HM-69 | tower guards have not been told NY56 | Soon after design work started, the Army requested that the existing liquid fuel engine be replaced with a solid fuel design, for a variety of reasons. Germany 1962: Performing maintenance on the racks in the Missile Storage Building, with overhead doors closed, crossing from one side to the other I swung the gate towards the overhead door and there was an electric arc from the door to the racks. [23] The first deployments in Europe began in 1959. However, the lower specific impulse of these engines, combined with the requirement for longer range, demanded a much larger fuselage to store the required fuel. From web site VA.gov. The LA consisted to a maximum of four launching sections, each section consisted of an underground storage area, an elevator to move missiles to and from the surface launchers, and four aboveground firing locations. This prompted ARAACOM commander Charles E. Hart to petition the Secretary of Defense to order the Air Force to stop the well organized campaign against Hercules. [37] These smaller wings also housed the antennae of the transponder. Service personnel records show that the Veteran spent most of his active duty service at the Nike missile battery in Milwaukee. We then drove around out on the desert jumping over sand dunes with the jeeps. [11], Things changed dramatically with the development of Hercules. U.S.targets | The resulting system used six semi-trailers: four to carry HIPAR electronic gear, one to carry the antenna, and one to carry the generators. Further deployments to allied units and US units in Alaska were carried out between November 1963 and the summer of 1965.[30]. The project had moved several times, and was now in late development as the BOMARC. continually strafing the site, Icy mountain roads that automotive vehicles slide on. By 1959, Plato was still very much a paper project when news of large deployments of short-range missiles in the Warsaw Bloc became a clear threat. Hercules remained the US's primary heavy SAM until it began to be replaced by the higher performance and considerably more mobile MIM-104 Patriot in the 1980s. fracture)? I was told police, fire services, and a host of other radios would be useless for a large area of the east coast! Subject: Inherent Dangers of Nike work, From: Michael Williquette There was an American with him in the barn at the time but didnt see him lock and load a round. thing working a Nike site some HerculesMissile | Just a couple of Nike Site Dangers that I remember that come to my mind: From: "Hank" U.S.targets | HM-95 | This, in turn, required a much larger booster to loft it, but this was solved by strapping together four of the existing Nike boosters to form a cluster known as the XM-42, with the only modification to the original M5 engine design being the addition of new holes to bolt them together, creating the M5E. Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012. The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. I reported as ordered. Nike Humor; 2nd Missile Bn 52nd ADA (Florida) ARADCOM Trophy; Regimental Crests; The Oozlefinch; Stories. Ionizing radiation is defined by the va as atmospheric nuclear weapon exposure, particle radiation, i.e., nuclear waste disposal and dirty bomb attacks. I was stationed In Blankenheim, Germany from April 1965-Jan 1967. Rf radiation heats the body tissues. Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 The U.S. Army continued to use Hercules as a front-line air defense weapon in Europe until 1983, when Patriot missile batteries were deployed. I had one thing to do I drove through them, they all got clear. Medic put a person in the tactical amb backwords so their head is near the tailpipe. Radar | 111 rows from web site va.gov. Over the years, the vacuum-tube guidance system, as well as the complex fire control systems' radars, suffered from diminishing manufacturing source (DMS) issues. For years later my wife thought it was cute that I glowed at night. Sometime later our site was called up as we were the backup battery. Like the Ajax, the Hercules used a transponder in the missile. "[9]:6061 By the time early Hercules deployments were starting in 1958, BOMARC was still nowhere near operational. To: webmaster@nikemissile.org Solid fuel rockets can remain stored for years and are generally very difficult to ignite without an extended period of applied flame. As Hercules had evolved from the fixed-base Ajax system, early deployments offered no mobility. Unzipping the door on the TTR radome only This also applies to All Radar Equipment used in All