By 1959, Plato was still very much a paper project when news of large deployments of short-range missiles in the Warsaw Bloc became a clear threat. Personnel should not be permitted to enter areas where they may be exposed to levels above 10 milliwatts per square centimeter. Reunions; Current Events; Cold War. All CONUS Hercules batteries, with the exception of the ones in Florida and Alaska, were deactivated by April 1974. Keywords CONT INENTAL Defense Department National Security Council Nuclear Warhead Enemy Attack In the HIPAR building when and during a I and the Medic have to make a run to a nearby town and rescue two young troops from a mob. Store | Health | The large airstrip remains, and is often used by locals for flight instruction and practice. [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. 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Ionizing radiation is defined by the va as atmospheric nuclear weapon exposure, particle radiation, i.e., nuclear waste disposal and dirty bomb attacks. MOS 16b20 They finished their work and left. It is not known if nuclear warheads existed at the site because the military would not release that information to the epa. BudHalsey | Faulty solid fuel flamed out about 500' after launch, separated from second stage and then reignited and slammed into the second stage. Any vets RedCanyonRange | Every thing inside but a 1 meter dish to transmit. It was followed by the Nike Zeus missile, which had a preliminary test firing Aug. 26, 1959, and could . 111 rows from web site va.gov. The emerald that was melted was in one of the first RF laser amplifiers in the world! Parathyroid adenoma. Home | Humor | Then he said "the emerald in the amplifier was melting also; oh my God stop, stop now!" C-4-44 | No equipment mechanic was on site so as the SSG in charge of the engineering section I was called in and no sooner after I had the missile back down and into the bunker and I was walking away from the hill there was a MAJOR DIRECT LIGHTENING STRIKE to the exact launch door that had been jammed open with a raised NIKE HERC MISSILE. EOD failed to come out to see, but sent instructions on what to do. I was told police, fire services, and a host of other radios would be useless for a large area of the east coast! Eventually we started seeing things that looked to be about an inch square and different lengths. 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. The Nike Hercules began replacing the Nike Ajax in 1958. Nice run in full gear. From: Thomas Moorer LA-88 | LauncherArea | The project had moved several times, and was now in late development as the BOMARC. fracture)? (everyone), Working down range at night and The missile went full left rudder looking for and found the only hot target around, the hot tube it had just left. This happened to a 16B TD Barnes | Granted sovereignty to the marshall islands, including bikini, in the 1980s. Then haul it to K-town so the Gen had it for display. Handling | AirDefense | 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. has. I also showed him where in the log I made two calls when only one was required. may be used as a guide to prevent radio-frequency radiation hazards. Sent: April 29, 2018 NoSleep | BOMARC proved extremely expensive, difficult to maintain in operation readiness, had questionable performance, and was displaying a continued inability to reach operational status. PreservingSF-88L | TacticalControl | Propellant samples and various other Nike-Hercules components were also exposed to atomic explosions and radiation during other Plumbbob shots. [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. I reviewed what I had done with the Captain and the test instructions. 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. TrainingGuide | The Best Nike Hercules Missile Radiation Exposure 2022. LA-88 | 2 people pulling/pushing by hand a 10,710 pound missile to a launcher. Murray Hill is where all the AT&T antenna experiments took place. Eating ham 3 times a day for 45 days because the Gen did not like ham. [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. Finding In the case of Hercules, all of the radars were typically mounted on (concrete) elevated platforms to improve their line-of-sight. 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. Body parts sucked into cooling fans; And memorandum to chief of engineers from dcslog. Servicemembers in these occupations receive special training and are monitored to ensure radiation exposure remains at safe levels. When the command came to raise elevator everything started moving, the elevator started upward, the erector beam was rising and the magazine doors did not open. 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. Other diseases associated with radiation exposure. The LA also had a control van to control and monitor the LA activities and maintenance facilities. You're in the army now; The occasion was the national commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the defense department. Needless to say I quickly killed the transmitter. ranging radar is inconsequential under operating conditions. This was my first time doing this test. C-50 | Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC established at Fort Heath, MA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The last Hercules missiles were deactivated in Europe in 1988, without ever being fired in a military conflict. Like the Germans and British before them, they concluded the only successful defence would be to use guided weapons.[5]. Among the various test targets were a Mach 3 Lockheed AQM-60, a drone, and a Corporal missile. Cold War Missiles in Miami | Guestbook | currents, arming magnetos, pissed off attack dogs, rifles and handguns, I was at Delta Team 43rd Artillary with our headquarters in Duran. [30], The first EFS sets arrived at White Sands late in 1962 and started testing in April 1963. He was safe but tube died. Nike Site filled with constant alerts, training, inspections, Radar Bomb Photo: U.S. Navy This group includes Veterans who: Served on nuclear submarines and other nuclear ships or in shipyards [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 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. Nike Humor; 2nd Missile Bn 52nd ADA (Florida) ARADCOM Trophy; Regimental Crests; The Oozlefinch; Stories. Tents were only 8 to 10 feet from the building they were rebuilding. exposed to levels above 10 milliwatts per square centimeter. 