You can't really see anything of real significance in this video (due to the snow), but what I am standing on is the launching area of an old Nike AJAX Surface-to-Air missle base.
For a nice history of this base, please visit: http://nikehercules.tripod.com/d-97.html
It was operational between 1955 and 1963. At one time, there was up to 30 Nike missles sitting underneathe the snow-covered concrete structure on which I am standing.
To bad there is a lot of snow. I will defineately have to come back sometime over the summer and get some better videos and pictures. Until then, enjoy!
You mean like this place was built during the Cold War for like missile defense/to shoot back missiles??? wow
azntranc3951 4 years ago
Yes, that would be correct. It became operational in 1955, which historians could argue predates the technical beginning of the Cold War.
The missles that would have been surface-to-air missles (as opposed to intercontinental surface-to-surface missles) that would be used to stop a forign invasion from the air. :-)
stephendonnelly88 4 years ago