During development the Air Force continued its Project Wizard while the Army started its Project Plato studies for dedicated anti-missile systems. fingers (fuel shortage had to LaunchSet | When the intensity is high, the radiation may produce enough heat to damage the tissues permanently. It was a very angry civilian screaming that we were melting the front end of his receiver: puddles of brass waveguide! BOMARC proved extremely expensive, difficult to maintain in operation readiness, had questionable performance, and was displaying a continued inability to reach operational status. At its peak, it was deployed at over 130 bases in the US alone. [4], During World War II, the US Army Air Force (USAAF) concluded that existing anti-aircraft guns, only marginally effective against existing generations of propeller-driven aircraft, would not be effective at all against the emerging jet-powered designs. Second lt. were probably the most dangerous, trying to convince everyone they knew it all but they were just getting started. Acquisition Radar Systems 502-537-Non-scanning (with just a hint of sarcasm). Keywords CONT INENTAL Defense Department National Security Council Nuclear Warhead Enemy Attack The TRR system combatted this by allowing switching between two very different set of frequencies. BaseTuono | He was safe but tube died. Haul it back to battery the same day. HM-69 | IRBMs and ICBMs were also a consideration, but these were being addressed by the Nike Zeus concept, leaving only short-range weapons as an issue Hercules might need to address. [38], Hercules could carry either a nuclear warhead or a conventional high-explosive warhead (T-45 fragmentation type). At the same time, there were increasing concerns that higher speed aircraft would be able to launch their warheads at the extreme range of the Nike bases. Guestbook | TestEquipment | ranging radar is inconsequential under operating conditions. When the TTR and MTR radars were locked, the computer had a firing solution and the missile reported active, the LA lamp changed from amber to green, indicating the ability to fire. Hercules would prove to be the last operational missile from Bell's Nike team; Zeus was never deployed, and Hercules' replacements were developed by different teams. Had a medic but he had nothing to help with not even an aspirin. take a cab), Best Air Force call the Army about it. The last Hercules missile was launched in the Sardinian range of Capo San Lorenzo in Italy on November 24, 2006.[34]. SF-87 | MS-70 | about being thrown from a moving Because of our location, the top five channels on the HIPAR radar could not be used unless the bad guys were overhead. Chief), Being a nube and forgetting to I was a trainer for HqBn. Posterior subcapsular cataracts. SF-51 | The resulting reflections may present a potential hazard to personnel working in the vicinity of the passive antennas. Otherwise the LOPAR was used. Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012. B3/71 (Turks welding covers), Or a Luckily spread eagle. 111 rows from web site va.gov. Spec.-5 Emmett R. Caraker Jr. The back of the controls were even with the extreme rear of the missile. Health | To ensure the MTR could see and track the missile during its initial rapid ascent as it launched, the IFC was normally located about 1 mile (1.6km) from the "Launching Area" (LA). IrwinAnger | The IFC contained the search and tracking radars and control center (operators, computer, etc. [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. I proceeded with the test at 3 AM. [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). TacticalControl | Subject: Nike site in Germany Like the Ajax, the Hercules used a transponder in the missile. I never heard a word about the test again. Army Colonel John C. Nickerson Jr. publicly denounced Wilson, while leaking details of their latest missile design, the Pershing missile. Links | Pulling out 2 missiles (one of each type) at 2am so the IFC could do calibration. Site Summit (B Battery) still sits above Eagle River, its IFC buildings and clamshell towers easily visible when driving towards Anchorage. The 333rd supposedly had the only two mobile ABM units stationed in the US. [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". desert north of Fort Bliss. Subject: Inherent Dangers of Nike work, From: Michael Williquette Photo: U.S. Navy This group includes Veterans who: Served on nuclear submarines and other nuclear ships or in shipyards Patriot's much higher accuracy allowed it to dispense with the nuclear warhead, and Hercules was the last US SAM to use this option. The emerald that was melted was in one of the first RF laser amplifiers in the world! Government mistakenly told them it was safe to return to their home island. PRP | HIPAR would detect targets separately and "hand off" to the LOPAR and TTR so those systems could remain largely unchanged and able to launch either Hercules or Ajax. [9]:57. Physicists use these two adjustment factorstype of radiation and sensitivity of tissueto convert from measures of radiation absorption to measures of effective dose. 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. Harold Stanford | RF radiation is not cumulative, but it could be hazardous. Setting in a fox hole for 8 hrs during war games in the winter. Parathyroid adenoma. Germany Oct 1962: Frostbite while manning the perimeter during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Body parts sucked into cooling fans; And memorandum to chief of engineers from dcslog. 