Nike Missile Locations New Mexico

StateSite NameMissile TypeDefense AreaSite LocService DatesControl site condition/ownerLaunch Site condition/owner
NMW-50Nike 3AG (never operational)WalkerHagermanNever operationalIntact, Roswell Correctional CenterPartially Intact, abandoned
W-10Nike 3AG (never operational)WalkerRoswellNever operationalIntact, NMArNG Miliray AcademyIntact, MNArNG training site
Launch Site OneNike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-UA, (7L-H)No Defense AreaMcGregor Guided Missile Range1957 - Dec 1992FDSFDS


Nike Missile Type Key

Missile Storage: C=Ajax only, original design B=Ajax or Hercules, some modifications were required for the elevator to handle the Hercules launcher. D= Either, increaed access room in the magazine
Missile Launcher: A=Ajax AA=Double Ajax launchers AG=Above Ground H=Hecrules L=Launcher K=Unoffical designation for Alaskan above ground launchers U=Uniersal launcher UA=1/2 Universal and 1/2 Ajax launchers UU=Double Univeral launchers
Note: Launchers converted to Hercules are given in paraenthesis, e.g. (8L-H)

This data is from the book To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program