From web site VA.gov. In order to simplify the upgrades at Ajax sites, HIPAR did not replace the earlier ACQ radar from Ajax, which was retained and now known as LOPAR. Crests | 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. may be used as a guide to prevent radio-frequency radiation hazards. The fuselage had a bullet-like shape (SearsHaack body), but this was difficult to make out due to the presence of the four large delta wings running almost the entire length of the fuselage. It was quite a bit bigger than the Nike Ajax launcher and it weighed about 7 tons. Greece | Medic put a person in the tactical amb backwords so their head is near the tailpipe. We were short mechanics so we were working 24 hours on and 24 off. The mishap led to the release of four nuclear weapons. 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. 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. Health | History | fingers (fuel shortage had to Of these threats, Redstone was considered just within the Hercules' capabilities, able to defend against such a target over a relatively limited range. The adaption kit, xm75e1, which adapted the w31 warhead to the nike missile, was unpackaged and bolted to the forward end of the warhead (now a part of the missile). 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. Development of the Nike Hercules took place in the early 1950s and deployment commenced in 1958. 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. Bell began working on the new design in concert with the Nike partners, Western Electric and Douglas Aircraft Company. Damage to body tissue is not immediately 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. Approximately 25,000 Nike Hercules were manufactured. 801 and above-Non-scanning Ajax's boosters were housed in steel tubes that fell near the base, presenting a serious range safety concern. How about being shot in the chest in the ready building from an uncleared weapon! The problem was the missile launcher itself, and especially the large HIPAR radar, which presented a formidable mobility problem. LA-43 | SiteSummit | We were later stopped by MP's and and I thought we were going to be arrested but they finally let us go. 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. Back at Redstone School: Having my tech override rotation on the acquisition radar and use it to kill birds in the trees. The intensity of the beam from the target tracking radar in The TTR was operated by three operators (range, elevation and azimuth). From: "Robert Bennington" TD Barnes | Conversions were largely complete by 1960, leaving only a few Ajax sites in use. head wound from the fins (Crew A power level of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter, A similar test on 17 July against a 300-knot (350mph; 560km/h) Q2A destroyed the target with the T45. Propellant samples and various other Nike-Hercules components were also exposed to atomic explosions and radiation during other Plumbbob shots. early 1970s and was completed by 1975, with the exception of batteries remaining in Alaska and Florida. Eating "something" (mystery meat) at cafe while on SNAP at NAMFI Crete Greece. Falling down the ladder leading to the being the MP whom was moving the Launched against such a formation, the Nike would fly towards the center of the composite return. but the orders were canceled because of a security leak. (wrecked to say the Thanks guys. 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). However, it makes the determination of range difficult or impossible. continually strafing the site, Icy mountain roads that automotive vehicles slide on. The addition of the TRR solved a problem with early pulse radar units. Budgetary cuts reduced that number to 87 in 1968, and 82 in 1969. Store | 502-537-Rotating Resulting from the radiation particle fallout from those tests, and from an attempt to resettle the atoll in the 1970s, after the u.s. 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. AADCPS | LaunchSet | Nike Site filled with constant alerts, training, inspections, Radar Bomb Service personnel records show that the Veteran spent most of his active duty service at the Nike missile battery in Milwaukee. Germany 1962: As Duty driver I get a call from the CQ. Turn a 2 bay vehicles manit. Nike Humor; 2nd Missile Bn 52nd ADA (Florida) ARADCOM Trophy; Regimental Crests; The Oozlefinch; Stories. R. . Although it was officially one of the Operation Fishbowl tests, it is . Tom Cluff | Here are some dangers I encountered, some are just plain stupidity. SF-87 | U.S.targets | Greece | The occasion was the national commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the defense department. Three key elements were identified; the need to attack formations without nuclear warheads, operations against low-altitude targets, and better traffic-handling capabilities to handle larger raids. It was later revealed that only one of the sixty missiles at the site was actually functional at that time. into a missile tracking magnetron, (just turned on - not up). Happened to a PVC Zachary at C5-6th in Baumholder Fg around 1977-78. 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. Two of the weapons were damaged when they hit the ground and released plutonium, a radioactive material. 33 feet, Systems 538-594 and LOPAR was relatively small, and the TTR/MTR were always trailer based, so these systems were also fairly mobile. The "simulated target" appears to be purely simulated, not a drone. I was diagnosed in October 2014. 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. I was a trainer for HqBn. Members | Klystron tube going "real" bad! SF-51 | To: webmaster@nikemissile.org Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:33:29 PM HerculesMissile | Overview | PatrickMackay | From: Emmett R. Caraker Jr. I reported as ordered. 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. project, after they rebuilt their antennas front end receiver! Passenger gets a free ride to the hospital at Spangdahlem for X-rays and stitches, first prize for flying through the air like a missile- head first from tailgate to spare tire rim on back of cab. 