Attempting to settle one of the Pentagon’s bitterest interservice quarrels, Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy last week outlined a “master plan” for U.S. continental air defense. What it amounted to ...

Building 1093 on Fort Bliss, Texas has been a part of the Army’s Air Defense Artillery since before the branch’s inception on June 20, 1968. Originally built in 1959 and housing two Nike Hercules ...

The U.S. Army last week claimed a significant accomplishment for Nike Zeus, its 48-ft. nuclear-tipped anti-missile missile. Fired from New Mexico’s White Sands missile range, a Nike Zeus locked on a ...

From the 1950s to the ’70s, San Rafael was home to a set of triangulated sites comprising a missile battery that ultimately housed a Nike-Hercules air defense system. The sites were all part of San ...

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 ...