Steel Rings Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Nike Missile

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This video documents the United States' continental air defense network in the mid 1950s with the empahsis on the 120mm guns and the Army's Nike surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. Documents the Army Air Defense Command. Includes scenes of anti-aircraft guns and Nike missile sites located in American cities and military sites. Shows scenes of 36th AAA Missile Battalion with Nike guided surface-to-air missile (SAM).
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This video also includes recently added footage on the Nike Zeus Missile program as it was in 1961 with the emphasis on development and testing Nike Zeus at White Sands Missile Test Range.

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  • whoa those two guys are using mind weapons

  • When I was a kid growing up in NW Suburbs of Chicago in the 60's there was a Nike site in our town. Every Fourth of July the soldiers would march in the parade with a deactivated Hercules on wheels. Such Cold War Memories!

  • Well...just think of it as the Nike "Air". ;-)

  • thanks for posting this!

  • I'm afraid so

  • LOl i was in the army in norway in 86 and we had this sytem, it was designed in the 0s but modded several times upto the 90s in the end we had to scrap it due to lack of parts from ths us lo we only had tnt warheads in this types of missiles cause we dont allow nucks on norwegian soil hhahah but we had the system to launch it. cold war ass history.

  • is this comment for real

  • LOl i was in the army in norway in 86 and we had this sytem, it was designed in the 0s but modded several times upto the 90s in the end we had to scrap it due to lack of parts from ths us lo we only had tnt warheads in this types of missiles cause we dont allow nucks on norwegian soil hhahah but we had the system to launch it. cold war ass history.

  • I thought Nike only made shoes!?

  • The missile being fired is at the main block house at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico. Have seen many fired from that location.

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