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. azimuth, elevation and range of the missile were displayed on the plotting boards. BR-04 | 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. Chair The base commander told me he had a call from an angry civilian saying that I had destroyed his equipment last night and he was billing the Army for $40,000 (this was in 1965!) Hercules also offered the ability to attack pre-located ground targets, after feeding in the coordinates in an operation that took about five minutes. Trophy | It was launched on a Nike-Hercules missile, and detonated at a lower altitude than the other Fishbowl tests. It had great maneuverability and a speed of Mach 3.65 (2,707 miles per hour). AADCPS | My MOS was 22f20 Nike electronic maintenance and warhead specialist. Use of Trichlorethelene: I can remember when I was an E-2 or PFC at Site SF-88. Oozlefinch | Subject: Nike site in Germany Transmitting antennas in the non-scanning mode should not be How TerryFetterman | I was told police, fire services, and a host of other radios would be useless for a large area of the east coast! To provide the same range of view, the tracking radars were also often placed on concrete platforms of their own, although these were much smaller. 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. turning over, with injuries to Nike Vet Glen Talon N.H. The TRR was operated by the track supervisor. BudHalsey | A power density of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter is He could have have protected the equipment, by pointing the antenna away from our HIPAR, a simple thing to do! The Nike Hercules was a command-guided, long-range, high-altitude anti-aircraft missile. Date: Thursday, 19 December 2013. To entertain ourselves we went to the motor pool and checked out some jeeps. Paint a Hercules trainer missile put it on a ready round trailer. This happened to a 16B TTR and TRR operator console. (It happened. losing 10% of sight from metal ), and various related offices and communications centres for general operations. Sent: April 29, 2018 Skilled operators could also try to track the target in a manual tracking mode. ammo trailer that lost three Servicemembers in these occupations receive special training and are monitored to ensure radiation exposure remains at safe levels. Part of the rush was due to the newly evolving understanding of the effects of nuclear weapons on radar systems, which led to serious concerns about various weapon's systems ability to operate after nearby nuclear explosions. 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. TerryFetterman | The WX-9, like all gun-type designs, was long and thin, originally designed to be fired from an 11in (280mm) artillery piece, and easily fit within the Nike fuselage. 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. study of the x-ray radiation emitted from the Nike-Hercules Guided Missile Systems and determined that it is highly improbabl[e] that personnel working . Among the various test targets were a Mach 3 Lockheed AQM-60, a drone, and a Corporal missile. Martin produced the T48E1 and E2 designs for Ajax used a fiberglass casing that was destroyed by small explosives, but this proved overweight and did not boost the Ajax to the required speed. 7384L (14)) exposed to levels above 10 milliwatts per square centimeter. Unzipping the door on the TTR radome only qualified, Ignition of a booster by static Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. There were nuclear missile batteries around every major us city. TD Barnes | Re: Trichloroethylene, From: "Tom de Grom" and 16Bs to 5th Gen Thule | Redstone Arsenal then presented the T48E3 which was somewhat larger and longer to reach reasonable performance, but only at the cost of having to modify all of the Ajax launcher rails. [9]:6162, Eventually, in November the new Secretary of Defense, Neil H. McElroy announced both systems would be purchased. I also showed him where in the log I made two calls when only one was required. Video | [31][32] In spite of this success, the GOER-based Hercules would not be used operationally. 127 feet, Missile Tracking I am so proud to have been a part it all. During development the Air Force continued its Project Wizard while the Army started its Project Plato studies for dedicated anti-missile systems. MemoryLane | The booster was formed from four of the earlier Ajax M5E1 boosters held together in a frame. Hercules was officially referred to as transportable, but moving a battery was a significant operation and required considerable construction at the firing sites. MS-70 | Each of these was a steel tube, and held together in this fashion they presented a considerable range safety issue when they fell back to the ground after launch. Murray Hill was across from our Hipar about 600 yards on the next hill with a perfect line of sight to the HIPAR when locked down for the test! The Army then began its own series of press releases under what they called "Project Truth". [14], The new design ultimately provided effective ranges on the order of 75 miles (65nmi; 121km) and altitudes ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 feet (6,100 to 30,500m). It could be armed with either a high explosive or nuclear warhead. Sat and Bat team call out a 3am to check security alert in B section. [9] Beginning around 1965, the number of Nike batteries was reduced. RockyStovall | In each instance, the intensity Deployment began in 1958, initially at new bases, but it eventually took over many Ajax bases as well. Reunions | 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. The first Nike Ajax missile site became operational at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1954. Similar articles began appearing in papers around the country, invariably just before that city was to begin receiving their missiles. We were using trichlorethelene (but not in a well vented area). hospital (those deemed sickest to find the rookie down in the van has the antenna pointed at you and it's on. Several years later I was working for AT&T when I ran across an article in an AT&T magazine about Murray Hill in New Jersey. I was manning the emergency power switch and had to shut down the system. Nuclear Missiles in Miami; ALASKA'S COLD WAR . Due to the nature of these fuels, extreme caution had to be used whenever the missiles were moved or unloaded for maintenance. Oozlefinch | 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. 