Nike Missile Locations Alaska
State | Site Name | Missile Type | Defense Area | Site Loc | Service Dates | Control site condition/owner | Launch Site condition/owner |
Alaska | Bay | Nike 2AK/8L-H | Anchorage | Anchorage (25 mi NE) | Mar 1959 - May 1979 | Intact State correctional facility | Intact Launch remains, no use known |
Point | Nike 4AK/16L-H | Anchorage | Anchorage (10 mi SW) | Apr 1959 - May 1971 | Obliterated FDS foundations only remain | Intact Site now a city park, Kincaid Park 4 launchers standing, 1 used as a ski hut | |
Summit | Nike 2AK/8L-H | Anchorage | Anchorage (25 mi NE/Chugach Mountains | May 1959 - May 1979 | Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site | Intact Anry ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site | |
Jig | Nike 2AK/8L-H | Fairbanks | Eielson AFB (5 mi S) | Mar 1959 - May 1970 | Obliterated Private ownership, demolished | Partially Intact, Private ownership, 1 launcher used to store dynamite | |
Love | Nike 2AK/8L-H | Fairbanks | Fairbanks (10 mi NW) | Mar 1959 - May 1971 | Obliterated, State of Alaska control, demolished | Obliterated, State of Alaska control, demolished | |
Mike | Nike 2AK/8L-H | Fairbanks | Eielson AFB (10 mi SE) | Mar 1959 - May 1970 | Obliterated, Army ownership, demolished | Obliterated, Army ownership, demolished | |
Peter | Nike 2AK/8L-H | Fairbanks | Eielson AFB (15 mi E) | Mar 1959 - May 1971 | Obliterated, Army terrorism training site | Obliterated, Army terrorism training site | |
Tare | Nike 2AK/8L-H | Fairbanks | Newman (20 mi S) | Mar 1959 - May 1971 | Obliterated, Corps of Engineers control, demolished | Partially Intact, Launch remains, serves as administration facility for Chena Reiver Lakes Recreation Area |
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 parenthesis, e.g. (8L-H)
This data is from the book To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program