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	Project Nike -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Project Nike was a (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) US Army project, proposed in May 1945 by (Click link for more info and facts about Bell Labs) Bell Labs, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system.
		For the Nike, two main (Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects) radars were used, one to track the target and another to track the missile.
		Nike Hercules was included in (The first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) SALT I discussions as an (A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles) ABM.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pr/project_nike.htm (2077 words)

	Ajax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nike Ajax, a U.S. anti-aircraft missile of the late 1940s.
		Ajax is a character from the 1979 film The Warriors and the 2005 game The Warriors featured on the PS2 and Xbox.
		Ajax is an electronic band from New York City.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ajax (276 words)

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		The Nike Ajax was the forerunner to the Nike Hercules.
		As the Nike Ajax system underwent testing during the early 1950s, the Army became concerned that the missile was incapable of stopping a massed Soviet air attack.
		As with Nike Ajax, Western Electric was the primary contractor with Bell Telephone Laboratories providing the guidance systems and Douglas Aircraft serving as the major subcontractor for the airframe.
	aboutfacts.net /Weapons7.htm (631 words)

	Nike Ajax Surface to Air Missile
		The Nike Ajax was developed in the immediate post-WWII period as a method of intercepting intercontinental range bombers being built in the U.S.S.R..
		Nike was built as a "last ditch" short range defense with missile batteries positioned around most major cities in the U.S. and in Allied countries.
		The Nike family of missiles are a direct out-growth of the Wasserfall surface-to-air missile under development by Germany at the close of WWII.
	www.cloudster.com /RealHardware/Nike/NikeAjaxTop.htm (290 words)

	The Nike Missile System: A Concise Historical Overview
		Nike missiles were also deployed overseas with U.S. forces in Europe and Asia, by the armed forces of many NATO nations (Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Greece and Turkey), and by U.S. allies in Asia (Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan).
		The Ajax was blasted off of its launcher by means of a jettisonable solid fuel rocket booster which fired for about 3 seconds, accelerating the missile with a power of 25 times the force of gravity.
		Nike Ajax was armed with three individual high-explosive, fragmentation-type warheads located at the front, center and rear of the missile body.
	alpha.fdu.edu /~bender/N-view.html (2766 words)

	Hart Island Nike Base History II
		Nike Ajax missiles fired from Hart Island would have been guided by the ground-based guidance and control equipment located at the Control Area on nearby Davids Island.
		The Nike Ajax missiles deployed on Hart Island were slender, dart-like missiles having a maximum diameter of only one foot and an overall length of 35 feet, including the disposable booster rocket.
		Nike Ajax missiles could reach maximum speeds of over 1,600 mph and were capable of engaging aircraft flying as high as 60,000 to 70,000 feet.
	www.correctionhistory.org /html/chronicl/hart/nike/hartnike2.htm (1153 words)

	Articles - Project Nike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A huge number of the technologies and rocket systems used to develop the Nike Ajax were re-used in a number of roles, many of which gained the "Nike" name (after Nike, the goddess of victory from Greek mythology).
		Project Nike began in 1944 when the US military demanded a new defense system to combat the potential new jet aircraft, as existing gun-based systems proved completely incapable of dealing with the speeds and altitudes at which such planes operated.
		As the Nike Ajax batteries were upgraded to the Hercules system, many were decommissioned in the early- to mid-1960s due to the fact that the new missiles were more effective in terms of range and destructive power, therefore about half the batteries were required.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Nike_Ajax (2557 words)

	Nike Ajax - United States Nuclear Forces
		This system, the Nike Ajax, was conceived near the end of World War II and developed during the early years of the Cold War.
		The success of the Nike R&D tests to date, plus the growing concern ever the world situation of early 1950, brought from Army Ordnance an order to develop a tactical missile system--to be designated "Nike One"--with the simultaneous completion of original objectives for the R&D program as backup for the tactical system.
		Subsequently, the Nike Ajax batteries were either modified to accept the new missile or deactivated.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/airdef/nike-ajax.htm (2871 words)

	The Fort MacArthur Museum Association: Nike Missiles of Los Angeles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Los Angeles Defense area was manned by several battalions of US Army Regulars and National Guardsman, under the command of the 47th Air Defense Brigade from 1954 to 1969.
		The Nike missiles employed the "command guidance" system in which the major control equipment was ground-based and not part of the expendable missile.
		The Nike Hercules was designed for defense against attack by large formations of bombers.
	www.ftmac.org /Lanike1.htm (627 words)