American Military Services.Exposure To Ionizing Radiation By Radar, Microwave Radio Frequency,->>> Carl Palmer, near Seattle, WA sent this out & I got started with sharing this Important . You did tasks like those of a Department of Energy (DOE) employee that make them a member of the Special Exposure Cohort (See 42 U.S.C. 801 and above-Rotating Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012, From: "Robert Kirk" The HIPAR was fired up and the rotation was locked with the antenna pointed at a certain point off the east coast. sfn error: no target: CITEREFLeonard2011 (, United States tri-service rocket designations post-1963, United States Army Center of Military History, "Complete List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons", "New Battle Looms Over Army's Newest Missile", "Nickerson Accuses Wilson Of 'Grave Errors' On Missiles", "Army Weights Court-Martial Over Missiles", "Naval Forces' Capability for Theater Missile Defense", "Nike-Hercules Anti-Aircraft Missile Launched", "The Nike Hercules of the Italian Air Force Museum", "Nike Hercules Booster Motor Assembly Markings and Paint Schemes", "SF-88 NIKE MISSILE ASSEMBLY and SERVICE AREAS", "Nike History, Eyewitness accounts of Timothy Ryan, Carl Durling, and Charles Rudicil", Last Line Of Defense: Nike Missile Sites In Illinois, Holm Hinrichs Collection, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nike_Hercules&oldid=1131078092, Cold War nuclear missiles of the United States, Cold War surface-to-air missiles of the United States, Military equipment introduced in the 1950s, Articles with dead external links from December 2022, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from July 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Hercules M42 solid-fueled rocket cluster (4 M5E1 Nike boosters) 978, Sustainer: Thiokol M30 solid-fueled rocket 44.4, improvements to the X-band TTR/MTR radars to increase range, the addition of the long-range L-band "High Power Acquisition Radar" (HIPAR) to detect small, high-speed targets, the addition of the wide-frequency Ku-band Target Ranging Radar (TRR) to provide ranging in a heavy ECM environment, the addition of an active seeker on the missile to improve performance against low-altitude targets, This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 12:42. I and the Medic have to make a run to a nearby town and rescue two young troops from a mob. [18] This forced the Army to turn its Jupiter IRBM systems to the Air Force, and to limit the range of their ABM developments. The guys in the bunker thought they were toast (literally). Security | Spec.-5 Emmett R. Caraker Jr. [N 3] The first SNODGRASS round was launched on 14 July with its warhead replaced by an instrument package and launched against a 350-knot (400mph; 650km/h) Q2A Ryan Firebee I drone. A variety of problems, including one found in the W-7 warhead, caused delays in the testing programs, so a single launch of the T45-equipped Hercules was also added to the AMMO project. Radar-Nike-Ajax Mode Reunions; Current Events; Cold War. Any single battery could only launch a single missile at a time, due to the limited number of radars, computers and operators. [35] Three versions were produced, MIM-14A, B and C. The differences between these versions are not known. We never found the round and I am not sure what happened to the Belgian soldier but for all I know he is still in jail. At the same time, there were increasing concerns that higher speed aircraft would be able to launch their warheads at the extreme range of the Nike bases. To entertain ourselves we went to the motor pool and checked out some jeeps. Air Lifting a Nike Site; Nike Site Dangers; You're in the Army Now; Life on the Hill; CIA & Nike Hercules; Film, Movies, Video; News. Four Nike batteries were normally organized into a single battalion.[36]. I've no family history of thyroid cancer that I know of. Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:33:29 PM Each wing ended with a control flap which was separated from the wing by a short distance, leaving a gap. Early deployments starting in 1958 were on new sites, but Ajax units started converting as well. In the case of Hercules, all of the radars were typically mounted on (concrete) elevated platforms to improve their line-of-sight. Nike Hercules after take-off at NATO Missile Firing Installation in Greece, Dutch Nike site in West Germany (note the above ground storage shelter), MIM-14 Nike-H missile at Okinawa, June 1967, Battery Control Officer operating position with the acquisition radar operator on the left and the computer operator on the