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. Thule | General Electric demonstrated a prototype on 11 February 1964. AttackonUSSR? 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. Our warhead team had the rest of the week to kill. His Thompson went off. 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. Of course this was an incident that never officially happened. Lost one person when a rough terrain scoop loader roll over on him. Like the Ajax, the Hercules used a transponder in the missile. Pittsburgh | As the missiles were brought to readiness, a light board in the LA control van lit up with a series of amber lights for each launcher area, and green lights for each missile. LaunchEquipment | To: webmaster@nikemissile.org At 3:03 AM I received a call from our base switchboard. Boss said it couldn't be done, we said give us 2 weeks, we ran into a little trouble acquiring a power converter that we could operate off the tank system to power the radar. Anyway, Google searches show me that I'm not the only "missile jockey" (Nike Hercules) to be diagnosed with PTC later in life. RockyStovall | The LA also had a control van to control and monitor the LA activities and maintenance facilities. The IFC contained the search and tracking radars and control center (operators, computer, etc. Attaching the warhead to the missile was a mechanical operation which was used 13 bolts at a specified torque in a proscribed sequence. 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. Nor did it stop the fighting in the press. BaseTuono | The Captain said "my Specialist called you twice as a courtesy before the test took place but nobody answered the phone". The resulting reflections may present a potential hazard to personnel working in the vicinity of the passive antennas. The buildings that once housed Delta Battery became the original structures used for the Krome Avenue Detention Facility, a federal facility used primarily to hold illegal aliens awaiting immigration hearings. It is not known if nuclear warheads existed at the site because the military would not release that information to the epa. The guys in the bunker thought they were toast (literally). Mobilization 1962: Driver decides to back his missile trailer loaded with a live Hercules- backs off the road down an embankment. Meanwhile, the TTR can continue offering location information, and in the case that is also jammed (difficult but possible), was upgraded to offer a home-on-jam mode that used the ECM system's own broadcasts as a location source. Air starting four 75mm "M" motors . It was only winter time. Chicago was slated to shortly begin receiving its Hercules upgrades. Information from the MTR and TTR continued to be fed to the computer for updating the intercept point based on any actual changes in either the missile or the target location, speed or direction. Guestbook | From: "Gerald Browning" The Nike Hercules missile launcher was called the M-36E1 monorail launcher. heat to damage the tissues permanently. Keywords CONT INENTAL Defense Department National Security Council Nuclear Warhead Enemy Attack I know.. it's not possible.right. LaunchSet | Everglades National Park. Government mistakenly told them it was safe to return to their home island. When the intensity is high, the radiation may produce enough | He turned out okay! 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 | Scoring, and other routine soldier duties like guard duty, K.P., painting and 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. Wilson attempted to address the inter-service rivalries by enforcing a strict limit on the range of Army systems. the vicinity of the passive antennas. Trophy | 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. least). Then put it back in the barn. Eating C rations dated 1958 ( it was 1973) and 1948 (it was 1974). 126 feet, Target Tracking A new missile could be launched about 11 seconds after detonation or rejecting the previous missile. As early as 1944 the US Army started exploring anti-aircraft missiles, examining a variety of concepts. Those black, yellow and red Korean hornets. They split development between the Army Air Force or the Ordnance Department based on whether or not the design "depend[ed] for sustenance primarily on the lift of aerodynamic forces" or "primary on the momentum of the missile". Not only were the duties on a present along the axis of the transmitted beam at the following distances from The MTR was operated by one operator. At its peak, it was deployed at over 130 bases in the US alone. The Hawk guys at MacGregor had their fun too. History | apparent. platforms, In the danger zone of a radiating antenna, German citizens taking pot shots at the the Improved Nike-Hercules radar antennas. Each Nike battery consisted of two or three areas; IFC, LA and general. SF-88 | 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. We went to SNAP. None of these were adopted, in favor of much more mobile systems like the MIM-23 Hawk. One launch the missile didn't detect the radar when it went up through the beam but did when it fell back through igniting just before it hit the ground. 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. Acquisition Radar Systems 502-537-Non-scanning LaunchSet | The project had moved several times, and was now in late development as the BOMARC. 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. 240 feet, Systems Because of our location, the top five channels on the HIPAR radar could not be used unless the bad guys were overhead. 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. Developed by Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque and at Los Alamos, it was given 1A priority by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in March 1953. The back of the controls were even with the extreme rear of the missile. Going to ag shack and meeting mister brown bear on the way or going to pick up mail from main post and getting run over by a moose in rut. The last Hercules missile was launched in the Sardinian range of Capo San Lorenzo in Italy on November 24, 2006.[34]. 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