Wicked Local

Local Army Air Defense Nike missile bases were a fact of Cold War life before the Cuban missile crisis

It’s almost inconceivable today to imagine missiles ready to fire from launching pads on the hillside off Sharps Lot Road. But in the mid-1950s and 1960s, Nike Ajax missile bases in small towns like ...
The Virginian-Pilot

A park in Isle of Wight tried for a decade to acquire a Nike missile. Hampton may have the answer.

Nike Park in Isle of Wight County isn’t named for the athletic wear company, although it has plenty of sports fields and trails. It’s actually named for the Nike Ajax missile, a 1950s-era ...
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Nike-Ajax Antiaircraft Missile System Technical Manuals

This collection consists of technical manuals for the Nike-Ajax missile system. Most of the manuals cover the electronic, electrical, and guidance equipment for system testing and operation. The Nike ...
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Model, Missile, Nike Ajax

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a model of unknown scale of ...