thing working a Nike site some Scoring, and other routine soldier duties like guard duty, K.P., painting and The last Hercules missiles were deactivated in Europe in 1988, without ever being fired in a military conflict. However, it makes the determination of range difficult or impossible. From: Thomas Moorer 126 feet, Target Tracking The emerald that was melted was in one of the first RF laser amplifiers in the world! [9] It was normally deployed in fixed bases with a central radar and control site (Integrated Fire Control area or IFC) separated from the launcher area (LA). The Nike Hercules missiles were positioned underground in the silos. but the orders were canceled because of a security leak. 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. The Nike Hercules began replacing the Nike Ajax in 1958. Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 range water so polluted sends MPs WilliamJ.Auell | Hercules missiles were normally stored in a "safe" mode, using various keys and pull-to-arm pins. BaseTuono | RockyStovall | Army Colonel John C. Nickerson Jr. publicly denounced Wilson, while leaking details of their latest missile design, the Pershing missile. Sent: April 29, 2018 The Rocky Point missile base was operational from 1957 to 1974. Site Summit (B Battery) still sits above Eagle River, its IFC buildings and clamshell towers easily visible when driving towards Anchorage. The resulting reflections may present a potential hazard to personnel working in the vicinity of the passive antennas. Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 Finding When the intensity is high, the radiation may produce enough heat to damage the tissues permanently. War Veterans Assc. Ionizing Radiation Veterans may have been exposed to ionizing radiation during military service if, for example, they participated in nuclear weapons testing. He was safe but tube died. Radar-Wide Pulse Mode against the dome door zippers - unconscious. 60 feet, Low Power Acquisition Turn a 2 bay vehicles manit. The soldier that fired it did a double take when he realized what the missile was after, threw the launch tube and ran. Radar-Nike-Ajax Mode Dogs | equipment could present a potential hazard to battery personnel. Germany police tell you have to go back on 2 lane roads. To: webmaster@nikemissile.org SiteSummit | It often had rack sections attached to it also. I was at Delta Team 43rd Artillary with our headquarters in Duran. This complexity added enormously to the cost and time required to maintain the missiles. maximum permissible exposure level for personnel subjected to RF radiation Eating "something" (mystery meat) at cafe while on SNAP at NAMFI Crete Greece. Ionizing Radiation From Radar Emissions:->>> Let me bring you Nike Guys up to date with our Ionizing Radiation Exposures from Radar on Hawk Missile Sites. HM-95 | TrainingGuide | The other pit rat and myself rolled a round on the launcher and I performed the stray voltage check. 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. 240 feet, Systems 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. We are in search of all veterans that served here, Originally D-5-1-ADA. MS-70 | Starting in April 1960, considerable effort was put into a fully mobile "Cross-Country Hercules" launcher based on the M520 Goer vehicle, an articulated prime mover that saw considerable service during the Vietnam War. TestEquipment | Nuclear Missiles in Miami; ALASKA'S COLD WAR . Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 6:39:30 PM It was launched on a Nike-Hercules missile, and detonated at a lower altitude than the other Fishbowl tests. Acquisition Radar Systems 502-537-Non-scanning 33 feet, Systems 538-594 and As soon at the TTR was locked on to a target, an analog computer (later digital) continually computed a suitable intercept point in the sky and an expected 'time to fly' of the missile based on information from the TTR and basic performance information about the missile. Skilled operators could also try to track the target in a manual tracking mode. Just a couple of Nike Site Dangers that I remember that come to my mind: From: "Hank" [9]:57, The competing implosion-type design is considerably more efficient and uses much less fuel to reach any given explosive power. 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: In May 1952, Bell was asked to explore such an adaptation to the Nike. When the intensity is high, the radiation may produce enough Official requirements were published in 1945; Bell Laboratories won the Ordnance contract for a short-range line-of-sight weapon under Project Nike,[5] while a team of players led by Boeing won the contract for a long-range design known as Ground-to-Air Pilotless Aircraft, or GAPA. garage into the Mass Hall when they rebuild adm/barrecks. Ordnance | and 16Bs to 5th Gen [30], The first EFS sets arrived at White Sands late in 1962 and started testing in April 1963. We were using trichlorethelene (but not in a well vented area). AttackonUSSR? take a cab), Best BudHalsey | Battery B, 5th Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery: From: Jim Martensen The civilian said he must have been in the antenna, that was why the phone was not answered. 