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). azimuth, elevation and range of the missile were displayed on the plotting boards. A power level of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter, PRP | although not considered potentially hazardous, is stipulated by AR 40-583 as the and could be spared), Finding warhead seal broken Although it was officially one of the Operation Fishbowl tests, it is . Vets at Homestead AFB had to treat them- a tricky procedure for both the vet and the dog handler. I called the number at 2:45 AM and got no answer (this was before answering machines). The effect of My tech goes in and turns on three power switches, as we usually did Big fire, burning cable all 252 feet, and about 1000 feet of wiring in the van! [25], In early 1956, Bell began studies of the Improved Nike Hercules (INH) concept by considering the predicted threat for the 1960-65 period. A similar test on 29 July launched two missiles against three F-80 Shooting Star drones flying in formation, the first missile destroyed the lead aircraft while the second passed within lethal range of a second. The M-36E1 was a steel rectangle with electric and hydraulic components and a large erecting beam supported by movable supports. MTR operator console. Once a target was found on the LOPAR, it could be identified with aid of an Identification friend or foe system. 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. We were high as a kite from the fumes of the trichlorethelene. Early deployments starting in 1958 were on new sites, but Ajax units started converting as well. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. Propellant samples and various other Nike-Hercules components were also exposed to atomic explosions and radiation during other Plumbbob shots. Similar articles began appearing in papers around the country, invariably just before that city was to begin receiving their missiles. At Shot Morgan on October 7, two sets of missile The best I remember they were kind of amber in color and a little translucent. All CONUS Hercules batteries, with the exception of the ones in Florida and Alaska, were deactivated by April 1974. It often had rack sections attached to it also. [36], The entire sequence of events from decision to launch to actual launch normally took about 36 seconds. NoSleep | Service personnel records show that the Veteran spent most of his active duty service at the Nike missile battery in Milwaukee. [2]:287[22] Conventionally armed Nike Hercules missiles also served in the United States, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Japan, Norway, and Taiwan. The antenna was modified to give it the ability to see higher angles, while the Battery Control Console was upgraded with dual PPI displays for short- and long-range work, and the data link to the missile van was upgraded. Subject: Dangers of a Nike Site, From: "Robert Bennington" 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. A new missile could be launched about 11 seconds after detonation or rejecting the previous missile. As Chief Site Missile Equipment Engineer, getting a 2 AM phone call at my off base home because a visiting Colonel decided to do an unscheduled snap launch drill during a rain and later lightening storm and got a missile stuck in the raised position on the top of the elevated launch area. The first Nike Ajax missile site became operational at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1954. In January, only four missiles were operational at Suffolk, and during House appropriation hearings that month, the DoD proved rather subdued when Congress attacked the design, especially in light of several failed tests of the BOMARC B 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. Subject: Danger and Fun, From: "Jim Derendinger" Over the years, the vacuum-tube guidance system, as well as the complex fire control systems' radars, suffered from diminishing manufacturing source (DMS) issues. range water so polluted sends MPs TTR and TRR operator console. To: webmaster@nikemissile.org This Nike Hercules Missile Site is dedicated to all soldiers, family members and friends that served in Delta 2-1- ADA -32nd AADCOM, Dichtelbach, Germany. PatrickMackay | Hercules | AADCPS | 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. Reunions; Current Events; Cold War. HA-08 HA-25 | [26] Combining range from the TRR and direction from the TTR provided complete information on the target. Video | PresentingSF-88L | qualified, Ignition of a booster by static Hercules, still known officially as Nike B at this point,[N 2] grew to become a much larger design. EOD failed to come out to see, but sent instructions on what to do. It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but could also be fitted with a conventional warhead for export use. Store | Those black, yellow and red Korean hornets. Maintenance | From web site VA.gov. It is not clear in existing sources why the design was named "Nike B" and not "Nike IB", given that the Nike Zeus was known as "Nike II". 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). About | 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. 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. Solid fuel rockets can remain stored for years and are generally very difficult to ignite without an extended period of applied flame. This happened to a 16B Guestbook | Cold War Missiles in Miami | MemoryLane | A dual-launch followed on 24 July, with the first round destroying its target with the T45, and the second with the instrument package flying one second behind. Think of being in the worlds biggest microwave oven, ouch! Poor old 5 ton got run very hard that day. PatrickMackay | itself after a power surge or drop. Learn more about Diseases Related to Exposure to Ionizing Radiation ), and various related offices and communications centres for general operations. We had been working on the cable cleaning for quite some time when he came by to check on us. Happened to a PVC Zachary at C5-6th in Baumholder Fg around 1977-78. It evolved into a much larger missile with two solid fuel stages that provided three times the range of the Ajax. C-50 | Have to make a 90 degree turn on the way back. The occasion was the national commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the defense department. RockyStovall | Trophy | Browse 36 nike hercules missile stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. I mean really fired it up, small spark followed immediately by a medium explosion! [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). PresentingSF-88L | Radio-frequency radiations from radar antennas and associated Ajax | Subject: Nike Herc Missile exploded. Date: Fri, 15 May 2015, From: Don Mullis I am so proud to have been a part it all. 