Air strip is now part of Evergreen Lakes subdivision. Sites HA-48 and HA-08 were converted to fire the Nike Hercules missile and remained operational until 1968 and 1971, respectively. Nothing left. Battalion Headquarters was located at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant located north of Doyline. Driving down Route 322, just minutes from where southern New Jersey meets Philadelphia, you might think youve spotted a factory tower or standpipe off the side of the road, one of many postindustrial artifacts that flank Americas roadways. The tower is the most visible aspect, but theres much more to the abandoned site. In 1963, the more advanced Nike-Hercules missile was distributed to some Nike bases. The transmitter tower for UNT's campus radio station is also located on site. The 436th AAAB was redesignated as an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion on 5 January 1957 and subsequently occupied four Nike Ajax sites, which went to 1st Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery on 1 September 1958. Some are now private residences. Excavated into a pond. Double above-ground magazines, on top of mountain ridge, under US Army control, Both Nike launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. Razed and redeveloped into Montrose Harbor Park (part of the. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. Off "Nike Site Road". Private owners, buildings in good shape, appears to be single-family homes built on site. Part of the facility exists to the west, with outlines of radar towers visible. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Private ownership. FDS. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Owned by Burlington Recreation Commission. Im asking $520,000. The AADCP was inactivated in May 1972. The AADCP inactivated in June 1974. Redeveloped, Private ownership, light industrial storage yard. Still behind locked gate and fenced. Iron Mountain storage building erected on old Missile pad. FDS. to defend this nuclear industrial complex. 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