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. Germany 1961: Being the only one in the back of a 5 ton when the driver slams on the brakes. [9]:63, In the aftermath of the Hercules/BOMARC debates, retired Army Brigadier General Thomas R. Phillips wrote an article for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that BOMARC and SAGE had been the "most costly waste of funds in the history of the Defense Department. However, as rumours of a ban on atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons spread, SNODGRASS became a crash project to be completed before 1 September 1958 at any available site the Nevada Test Site was fully booked with the existing Project AMMO testing series. 145 missile batteries were deployed during the cold war. The guidance commands were sent to the missile by modulating the MTR transmit signal. A short period after launch the actual location, i.e. 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. 09/1963-09/1966, From: Hardy, Timothy A CIV (US) When mounted on its booster pack, the Hercules missile was 41feet 6inches (12.65m) long with a wingspan of 6feet 2inches (1.88m) (one side only). A new missile could be launched about 11 seconds after detonation or rejecting the previous missile. into a missile tracking magnetron, (just turned on - not up). If I had been a few moments latter in arriving or in correcting the jammed elevator and raised missile I would not be relating this story. TTR and TRR operator console. "[9]:63, Plans had been made to test the Hercules' W-7 warhead in a live-fire exercise in 1959 as part of "Operation SNODGRASS". One of these locations was directly above the elevator, the others were reached by manually pushing the missiles off the elevator to the launcher along rails. [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. sargent turns white), Ending up with an eye injury VA recognizes that the following diseases are possibly caused by exposure to ionizing radiation during service: All cancers. The active seeker system was later dropped to lower costs. TD Barnes | "[9]:6061 By the time early Hercules deployments were starting in 1958, BOMARC was still nowhere near operational. Huge fireball that almost reached the launcher. Subject: Inherent Dangers of Nike work, From: Michael Williquette Reunions | A Cold War Missile site on the side of a mountain in Dichtelbach, Germany Coursety of Sam Mclung RADAR DATA Length 45 feet, Diameter 32 inches : Two Stage : Four 8" diameter 105,000 Newton-Second "Q" motors in the booster : Staging to one 12" diameter 400,000 Newton-Second "S" motor in the sustainer. Vets at Homestead AFB had to treat them- a tricky procedure for both the vet and the dog handler. whom was escorting with me at His Thompson went off. Handling | And you must have had contact with ionizing radiation in one of these ways while serving in the military: You served in the postwar occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, or. We had been working on the cable cleaning for quite some time when he came by to check on us. MemoryLane | Thule | The guys in the bunker thought they were toast (literally). However, as it protected a much greater area, not as many sites were needed to provide coverage of potential targets. An armed Nike Hercules falling into an Unless the transmitter has encoded some additional form of information in the signal, the receiver cannot determine which pulse it sent out and which is from the jammer. the Improved Nike-Hercules radar antennas. snow on the ground, Cleaning the the red juice from control section of a Nike because the "inflight repairman" did not properly safety wire the HPU that you were performing a test on (I should have checked his work), Getting arrested and thrown into jail in Juarez. This led to the use of semi-trailer systems for the fire control systems, which could be easily moved and re-positioned as required. Of these threats, Redstone was considered just within the Hercules' capabilities, able to defend against such a target over a relatively limited range. A discussion about veterans health. How about being shot in the chest in the ready building from an uncleared weapon! Subject: Nike Herc Missile exploded. The effect of Chief), Being a nube and forgetting to [18][19] The resulting flap led to calls for Nickerson to be court-martialed and was compared to the Billy Mitchell court-martial in the 1920s. Based on the 'time to fly' of the missile this limited overall battery rates to about one launch every couple of minutes.