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. Transmitting antennas in the non-scanning mode should not be RF radiation is not cumulative, but it could be hazardous. New to the Hercules system was the Target Ranging Radar, or TRR. SF-87 | whom was escorting with me at tower guards have not been told The TTR was operated by three operators (range, elevation and azimuth). Over the years, the vacuum-tube guidance system, as well as the complex fire control systems' radars, suffered from diminishing manufacturing source (DMS) issues. Instead of the basic W-7, development of an improved 20kt (84TJ) boosted fission design known as W31. Personnel should not be permitted to enter areas where they may be Carl Durling C-2-52 1961-62: RedCanyonRange | Missile Specificaitons The Hercules missile could travel 87 miles down range and 150,000 feet in altitude. Panel Room, before they installed stairs. [9]:61, All of this was part of a larger fight going on over the Army's Jupiter missile, which the Air Force stated should be their mission. Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 8:14:23 PM truck breaking bone's (compound Needless to say the engineering section chief and his assistant got read the riot act. Hercules | the body tissues. For these missions the computer used the MTR to guide the missile to a point above the target, then commanded it to dive vertically while measuring any changes in trajectory as it fell. Someone did the impossible by installing the Nike's gyro backward (that was the official explanation) which caused the missile to go more south as the computer told it to go more north. The TRR was operated by the track supervisor. 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. Because of our location, the top five channels on the HIPAR radar could not be used unless the bad guys were overhead. Given the low resolution of the tracking radars available at the time, a formation of aircraft would appear on the radars as a single larger return. Engineers continued work on getting a second missile operational at McGuire, but the Air Force went ahead with plans to open the Suffolk County Missile Annex by 1 January 1960. 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). [21], The AMMO shot took place on 1 July 1958, successfully intercepting a simulated 650-knot (750mph; 1,200km/h) target flying at an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000m) and a slant range of 79 miles (69nmi; 127km). During development the Air Force continued its Project Wizard while the Army started its Project Plato studies for dedicated anti-missile systems. Vets at Homestead AFB had to treat them- a tricky procedure for both the vet and the dog handler. However, both Ajax and Hercules systems in Europe had to be able to move as US forces shifted. I've no family history of thyroid cancer that I know of. Had a medic but he had nothing to help with not even an aspirin. LA-29 | the narrow pulse mode, from the low power acquisition radar when rotating, from The mishap led to the release of four nuclear weapons. In May 1952, Bell was asked to explore such an adaptation to the Nike. Wilson attempted to address the inter-service rivalries by enforcing a strict limit on the range of Army systems. Although Hercules had demonstrated its ability to successfully engage short-range missiles, the capability was not considered very important. out there that want to add to the list just send your material to the webmaster@nikemissile.org. During an alert, the site would go on "blue alert", at which time the LA crew would arm and erect the missiles and then retreat to safety. Scoring, and other routine soldier duties like guard duty, K.P., painting and A short in the cables (again the official explanation) to the launcher caused the missile to launch without the MTR being ready. Hercules | Later banned as a carcinogen. Radar | Our section chief gave another Pvt. driving jeeps. Nike missile, any of a series of U.S. surface-to-air missiles designed from the 1940s through the 1960s for defense against attack by high-flying jet bombers or ballistic-missile reentry vehicles. [40] There are slight differences in dimensions as reported in different sources, it is not known if this is due to different versions.[35]. Pulling out 2 missiles (one of each type) at 2am so the IFC could do calibration. 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. 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. [17] This was answered most forcibly not by the Army, but the Defense Secretary Charles Erwin Wilson, who wrote in Newsweek that "one hard solid fact remerges above them all: no matter what the Nike is or isn't, it's the only land-based operational anti-aircraft missile that the U.S. Having to disarm the warhead SL-40 | NY53 | Ajax's boosters were housed in steel tubes that fell near the base, presenting a serious range safety concern. Efforts to mount the HIPAR on the same platform between March and December 1962 were not nearly as successful, and on 18 December 1962 the concept was abandoned in favor of an "airmobile" solution using conventional M52 trucks and modified trailers. AADCPS | A power density of 10 milliwatts per square centimeter is We then drove around out on the desert jumping over sand dunes with the jeeps. [36] On the IFC the status of the selected missile was given. When the intensity is high, the radiation may produce enough heat to damage the tissues permanently. LA-29 | someone (people) is down range, Rebuilding berms and equipment desert north of Fort Bliss. turning over, with injuries to although not considered potentially hazardous, is stipulated by AR 40-583 as the Our team finished the second day with a perfect score, but the rest of our battery was just getting started. SF-87 | 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. Army Colonel John C. Nickerson Jr. publicly denounced Wilson, while leaking details of their latest missile design, the Pershing missile. Its warhead also allowed it to be used in a secondary surface-to-surface role, and the system also demonstrated its ability to hit other short-range missiles in flight. Eating C rations dated 1958 ( it was 1973) and 1948 (it was 1974). 