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Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Missile Roll Transfer Building, 920 Kennedy Road, Interior, Jackson County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Missile Roll Transfer Building...

Survey number: HAER SD-50-D Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...

Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Beck Road between Nike & M Roads, Hecker, Mon...

Significance: Constructed during the Cold War, Nike missile bases were an ever-present reminder to U.S. citizens that the peace gained after World War II was fragile. Following the war, the U.S. Army construct... More

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launch Facility Equipment Building, State HIghway 200, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launc...

Survey number: HAER ND-11-B Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Longer Barracks, South of Launch Area Entrance Drive, Barrington, Cook County, IL

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Longer Barracks, South of Launch Area Entrance...

Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base C-84. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and n... More

Nike Hercules Missile Battery, Tare Site, Launch Control Building, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

Nike Hercules Missile Battery, Tare Site, Launch Control Building, Fai...

Survey number: HAER AK-20-A Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Dodd Road, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...

Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Dodd Road, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...

Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Dodd Road, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...

Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Dodd Road, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...

Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Dodd Road, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...

Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Missile Research Laboratory, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Missile Research Laboratory, 12214 Lakewood Bou...

Significance: Building 41 was used for missile research and construction and is a contributing factor to the historic value of the NASA site. Survey number: HAER CA-310-G Building/structure dates: 1942 Initia... More

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Osca...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an emblem, symbol, round decor print, seal, free to use, no copyright restrictions

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Ready Building, North end of launch area, nouthwest of Sentry Guardhouse Base, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Ready Building, North end of launch area, nou...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site II, One mile west of mile marker 293.5 on Parks Highway, 5 miles southwest of Anderson, Anderson, Denali Borough, AK

Clear Air Force Station, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Site I...

Significance: The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was constructed in 1958-61 in response to the threat of a potential Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) attack from the Soviet Union (demon... More

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch Control Center, State Highway 45, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch ...

Survey number: HAER ND-12-B Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch Control Center, State Highway 45, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch ...

Survey number: HAER ND-12-B Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch Control Center, State Highway 45, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch ...

Survey number: HAER ND-12-B Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles north of County Line Road, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Titan One Missile Complex 2A, .3 miles west of 129 Road and 1.5 miles ...

Significance: Beginning in 1962, the US deployed its first Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) - the Atlas and the Titan I. These powerful weapons dramatically altered the Cold War by introducing the ca... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. ...

Significance: Facility 39 is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Its construction and ensuing modifications reflect the evolution of Navy activity at Ford Island, with periods of signif... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building,...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building, Northeast of Tactical Road; southeast of Tactical Road South, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Site Control Building,...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...

Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...

Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...

Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...

Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...

Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Launch Area, East Windsor Road south of St...

Significance: The Foster NIKI Missile Battery PR-79 Launch Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that missiles were assembled, armed and readied for launching, imp... More

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota County, MN

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota Co...

Significance: The Nike missile system, first developed in the 1950s, was the United States' first and most widely deployed air defense missile system. Nike installations were a critical element in national air... More

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota County, MN

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota Co...

Significance: The Nike missile system, first developed in the 1950s, was the United States' first and most widely deployed air defense missile system. Nike installations were a critical element in national air... More

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota County, MN

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota Co...

Significance: The Nike missile system, first developed in the 1950s, was the United States' first and most widely deployed air defense missile system. Nike installations were a critical element in national air... More

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota County, MN

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota Co...

Significance: The Nike missile system, first developed in the 1950s, was the United States' first and most widely deployed air defense missile system. Nike installations were a critical element in national air... More

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota County, MN

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota Co...

Significance: The Nike missile system, first developed in the 1950s, was the United States' first and most widely deployed air defense missile system. Nike installations were a critical element in national air... More

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota County, MN

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota Co...

Significance: The Nike missile system, first developed in the 1950s, was the United States' first and most widely deployed air defense missile system. Nike installations were a critical element in national air... More

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota County, MN

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota Co...

Significance: The Nike missile system, first developed in the 1950s, was the United States' first and most widely deployed air defense missile system. Nike installations were a critical element in national air... More

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota County, MN

Nike Missile Battery MS-40, County Road No. 260, Farmington, Dakota Co...

Significance: The Nike missile system, first developed in the 1950s, was the United States' first and most widely deployed air defense missile system. Nike installations were a critical element in national air... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-12, Northeast of Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-1...

Significance: Cold War missile development in the United States led to the necessity for a more rapid, yet economic system of retaliation than provided in the earlier Atlas and Titan systems. The Air Force fou... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-12, Northeast of Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-1...

Significance: Cold War missile development in the United States led to the necessity for a more rapid, yet economic system of retaliation than provided in the earlier Atlas and Titan systems. The Air Force fou... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-12, Northeast of Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-1...

Significance: Cold War missile development in the United States led to the necessity for a more rapid, yet economic system of retaliation than provided in the earlier Atlas and Titan systems. The Air Force fou... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-12, Northeast of Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Whiteman Air Force Base, Minuteman Missile Launch Facility Trainer T-1...

Significance: Cold War missile development in the United States led to the necessity for a more rapid, yet economic system of retaliation than provided in the earlier Atlas and Titan systems. The Air Force fou... More

[Nike missile installation, Lorton, Virginia] / TOH.