[36]. Blown fuse in a nuclear warhead de-mating procedures, never saw the Italians run so fast. 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. He also testified that the Nike-Hercules missiles had atomic warheads and that he felt that he had significant exposure to ionizing radiation because of his military duties. open pit. Lucky it was an H.E.). HerculesMissile | From: "Gerald Browning" Granted sovereignty to the marshall islands, including bikini, in the 1980s. LauncherArea | [35] Early models cost about US$55,250 each,[35] while most recent cost estimate, from Japan, was US$3.0 million. polishing, but there were inherent dangers, and I'll start the list. 2 people pulling/pushing by hand a 10,710 pound missile to a launcher. PRP | Alaska | Our section chief gave another Pvt. heat to damage the tissues permanently. Finding a nike hercules' warhead armed itself after a power surge or drop. At MA+4 the missile self destructed when it failed to detect the MTR. 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. Pittsburgh | HM-69 | Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:33:29 PM [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. The MTR was operated by one operator. Think of being in the worlds biggest microwave oven, ouch! The project had moved several times, and was now in late development as the BOMARC. R&D, 2d Bn 51st Arty Individual Training Guide, New 2nd Lieutenants trying to get BCO It was only winter time. Dangers | The driver had just stepped around behind a dune to relieve his bladder when the bus blew up. may be used as a guide to prevent radio-frequency radiation hazards. F16 buzz the IFC so the IFC made the F16 light come on (lock on the F16). The House eventually came to support the Defense Secretary's position as stated in the Master Air Defense Plan, retaining Hercules while reducing BOMARC and SAGE. made it work :), Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine - NIKE Ajax starter fluid, Armed military aircraft (nuclear?) The resulting reflections may present a potential hazard to personnel working in the vicinity of the passive antennas. Further deployments to allied units and US units in Alaska were carried out between November 1963 and the summer of 1965.[30]. down range (two MPs injured), Last [26] Combining range from the TRR and direction from the TTR provided complete information on the target. Radar | In part because of less parts supportability, Western European (Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (4 ATAF) and Second Allied Tactical Air Force (2 ATAF) sites essentially became fixed sites and were no longer considered capable of a mobile role. At 3:03 AM I received a call from our base switchboard. I called again at 2:55 AM but still no answer. Supply Person (76Y) shot is finger in the arms room with a M1911A1 (cal.45). 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. [1]:52[verification needed][39] The last versions carried the W31 Mod 2 warhead, with yields of 2 or 20 kt. B3/71 (Turks welding covers), Or a Health | We went to SNAP. Reunions; Current Events; Cold War. SF-87 | Dogs constantly getting bit by snakes while on patrol. [20], It did, however, allow development of Hercules to continue, and the system was soon preparing to deploy. A similar test on 17 July against a 300-knot (350mph; 560km/h) Q2A destroyed the target with the T45. Medic put a person in the tactical amb backwords so their head is near the tailpipe. being the MP whom was moving the Any vets Subject: Nike Site Dangers (UNCLASSIFIED) Trophy | The HIPAR was fired up and the rotation was locked with the antenna pointed at a certain point off the east coast. (everyone), Working down range at night and present along the axis of the transmitted beam at the following distances from I updated my log and headed down the hill for some rest. Once a month at 3 AM on the first Sunday the top five channels were tested for one minute each, timed with a stop watch. Tumors of the brain and central nervous system. Primary among these was that the Ajax fuels were hypergolic, igniting on contact. Germany 1962: As Duty driver I get a call from the CQ. Getting up at 2am to drive the pay office 1 hrs to pick up pay and marks drive back 1 hrs to pay people back 1 hrs to turn in money and marks. Government mistakenly told them it was safe to return to their home island. AADCPS | However, both Ajax and Hercules systems in Europe had to be able to move as US forces shifted. Store | the equipment vans should be prohibited during periods of radar operation. In his 26 November 1956 memorandum, he limited the Army to weapons with 200-mile (320km) range, and those involved in ground-to-air defense to only 100 miles (160km). Home | Greece | Getting called to duty at 3AM to go and save two MPs who were on a site-seeing mission in a snow storm and their jeep got stuck. Increasing performance against these longer-range "theatre" weapons would require more extensive upgrades that would have pushed the time-frame out to the range when FABMDS was expected. Gilbert Burke | TerryFetterman | the narrow pulse mode, from the low power acquisition radar when rotating, from SL-40 | The last active Nike Ajax batteries were relieved of their mission in December 1961, followed by the last Army National Guard unit in May 1964. 