right. C-50 | The first HIPAR was tested at White Sands between 14 April 1960 and 13 April 1961, starting with two Ajax launches that passed 14 yards and 18 yards from the drone targets, and a further 17 Hercules launches that were generally successful. Precautions should be taken to insure that personnel are not exposed BatteryAirlift | [4], During World War II, the US Army Air Force (USAAF) concluded that existing anti-aircraft guns, only marginally effective against existing generations of propeller-driven aircraft, would not be effective at all against the emerging jet-powered designs. Italy | Instead of the basic W-7, development of an improved 20kt (84TJ) boosted fission design known as W31. [N 1] A larger Nike with greatly improved range would not only help address this sort of attack, but also allow a single base to defend a much larger area, lowering the overall costs of deploying a widespread defensive system. Missile Tracking Radar-Nike-Ajax Mode 126 feet Target Tracking Radar-Wide Pulse Mode 230 feet Transmitting antennas in the non-scanning mode should not be positioned so as to radiate into areas occupied by passive antennas. 145 missile batteries were deployed during the cold war. The crew on the LA, also under command of the BCO, was responsible for preparing and erecting the missile. I proceeded with the test at 3 AM. Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:38:38 PM Germany 1961: Being the only one in the back of a 5 ton when the driver slams on the brakes. Like almost any thorny military problem of the 1950s, the solution was the application of nuclear bombs. Prior to assuming hot status we had to run a drill. The last Hercules missile was launched in the Sardinian range of Capo San Lorenzo in Italy on November 24, 2006.[34]. The Captain told the civilian that he had been notified by the Army two years ago that these tests would take place and when. Ordnance | [6]:20, In 1953, Project Nike delivered the world's first operational anti-aircraft missile system, known simply as Nike. The battery crew was housed on-site, either at the IFC, or sometimes, together with administrative offices and general services on a separate area. Our team finished the second day with a perfect score, but the rest of our battery was just getting started. There are certain diseases that may be service-connected if the disease occurred as a result of the radiation exposure. Hercules | Video | and 16Bs to 5th Gen MOS 16b20 Body parts sucked into cooling fans; We call these presumptive diseases. Thrown back [6]:39 That is, whether the missile operated more like an aircraft (Air Force) or a rocket (Ordnance). Oozlefinch | Paint a Hercules trainer missile put it on a ready round trailer. The radar can continue to locate the target in elevation or azimuth because all of the signals come from the same location, but the receiver cannot easily determine which pulse was sent by the radar and which was sent by the electronic countermeasures (ECM) on the target aircraft, which is needed to measure the time-of-flight. This was carried out in a protected area behind a large berm, in order to protect the rest of the site from an accidental explosion during fuelling. Additionally the radar was given the "Electronic Frequency Selection" (EFS) system which allowed operators to quickly switch between a selection of operating frequencies at about 20 microseconds, while the earlier system required manual switching that took about 30 seconds. Back 1 1/2 hrs turn in vehicle get off for payday. A test against the much higher performance Pershing was carried out on 16 October 1963, and while the HIPAR was able to detect the missile, the tracking system was unable to track it. Murray Hill is where all the AT&T antenna experiments took place. NY53 | Definitions | A Cold War Missile site on the side of a mountain in Dichtelbach, Germany Coursety of Sam Mclung RADAR DATA How about 3 brand new 5/4s in one weekend! Soviet development of ICBMs and the de-emphasis of their bomber force decreased the value of the Hercules system. Gilbert Burke | Every thing inside but a 1 meter dish to transmit. Germany 1961 - 62: On hot status and sleeping in the panel room, mice and rats nibbling on our snacks and at times the ears of the crewman. Plato was cancelled in February 1959, replaced in the short term by further upgrades to Hercules, and in the longer term by the FABMDS program. driving jeeps. Like the Germans and British before them, they concluded the only successful defence would be to use guided weapons.