	Nike Ajax Maintenance in Alameda CA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nike Ajax (click to enlarge, 13K) was developed to replace the 90 and 120 mm anti-aircraft guns, which were effective only up to 40,000 feet.
		Ajax was the first SAM (Surface to Air Missile) system to be deployed, with a maximum altitude of 60,000 feet, traveling at Mach 2.3.
		Nike Ajax contained three warheads, each connected to primer cords (fuses) whose primary component consisted of PETN (Pentaerythrioltetranitrate) which came together at a four-way connector, connected in turn to an electrically activated igniter.
	home.earthlink.net /~nbrass1/nike/ajax.htm (2020 words)

	Nike Ajax
		The first unguided Nike missiles were fired in 1946, but problems with the original multi-rocket booster (8 solid-fuel rockets wrapped around the missile tail) soon led to delays in the program.
		One of the major disadvantages of the Nike Ajax system was that the guidance system could handle only one target at a time.
		Other problematic features of the Nike Ajax system were the liquid-fuel rocket motor with its highly toxic propellants, and the large size of a complete site with all components, which made Nike Ajax to all intents and purposes a fixed-site air defense system.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/nikeajax.htm (730 words)

	Nike Site B63 - Needham/Natick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Nike Hercules, the second generation of the Nike, was the result of modifications made to the original system and attained operational readiness in 1958.
		The Nike Zeus was supposed to be the successor of Nike Hercules.
		The Nike Ajax was liquid fueled in its second stage with a combination of JP-4 (kerosene), undiluted dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) as the oxidizing agent.
	members.aol.com /Kaltofen/nike.html (2292 words)

	Nike Hercules - United States Nuclear Forces
		Nike Hercules was designed to use the supporting components of the Nike Ajax system.
		In March 1952, due to limitations of the soon-to-be-deployed Nike Ajax system (including the inability to discern individual bombers within a densely-packed flying formation), the Bureau of Ordnance recommended a study of the feasibility of equipping Nike Ajax with a nuclear warhead.
		Nike Hercules batteries at SAC bases and in Hawaii were installed in an outdoor configuration.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/airdef/nike-hercules.htm (1456 words)

	Nuclear ABMs of the USA
		The beginning of the Nike Zeus program was the start of a long series of programs the US utilised over the 18 years, which culminated in the closing down of the single ABM base that the US had deployed.
		Ed Thelen's Nike Hercules site has some info and another photo of an unsupported Nike Zeus in the history section (the photo appears to be a reverse angle of the photo at the US Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project).
		Nike family of missiles, some of which show a Nike Zeus which appears to be standing up of its own free will.
	www.paineless.id.au /missiles (2115 words)

	Western Electric MIM-14 Nike Hercules
		Development of an improved Nike missile began in 1952, with the primary goal to develop a missile with a significantly higher performance than MIM-3 Nike Ajax (then known simply as Nike), which could still be used with the existing Nike ground equipment.
		As with Nike Ajax, Western Electric was prime contractor, and Douglas was responsible for the missile airframe.
		Nike Hercules used the same command guidance as the MIM-3 Nike Ajax, with essentially the same ground components.
	www.designation-systems.net /dusrm/m-14.html (753 words)

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		In 1953, the first guided missile antiaircraft system, Nike Ajax, became operational and the guns slowly began to be replaced by the supersonic missiles.
		Following graduation from the brand new Air Defense Artillery School, the class, called a Package, took their Nike equipment 165 miles north to Red Canyon Range Camp and fired several Nike Ajax missiles at target drones.
		Tour where the Nike Ajax missiles were assembled and launched.
	home.sport.rr.com /nikeajax/rcrc_welcome.html (624 words)

	Nike History Online - Nike missile system history, technology, sites & historic preservation newsletter."
		The changes made to Nike Hercules launcher areas typically included: the addition of a separate warheading building; enhancements to the standby power generating facilities; a second (inner) layer of security fencing directly surrounding the underground missile storage and ground-level launch facilities; enhanced site security features and additional sentry stations; and, a kennel for sentry dogs.
		By selecting these two distinct former Nike missile sites for documentation under the HAER, important aspects of the history of both the Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules systems were captured, illustrating the evolution of these Cold War air defense installations in response to ongoing technological developments.
		Because the accuracy of the Nike system was dependent on a very precise alignment of its ground-based radar systems, any factor affecting this alignment -- such as thermal expansion of the concrete support pylon -- had to be minimized.
	alpha.fdu.edu /~bender/nikenws.html (1890 words)