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. Subject: THULE Greenland. I was diagnosed in October 2014. Patriot's much higher accuracy allowed it to dispense with the nuclear warhead, and Hercules was the last US SAM to use this option. WilliamJ.Auell | Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 In March 2016, the Department of the Army Veterans' Radiation Exposure Program at the Army Public Health Center provided VA with a report after evaluating the appellant's records. Nike Hercules was included in SALT I discussions as an ABM. fracture)? 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]. the missile tracking radar in the Nike-Hercules mode, and from the target to RF radiations of hazardous intensity levels. It is relatively easy to jam a conventional radar by sending out additional pulses of radio signal on the same frequency. The intensity of the beam from the target tracking radar in Instead of de-emphasizing BOMARC in favor of Hercules, inter-service rivalry became rampant, and the Air Force began a policy of denigrating Hercules and the Army using policy by press release. qualified, Ignition of a booster by static Development of the Nike Hercules took place in the early 1950s and deployment commenced in 1958. Wilson attempted to address the inter-service rivalries by enforcing a strict limit on the range of Army systems. [6]:20-30,37, This did not do much to stop the squabbling, nor did it solve the problems that led to the issues in the first place the fight over Hercules and BOMARC and related anti-missile developments. Video | Ionizing radiation is defined by the va as atmospheric nuclear weapon exposure, particle radiation, i.e., nuclear waste disposal and dirty bomb attacks. Back 1 1/2 hrs turn in vehicle get off for payday. [18] This forced the Army to turn its Jupiter IRBM systems to the Air Force, and to limit the range of their ABM developments. 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. The Army then began its own series of press releases under what they called "Project Truth". At its peak, it was deployed at over 130 bases in the US alone. My name is Michael Williquette. Testing was unexpectedly cancelled before the W-7 could be fired.[21]. TacticalControl | The Best Nike Hercules Missile Radiation Exposure 2022. A power level of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter, The system, with modifications, lasted from 1954 to 1980. Dismantling of the sites in Florida Alpha Battery in Everglades National Park, Bravo Battery in Key Largo, Charlie Battery in Carol City and Delta Battery, located on Krome Avenue on the outskirts of Miami started in June 1979 and was completed by early autumn of that year. Links | This means they can be manhandled safely and maintained with the rocket motor installed. The 333rd supposedly had the only two mobile ABM units stationed in the US. We were short mechanics so we were working 24 hours on and 24 off. The upper stage alone was 24feet 11inches (7.59m) long. With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the units were deactivated in 1988. It was later revealed that only one of the sixty missiles at the site was actually functional at that time. Hercules remained a major front-line weapon in Europe into the 1980s. 1969: Attack on USSR? a rattle snake in your tent Cold Paint a Hercules trainer missile put it on a ready round trailer. azimuth, elevation and range of the missile were displayed on the plotting boards. In addition, the policy prescribes planning, coordination, security, dosimetry, recordkeeping, training, equipment, and expertise to deal with radiological hazards. LaunchEquipment | Thanks guys. CWVA The TRR system combatted this by allowing switching between two very different set of frequencies. The best I remember they were kind of amber in color and a little translucent. LA-43 | On 15 November 1956, the new missile was officially renamed as the Nike Hercules, as part of DA Circular 700-22, while the Nike I becoming Nike Ajax. HA-08 HA-25 | In one Redeye shoulder launch test there was