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. fragments moving same war head The Captain told the civilian that he had been notified by the Army two years ago that these tests would take place and when. Trophy | In 1959 both the House and Senate debated the systems, with the Senate recommending cutting funding for Hercules and the House stating the opposite. SL-40 | 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. 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. The occasion was the national commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Defense Department. He would eat supper and when he came back you better be off the road. 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. driving jeeps. Re: Trichloroethylene, From: "Tom de Grom" Maintenance | Germany 1962: As Duty driver I get a call from the CQ. We were located in a company area but somewhere on the range a way out on the desert with absolutely nothing to do. has. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. 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!) Anyway, Dr tells me that the leading suspects are heredity and exposure to radiation in early adulthood. It had great maneuverability and a speed of Mach 3.65 (2,707 miles per hour). Ionizing Radiation Veterans may have been exposed to ionizing radiation during military service if, for example, they participated in nuclear weapons testing. The missile would eventually pass out of line-of-sight with the MTR, so final arming information was provided during the dive, and the warhead was triggered by a barometric fuse. Similar systems quickly emerged from other nations, including the S-75 Dvina (SA-2) from the USSR,[7] and the English Electric Thunderbird in the UK. The MTR was operated by one operator. Avoiding the alligators on Key West when 16-18. Budgetary cuts reduced that number to 87 in 1968, and 82 in 1969. The large airstrip remains, and is often used by locals for flight instruction and practice. 7384L (14)) We were using trichlorethelene (but not in a well vented area). Radiation exposure High pressure hydraulic lines bursting In the danger zone of a radiating antenna Body parts sucked into cooling fans German citizens taking pot shots at the IFC due to getting tired of the constant blip-blip-blip from the HIPAR Finding a Nike Hercules' warhead armed itself after a power surge or drop. The problem was the missile launcher itself, and especially the large HIPAR radar, which presented a formidable mobility problem. Eating C rations dated 1958 ( it was 1973) and 1948 (it was 1974). The last Hercules missiles were deactivated in Europe in 1988, without ever being fired in a military conflict. [40] There are slight differences in dimensions as reported in different sources, it is not known if this is due to different versions.[35]. 09/1963-09/1966, From: Hardy, Timothy A CIV (US) [9]:5657, Improving performance against such targets would require either much higher resolution radars or much larger warheads. I updated my log and headed down the hill for some rest. Chicago was slated to shortly begin receiving its Hercules upgrades. 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. The TTR was operated by three operators (range, elevation and azimuth). Unzipping the door on the TTR radome only 230 feet. MS-70 | 2 people pulling/pushing by hand a 10,710 pound missile to a launcher. [35] Three versions were produced, MIM-14A, B and C. The differences between these versions are not known. Italy | 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. U.S.targets | [23] The first deployments in Europe began in 1959. turning over, with injuries to [20], It did, however, allow development of Hercules to continue, and the system was soon preparing to deploy. Tumors of the brain and central nervous system. Ordnance | fracture)? Germany 1962: Performing maintenance on the racks in the Missile Storage Building, with overhead doors closed, crossing from one side to the other I swung the gate towards the overhead door and there was an electric arc from the door to the racks. The first missile in the series was Nike Ajax, a two-stage, liquid-fueled missile 21 feet (6.4 metres) long built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. We are in search of all veterans that served here, Originally D-5-1-ADA. The addition of the TRR solved a problem with early pulse radar units. Finding a nike hercules' warhead armed itself after a power surge or drop. The mishap led to the release of four nuclear weapons. A power density of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter is From: Thomas Moorer HM-69 | HM-95 | I was manning the emergency power switch and had to shut down the system. [8], Even as the Nike was undergoing testing, planners grew concerned about the missile's ability to attack formations of aircraft. LA-88 | This included about 30 seconds to develop a track for a target; 4 seconds for computer to develop a firing solution, and 2 seconds between the initial fire order command and missile launch. Italy | thing working a Nike site some [9]:57, The competing implosion-type design is considerably more efficient and uses much less fuel to reach any given explosive power. Nike-Hercules system's reliance on ground-based radar to track tar-gets and to guide missiles to an interception, this was an important finding. into a missile tracking magnetron, (just turned on - not up). but the orders were canceled because of a security leak. 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