[5]. Reunions | 33 feet, Systems 538-594 and In 1959 both the House and Senate debated the systems, with the Senate recommending cutting funding for Hercules and the House stating the opposite. [29] FABMDS would have performance against any credible "theatre" ranged missile or rocket system, as well as offer anti-aircraft capabilities, the ability to attack four targets at once, and be relatively mobile. fingers (fuel shortage had to It is not known if nuclear warheads existed at the site because the military would not release that information to the epa. RockyStovall | The guidance commands were sent to the missile by modulating the MTR transmit signal. open pit. It had great maneuverability and a speed of Mach 3.65 (2,707 miles per hour). Niagara-Buffalo | [9]:62, Meanwhile, the Air Force scrambled to bring BOMARC to operational status, and on 1 September 1959 declared the 46th Air Defense Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base operational. head wound from the fins (Crew about being thrown from a moving Resulting from the radiation particle fallout from those tests, and from an attempt to resettle the atoll in the 1970s, after the u.s. Going to and from sick call in the back of or 5/4 or 2 ton tactical truck. He opened up the escape hatch door to ventilate the panel room and made us get out of the launching area for the rest of the day. We were high as a kite from the fumes of the trichlorethelene. I know.. it's not possible.right. Eating out of marmite cans 2 times a day every other day for years. [40] There are slight differences in dimensions as reported in different sources, it is not known if this is due to different versions.[35]. [2]:45, Approximately 25,000 Nike Hercules were manufactured. Current Events | Testing of the W-7 was put into AMMO, while the SNODGRASS series was moved to an Army-Air Force test at Eglin Air Force Base with tests of both the conventional T45 and nuclear W-7 warheads. All CONUS Hercules batteries, with the exception of the ones in Florida and Alaska, were deactivated by April 1974. It seeks to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure whenever possible and to minimize doses when exposure is unavoidable. (It happened. How PresentingSF-88L | Another development for the anti-ballistic missile role later emerged as the much larger LIM-49 Nike Zeus design. a rattle snake in your tent LA-29 | At 3:03 AM I received a call from our base switchboard. List, by MOS, of likely extent of exposure to asbestos. Skilled operators could also try to track the target in a manual tracking mode. The nuclear-tipped . Maintenance | To increase range, the missile was normally boosted above the target into the thinner air and then descended on it in a gliding dive. LA-88 | [5] Nike tracked both the target and the missile using separate radars, compared the locations in a computer, and sent commands to the missile to fly to a point in the sky to intercept the target. NIKE Hercules Missile 1/40 Plastic Model Kit (1 review) Write a Review SKU: H1804 Condition: New Availability: Usually Ship in 24hrs Shipping: Calculated at Checkout How long is the model when complete: The model measures 13.5 inches long What age is recommended: Ages 14 and up What paints do I need: Patriot's much higher accuracy allowed it to dispense with the nuclear warhead, and Hercules was the last US SAM to use this option. Hercules would prove to be the last operational missile from Bell's Nike team; Zeus was never deployed, and Hercules' replacements were developed by different teams. Alligator poachers spotlighting our sentry dogs at A252 in the Everglades, Cottonmouth and rattlesnakes between the security fences, Rats scrounging for dog food in the kennel shacks, Snakes crawling on window awnings at night, feeding on the insects that were drawn to the lights, Alligators running across the road at nightin front of motorcycles. LaunchSet | Trophy | He could have have protected the equipment, by pointing the antenna away from our HIPAR, a simple thing to do! The missile went full left rudder looking for and found the only hot target around, the hot tube it had just left. Then I remembered that the civilian said he had been in the antenna cleaning and had just left, missing a dose of thousands of watts of RF energy- a close call. Greece | Our warhead team had the rest of the week to kill. EOD failed to come out to see, but sent instructions on what to do. electricity, Caked ice on radar tower ladders and Live in tents while they rebuilding adm/barrack. Thule | PRP | Engineers had been in earlier in the day to bleed the elevator locking bars which could only be accessed by cheating the system so the magazine doors