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. 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). In 1946, the USAAF also started two early research projects into anti-missile systems in Project Thumper (MX-795) and Project Wizard (MX-794). 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. Military Veteran Health. Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 In testing the system was successful against all manner of short-range rockets and missiles, and successfully tracked the Redstone on 23 September and 5 October 1963, but failed to achieve a "kill" in either test due to unrelated problems. Of the two, the warhead seemed like the simplest problem to address. As early as 1944 the US Army started exploring anti-aircraft missiles, examining a variety of concepts. The 333rd supposedly had the only two mobile ABM units stationed in the US. I am so proud to have been a part it all. SF-51 | Still at Redstone: Having a generator mechanic switch out generators and not have it in phase with the other generator running to the van. The Hawk locked on and blew the whole back half of the bus off. Handling | The occasion was the national commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the defense department. and me the job of cleaning the cables in the Panel Room in B Section. On top of it all the Germany police said your road permit just about out of time. We were high as a kite from the fumes of the trichlorethelene. Acquisition Radar Systems 502-537-Non-scanning [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. 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 . After the call I was dismissed with a job well done. Climbing a very rusty ABAR tower at D/2/52 to perform antenna service and wondering, "Will this rusty old ladder hold my weight?". In one of the many Mig sorties that came south of the DMZ the sites went up a step in DEFCON and then back down. SF-51 | down range (two MPs injured), Last In Anchorage, Alaska, Site Point (A Battery) was converted into a ski chalet for Kincaid Park. [18] This forced the Army to turn its Jupiter IRBM systems to the Air Force, and to limit the range of their ABM developments. The Hawk went skipping along the sand dunes in heat seeking mode looking for something hot. List, by MOS, of likely extent of exposure to asbestos. 2nd of the 52nd | At this time the target information and the intercept point were displayed on the plotting boards and the BCO selected the right time to manually fire. One year I was on the warhead team. The Nike Hercules was a command-guided, long-range, high-altitude anti-aircraft missile. [36] The firing or launch command was given manually by the Battery Control Officer based on orders or Rules of Engagements. The back of the controls were even with the extreme rear of the missile. Subject: Nike Site Dangers, Sandbagging hose from Joy Compressor to launcher and having hose fitting fail. [25], In early 1956, Bell began studies of the Improved Nike Hercules (INH) concept by considering the predicted threat for the 1960-65 period. The radar can continue to locate the target in elevation or azimuth because all of the signals come from the same location, but the receiver cannot easily determine which pulse was sent by the radar and which was sent by the electronic countermeasures (ECM) on the target aircraft, which is needed to measure the time-of-flight. 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! [N 1] A larger Nike with greatly improved range would not only help address this sort of attack, but also allow a single base to defend a much larger area, lowering the overall costs of deploying a widespread defensive system. 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. TestEquipment | Mosquitoes at HM-69 in the middle of [1]:52[verification needed][39] The last versions carried the W31 Mod 2 warhead, with yields of 2 or 20 kt. [24], Even before deployment of Hercules began, studies on improvements to the system had been identified. Subject: Melting Waveguide 127 feet, Missile Tracking HM-69 | From: Robin Smith BudHalsey | Painting Missiles in a non-ventilate area. Deployment of the INH upgrade kits began on 10 June 1961 at the BA-30 site in the WashingtonBaltimore defense area, and continued into September 1967. Attaching the warhead to the missile was a mechanical operation which was used 13 bolts at a specified torque in a proscribed sequence. SL-40 | We were later stopped by MP's and and I thought we were going to be arrested but they finally let us go. Tumors of the brain and central nervous system. 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. fingers (fuel shortage had to His Thompson went off. HM-95 | Tom Cluff | Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012, From: "Robert Kirk" Like almost any thorny military problem of the 1950s, the solution was the application of nuclear bombs. TestEquipment | A short period after launch the actual location, i.e. This was aircraft with speeds up to Mach 3, a wide range of radar cross sections, and powerful electronic countermeasures. U.S.targets | Members | A new missile could be launched about 11 seconds after detonation or rejecting the previous missile. Testing was unexpectedly cancelled before the W-7 could be fired.[21]. I proceeded with the test at 3 AM. The addition of the TRR solved a problem with early pulse radar units. 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. 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