Nike Hercules Missile Q5 High Altitude Intercept circa 1950's

1-minute film clip of a NIKE HERCULES intercepting a Q-5 target missile (late 1950s)

The Nike-Hercules system, a follow-up to the Nike-Ajax missile, was developed during the Cold War to destroy enemy bombers and enemy bomber formations, as well as serve as an anti-ballistic missile system. Western Electric, Bell Laboratories, and Douglas Aircraft Company were chief contractors for the system. Nuclear-armed Nike Hercules missiles were deployed in the United States, Greece, Italy, and Turkey, and with Belgian, Dutch, and U.S. forces in West Germany. Conventionally-armed Nike Hercules missiles also served in the United States, Germany, Denmark, Japan, Norway, and Taiwan. The first deployments in Europe began in 1959 and the last nuclear-armed Nike Hercules missiles in Europe were deactivated in 1988. The Nike-Hercules missile systems sold to Japan (Nike J) were subsequently upgraded the internal guidance systems by replacing the original vacuum tube systems with transistorized ones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-14_Nike-Hercules

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[RavenBlaze]

little did they realize two generations from the filming of this people would say "Nike Hercules" and people would reply "what is that? The latest athletic shoe?"

[HAWKCLERK]

Was at Mac Greggor in 68 with Pershing, 73and 74 with HAWK and HERC.

I have to keep telling the grandkids that the Herc Missile did not have a "Swoosh".

I also told them that it was not named for the shoe.

[Galestinian]

they only went up to 100,000 feet but most of this video is correct otherwise. Nice to see. My father was in charge of firing these bad boys back in vietnam. wild times.

[xGmart]

from ram jet to scram jet lol

[topjimmy72]

About a thousand of these would have shot up over the Eastern seaboard if Stalin had lived a few more years, because he had plans of attacking the U.S. with a fleet of bombers carrying nuclear bombs.

[oJAYarista]

@RavenBlaze thisis in simi valley- i live about 30minutes away. Next to the Ronald regan libary

[ROCK69921]

i was with Nike Hercules Missle 74-80 then to Redeye 80-85 then to patriot missle 1985-1992

[johnarv]

If they had such weapons back in 1950 imagine what they got now..

[Aerobix]

looks even more german ;)

[busdriver824]

that looks like mc greggor range!

i loved the herk, but never got the chance to hit the ireing key when i was in in 79

[GelandnaleG]

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