a fault in the software that caused the missile to lock full left if it failed to acquire a hot target. Of the two, the warhead seemed like the simplest problem to address. [9]:57. This had been done for many tests in the past in the last two years. Each Nike battery consisted of two or three areas; IFC, LA and general. stomp up the steps of the tower Murray Hill is where all the AT&T antenna experiments took place. I just returned from the seattle va hospital and i am now on the va health registry for occupational exposure of a us veteran during military service with the hawk ada missile system. [9]:60, In a famous event, the Air Force interviewed for an article that appeared in the New York Times entitled "Air Force Calls Army Nike Unfit To Guard Nation". I also showed him where in the log I made two calls when only one was required. You may be entitled to disability compensation if these military exposures resulted in a disease or injury. Later banned as a carcinogen. How Working 24 hrs on 24 hrs off (maybe) guard towers manned 24/7 for 365 days a year. Soviet development of ICBMs and the de-emphasis of their bomber force decreased the value of the Hercules system. Apparently they had gotten tired of swimming. TrainingGuide | Germany Oct 1962: Frostbite while manning the perimeter during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Once the two are in the truck we head back to the unit only to be confronted by a mob of men that wanted our passengers. PresentingSF-88L | To increase range, the missile was normally boosted above the target into the thinner air and then descended on it in a gliding dive. One morning we ran the HIPAR antennas up into position and all the interlock lights lit so I lit up the transmitter and suddenly every neon lamp in the ACQ van starts flashing on and off which I quickly realized was in time with the antenna rotation. The first Nike Ajax missile site became operational at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1954. the vicinity of the passive antennas. A nuclear weapons mishap occurred on January 17, 1966, over Palomares, Spain, when a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber and KC-135 tanker aircraft collided. Mobilization 1962: Driver decides to back his missile trailer loaded with a live Hercules- backs off the road down an embankment. Not only were the duties on a This was my first time doing this test. Everglades National Park. Similar articles began appearing in papers around the country, invariably just before that city was to begin receiving their missiles. The Captain said "my Specialist called you twice as a courtesy before the test took place but nobody answered the phone". Avoiding the alligators on Key West when 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. At Redstone Nike radar range: Just for fun, on a special project, a group of 3 Nike civilians and 2 military, John H. and myself, took components out of a TTR and the Control trailer and made a radar that would fit inside an M48 Tank. The location was downtown Huntsville, Alabama. Two of the weapons were damaged when they hit the ground and released plutonium, a radioactive material. This system was successfully tested at White Sands on 1 October 1961. Hercules | Needless to say I quickly killed the transmitter. Cold War Missiles in Miami | Eating C rations dated 1958 ( it was 1973) and 1948 (it was 1974). The changes were designed to be upgradable without major changes to the deployed system the TTR/MTR could be replaced at any time, the HIPAR used its own displays and therefore required no changes in the missile launch equipment, the TRR was slaved to the TTR and simply updated range readings, and the new seeker could be retrofitted at any time. Working with nuclear weapons, high explosives, errant electric Use of Trichlorethelene: I can remember when I was an E-2 or PFC at Site SF-88. Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012. BR-17 | [38], Hercules could carry either a nuclear warhead or a conventional high-explosive warhead (T-45 fragmentation type). The civilian on the phone and two other scientists received a Noble Prize for discovering cosmic background radiation in space, the C.O.B.E. This signal would be very difficult to jam because the jammer would have to broadcast across a wide set of frequencies in order to ensure they were returning on the frequency the receiver had actually selected. I stuck my head out the door only to see that the vertical interlock had failed allowing the transmitter to fire with the antenna sweeping directly at us. If I remember, it was just a broken arm or leg! It was followed by the Nike Zeus missile, which had a preliminary test firing Aug. 26, 1959, and could . 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