[Nike missile installation, Lorton, Virginia] / TOH.

Contact sheet folder caption: "Nike missile installation at Lorton, VA, cf. USNWR v. 39, 8/12/55, p. 60, TOH, 5/55." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for referen... More

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Radar Pad No. 1, South end of base, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Radar Pad No. 1, South end of base, Hecker, M...

Survey number: HAER IL-117-L Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Acid Storage Shed, North of launch area, northwest of earthen berm of Acid Fueling Station, Barrington, Cook County, IL

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Acid Storage Shed, North of launch area, north...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest of Basketball Court & northwest of Barracks No. 2, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest o...

Significance: This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and ... More

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Sentry Guard House, Beck Road at entrance to base, Hecker, Monroe County, IL

NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Sentry Guard House, Beck Road at entrance to ...

Significance: This sentry guardhouse was used to control access to Nike Missile Base SL-40. This building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers. Originally, all build... More

White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Ar...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Ar...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Ar...

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White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Area, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, V-2 Rocket Facilities, Near Headquarters Ar...

Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Charlie-Zero, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Char...

Significance: Beginning with the end of World War II and continuing to the present, the Cold War and the resulting arms race between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) has form... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Waterton Canyo...

Significance: When the Glenn L. Martin Company completed its new Titan missile plant near Denver in the late 1950s, the Air Force described it as the first completely integrated missile facility "in the western... More

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Kilo-Zero, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Kilo...

Significance: Beginning with the end of World War II and continuing to the present, the Cold War and the resulting arms race between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) has form... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, CaptiveTest Stand D-3, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, CaptiveTest St...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-3... More

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Sentry Guard House, Quentin Road at entrance to base, Barrington, Cook County, IL

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Sentry Guard House, Quentin Road at entrance t...

Significance: This sentry guardhouse was used to control access to Nike Missile Base C-84. The building was built in 1956 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, most of which were desig... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Oscar O-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility, Southeast corner of Twelfth & Vendenberg Avenues, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Whiteman Air Force Base, Oscar O-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility, S...

Significance: During the Cold War years, the Nation's nuclear arsenal included 1,000 Minuteman missiles. The Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility (MAF) at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) was an integral part of that ... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Oscar O-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility, Southeast corner of Twelfth & Vendenberg Avenues, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Whiteman Air Force Base, Oscar O-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility, S...

Significance: During the Cold War years, the Nation's nuclear arsenal included 1,000 Minuteman missiles. The Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility (MAF) at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) was an integral part of that ... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Oscar O-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility, Southeast corner of Twelfth & Vendenberg Avenues, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Whiteman Air Force Base, Oscar O-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility, S...

Significance: During the Cold War years, the Nation's nuclear arsenal included 1,000 Minuteman missiles. The Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility (MAF) at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) was an integral part of that ... More

Whiteman Air Force Base, Oscar O-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility, Southeast corner of Twelfth & Vendenberg Avenues, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Whiteman Air Force Base, Oscar O-1 Minuteman Missile Alert Facility, S...

Significance: During the Cold War years, the Nation's nuclear arsenal included 1,000 Minuteman missiles. The Oscar-01 Missile Alert Facility (MAF) at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) was an integral part of that ... More

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch Control Support Building, State Highway 45, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch ...

Survey number: HAER ND-12-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch Control Support Building, State Highway 45, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch ...

Survey number: HAER ND-12-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch Control Support Building, State Highway 45, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch ...

Survey number: HAER ND-12-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch Control Support Building, State Highway 45, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch ...

Survey number: HAER ND-12-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch Control Support Building, State Highway 45, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Alert Facility Oscar-Zero, Launch ...

Survey number: HAER ND-12-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Integrated Fire Control Area, Newport Road, Carleton, Monroe County, MI

Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58, Integrated Fire Control Area, Ne...

Significance: The Newport NIKE Missile Battery D-57/58 Integrated Fire Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery. It was in this area that the radar systems used to identify and ... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of ...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that all radar facilities were placed which were used to launch m... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of ...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that all radar facilities were placed which were used to launch m... More

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, Control Area, Tucker Hollow Road south of ...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 Control Area contributes to the significance of the NIKE Missile Battery because it was here that all radar facilities were placed which were used to launch m... More

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Mess Hall, North of Launch Area Entrance Drive, east of Officers' Quarters & Administration Building, Barrington, Cook County, IL

NIKE Missile Base C-84, Mess Hall, North of Launch Area Entrance Drive...

Significance: This mess hall was the common eating facility for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base C-84. The building was built in 1956 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, most... More

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launcher, State Highway 200, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launc...

Survey number: HAER ND-11-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launcher, State Highway 200, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launc...

Survey number: HAER ND-11-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launcher, State Highway 200, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launc...

Survey number: HAER ND-11-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launcher, State Highway 200, Cooperstown, Griggs County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Missile Launch Facility November-33, Launc...

Survey number: HAER ND-11-A Building/structure dates: 1964-1965 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-1, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-1... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-1, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-1... More

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Delta-Zero, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, ND

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Delt...

Significance: Beginning with the end of World War II and continuing to the present, the Cold War and the resulting arms race between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) has form... More

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