would not open. The active seeker system was later dropped to lower costs. Overview | Smaller deltas in front of the main wings, and blended into them, provided roll control with very small flaps mounted to pivot along a line roughly 45 degrees from the line of the fuselage. Physicists use these two adjustment factorstype of radiation and sensitivity of tissueto convert from measures of radiation absorption to measures of effective dose. The Nike Hercules became operational in 1958, and more than 80 Nike Hercules missiles were deployed in the United States, with 10 more in Europe and Taiwan. In the HIPAR building when and during a Nor did it stop the fighting in the press. While at 93 (C-2-51) in San Rafael and at 88 (B-2-51) in Marin, deer and raccoons would often be found wandering around the area, or in case of the deer, charging us when sighted. Subject: Melting Waveguide Guestbook | In one of the many Mig sorties that came south of the DMZ the sites went up a step in DEFCON and then back down. Still at Redstone: Having a generator mechanic switch out generators and not have it in phase with the other generator running to the van. This used much less fissile material and was thus considerably less expensive. itself after a power surge or drop. TerryFetterman | The upper stage alone was 24feet 11inches (7.59m) long. RF radiation heats Over its lifetime, significant effort was put into the development of solid state replacements for the vacuum tube-based electronics inherited from the early-1950s Ajax, and a variety of mobile options. least). This Nike Hercules Missile Site is dedicated to all soldiers, family members and friends that served in Delta 2-1- ADA -32nd AADCOM, Dichtelbach, Germany. Two of the weapons were damaged when they hit the ground and released plutonium, a radioactive material. Here are some dangers I encountered, some are just plain stupidity. Battery B, 5th Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery: From: Jim Martensen The NVA knew we were coming. LaunchSet | Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. Parathyroid adenoma. Sat and Bat team call out a 3am to check security alert in B section. TacticalControl | Developed by Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque and at Los Alamos, it was given 1A priority by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in March 1953. Based on the 'time to fly' of the missile this limited overall battery rates to about one launch every couple of minutes.[36]. None of these were adopted, in favor of much more mobile systems like the MIM-23 Hawk. Also conducted were tests to evaluate ECM performance, two surface-to-surface tests, and two Hercules-on-Hercules attacks with the target Hercules flying in a semi-ballistic trajectory.[27]. A new missile could be launched about 11 seconds after detonation or rejecting the previous missile. The boosters were equipped with four large swept-wing fins at the extreme rear, behind the rocket exhaust, using a diamond cross-section suitable for supersonic lift. Home | Budgetary cuts reduced that number to 87 in 1968, and 82 in 1969. TacticalControl | Deployment began in 1958, initially at new bases, but it eventually took over many Ajax bases as well. cancers of the bile ducts, bone, brain, breast, colon, esophagus, gall bladder, liver (primary site, but not if cirrhosis or hepatitis b is indicated), lung (including. A power level of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter, It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but could also be fitted with a conventional warhead for export use. Cold the vicinity of the passive antennas. It was quite a bit bigger than the Nike Ajax launcher and it weighed about 7 tons. of the best DAMN people whom Pulling out 2 missiles (one of each type) at 2am so the IFC could do calibration. Greece | With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the units were deactivated in 1988. There were concerns about the possibility of Air Force fighters being attacked by Army missiles, but the two forces improved co-ordination between the Army's ARAACOM and the Air Force's Air Defense Command (ADC) to the point where it was no longer a serious concern. It found one a short distance away where a bus was idling at an intersection waiting for the all clear. | NoSleep | Thule's air defense was reduced during 1965, and SAC air base defense during 1966, reducing the number of batteries to 112. This was aircraft with speeds up to Mach 3, a wide range of radar cross sections, and powerful electronic countermeasures. 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