	Viet Nam Memorial Garden
		Army hardware exhibited outdoors are the Nike Ajax surface-to-air guided missile, M60 tank with the 105 mm gun, and two M114 howitzers.
		The far more advanced Nike Hercules (four times the range, nuclear armed) soon replaced the Nike Ajax, and by late 1963 all Nike Ajax sites in the U.S. were retired.
		Nike Ajax continued to serve with U.S. overseas and friendly forces for many more years.
	www.highlandlakessquadron.com /memorialgarden.html (666 words)

	26) Nike Missiles at Fort Tilden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first operational Nike Ajax unit was the 36th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Missile Battalion at Fort Meade, MD, in December of 1953.
		The tour of the Nike facility at Fort Tilden was conducted by Lt. Col.
		Nike missiles were never fired from Fort Tilden.
	www.geocities.com /fort_tilden/nike.html (614 words)

	nike_ajax
		In 1953, Nike Ajax was the first guided SAM system in the world to enter operational service.
		A computer intersected the two beams at a predicted future point and, when the missile was just below the nose of the target, a pulsed code was sent to explode the fragmentation warheads.
		Nike Ajax contained not one, but three warheads, weighing 12, 179, and 122 pounds, respectively.
	www.the-launch-pad.com /nike_ajax.htm (232 words)

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		In response to fears that the Nike Ajax system would be incapable of sufficiently responding to a Soviet attack, the army began the development of a more powerful system.
		The Nike program's last breath of air came with Nike X. Utilizing the Nike-Zeus missile's body and a new and improved set of tracking and guidance radars, the Nike-X system was much more effective.
		Yet another update to the Nike system, the Sentinel system was designed to protect major American cities from any rogue attacks, or a small attack by China.
	bitey.net /~lupin/weapons.html (1849 words)

	Chapter 5: Historic Materials and Maintenance Methods for the San Francisco Coastal Defense Fortifications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nike Ajax emplacement began in April 1954, with Nike Hercules replacements underway as of 1958.
		The Army intended Nike emplacements to replace gun batteries, and as such, the Nikes were the final chapter of coast defenses.
		Three physical areas articulated each Nike battery, with the administrative center coupled with either the integrated fire area or the launching area, and with the integrated fire areas and the launching areas separated by distances no less than 1000 yards and sometimes exceeding a mile, but visible to one another.
	www.nps.gov /goga/history/seaforts/chapter5/chap5c.htm (6528 words)

	Installing Nike Hercules Missiles in Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first generation Nike was designated Ajax, and carried only conventional explosive warheads.
		It was superseded by Nike Hercules (9K), a rather bloated version of Ajax, which could carry either conventional or atomic weapons, with four Ajax boosters strapped together for initial lift-off.
		Ajax had a ceiling of 60,000 feet; Hercules, 100,000.
	home.earthlink.net /~nbrass1/nike/nike.htm (1160 words)

	Nike missile -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The first was Nike Ajax, a two-staged, liquid-fueled missile 6.4 m (21 feet) long.
		Beginning in 1953, Ajax missiles were installed in fixed launchers in cities and military…
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9001729?tocId=9001729 (803 words)

	Nike Missiles
		The Nike Ajax used a 28 volt silver-cadmium battery with potassium hydroxide as the electrolyte.
		With the Ajax, it was a fueling, warheading and booster/bird mating area.
		Nikes received their guidance signals from the Missile Tracking Radar as pulse pairs (to reduce accidental and intentional jamming).
	ed-thelen.org /missiles.html (8845 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Nike Ajax, originally called Nike 1, was an Army anti-aircraft artillery weapon that replaced the 90mm and 120mm anti-aircraft guns for continental defense.
		During the mid 1950s, Nike Ajax missile sites were established around vital industries, highly populated areas, and strategic centers, in various parts of the United States.
		In appearance, the Nike Ajax is long and dartlike, with two small sets of delta shaped cruciform fins in front, and similar larger ones at the base, for guidance and steering.
	www.space.edu /LibraryResearch/swanson/Exhibits/NikeAjax.htm (270 words)

	Paul's Memories Of The Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Most of the Nike structures remain in good condition at both the IFC and LandA sites.
		This site was the HQ for the 12th Artillery Group and the HHB of the 1st Battalion of the 56th ADA from 1956 to 1963.
		The structures used for some of the Nike functions were located on the hillside behind the courthouse proper.
	www.lilesnet.com /memories/showone.php?item=110 (1718 words)

	Nike
		Single stage vehicles consisting first of just the Nike booster were initially fired in the course of development of the Nike-Ajax surface-to-air missile.
		Two stage vehicle sounding rocket consisting of a Nike booster together with a Cajun upper stage.
		Two stage vehicle consisting of a Nike booster and Tomahawk upper stage.
	www.astronautix.com /lvfam/nike.htm (414 words)

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