Nike-Hercules Missile

[@danielverstraeten]

Belgian,I did my military service in the 13th wing 52nd squadron at the Euskirchen nike site so nice to see and hear them again after all these years.

[@revjackhowell]

I was stationed at an isolated Nike-Hercules site outside of Sachsenheim, in what was then West Germany from 1977-1980.. We were in the middle of a farmer's cornfield. 32nd AADCOM, Btry B, 3Bn, 71st ADA, 94th Group.

[@apogeerockets]

Thanks for your service. The Nike Herc is one of my favorite missiles because it has such a menacing look. I would like to make a scale model of it one day.

[@kenrobinson2428]

I was stationed in Dallau A-3-71 1972-74 .

[@david9783]

D Battery,5/6 ADA,Hontheim,Germany,74-76....very isolated......and boring(thank goodness).

[@nealmontgomery1307]

My Man. At 21st NORAD Control Center, Syracuse, NY, approx 1981, we were supposed to coordinate with USArmy ADA, but never did. RESPECT Hope you enjoyed your tour in Germany, cant imagine it was anything less than awesome. Biere.

[@brianchester6257]

Served at 2 Nike sites in San Pedro , Calif in 1962-63 and Germersheim, W. Get. 1963-65----oh the memories

[@apogeerockets]

Thank you for your service. The Nike Herc is one of my most favorite rockets because. My next project is to make a scale rocket kit of it, which hopefully should be available on the ApogeeRockets web site in the fall of 2018.

[@Eevee_133]

Thank you for your service. My grandfather served at a Nike sites at Fort Wainwright and Eielson AFB in Fairbanks Alaska between 1966 and 1969. Earned the Expert Missileman Badge for doing so! He used to love to tell me stories of how fast they were

[@nealmontgomery1307]

RESPECT Mr. Chester

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

I was just there at whites beach

[@howardmeeks9554]

I worked on these Nike Hercules in 1965-66 in Felicity, Ohio and from July 1966 til Dec 1969 in Marienheide, W Germany. Brings back sooo many good memories. My dd214 says I was MOS24U40, but seems to me I started on Nike as a 22F**. maybe old age blurs my memory

[@apogeerockets]

Thanks for your service. We're putting out a new model rocket kit of the Nike Hercules later this year (2024). Come to our website (link in the video description), and check it out. You may want one to show to your grandkids.

[@Nyemaster]

Actually they were meant to stop a threat like the one at Pearl Harbor. I worked on these systems for over 10 years in Europe and in the USA. I still work with the Air Defense to this day. Nike was a awesome project.

[@CH-pv2rz]

Ypu worked with these in the US? They were all withdrawn from service in the US by 1979. That was 42 years ago… Add 10 years to that and its 52 years ago, meaning the very youngest you could be is 72. And you still work with air defense today?

[@schleimigerhelmling6763]

Hm sure of course.😁

[@DrOlds7298]

@@CH-pv2rz We had them in West Germany & Italy until the late '80s,and I think Korea until the early '90s. Plus we also sold many of these systems to our Allies,...Greeks,Turks,West Germans,French,Italians,Belgians,Dutch,Danes & Japanese that I can recall off the top of my head?? (My Father worked with the Nike Systems (And also Pershing/Pershing II,but mostly Nike-Herc?) for most of his 34 yr Army career,including time spent as a Military instructor (Many were Retired Army & 'came back' as a G.S.,but Dad was active duty all the times they had him doing this?) at the USMMCS School at Redstone Arsenal,Ala.) Some of our NATO allies IIRC had these still On Line as late as 15 yrs ago!!!!

[@garynewman2935]

My favorite missle

[@ufoengines]

Neat ! Thanks for this post . I once saw a Nike - Hercules battery when I was four years old ,1958 , from the highway while riding in my dad's 1954 Ford near Chicago . They looked ready to fire and my brother David said they were getting ready to shoot down the moon. Dad laughed and said " no they are to shoot down bombers and maybe flying saucers ". I liked my brother's explanation because I decided that the moon was where flying saucers came from and we needed to get them first! I later tried to explain what I saw to my mom after my dinner , and bath that evening but she didn't seem that interested and just wanted me to go to bed leaving the bedroom door open. Just one of my many cold war memories as a baby boomer. TO INFINITY AND BEYOUND! Soon to come "The Cuban Missile Crisis ". Patent 3190554, 672256, 3013505 . I saw on another post on this subject some of the analog computers that use used in the guidance of this weapon. Cool.

[@ufoengines]

Dig this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqrCeqGaiseWrsU . Maybe this system really was made to stop Moon NAZI's !

[@netrioter]

That was the Ajax..the Hercules was later...and insane

[@CB-hp1zn]

Saving lives every day

[@psygn0sis]

Missile launch site 88. I've been there.

[@bradhanley8368]

Was station there in 74 to close it down

[@griffinkennedy365]

actually, these nuclear missiles were meant to combat russian bombers because of the Cold War tensions

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Look ma' a real Nike no goofy swish made in salt mines in chiner..herro.👈😉

[@toothlesszilla9982]

Aw cutey rocket 😊

[@wadentritt]

What was the difference between Nike Hercules and Nike Ajax?

[@apogeerockets]

The Hercules used four Nike Missiles strapped together on the first stage, where the Ajax used only one. So the Nike Hercules was much bigger. An there are probably a million other differences as well. Use a search engine, and you'll find a lot of information on both.

[@lawrencearmstrong928]

Was stationed b btry 2nd mal bn 51st art site 87 our if was on the mountain closest to the golden gate 1965

[@枯れすすき-s5q]

１９６０年代のメキシコレンジ思いだす　このミサイルは優秀だった　USMos＃225

[@Gigabecquerel]

Something makes me think this is not a model rocket :D did they launch it?

[@mysticwolf2842]

That is the real thing and faster than fast

[@david9783]

They probably did not launch...just exercise.We did this a lot in Germany.

[@spamcan9208]

It's nothing more than a prop now. They were decommissioned decades ago, rendered obsolete by ICBM's even before they were deployed in their primary role as anti aircraft missiles.

[@daanvos194]

Its thunderbirds

[@markpearson9085]

Headquarters & Headquarters Battery 2d Battalion 52d ADA Ft Bliss Texas 1973//1975 24U20 --

[@까까-q5p]

미국은 이미. 오래전에 박물관에 놔둔 미사일을 한국공군은 아직도 운용하고 있다. 거리계산하는 컴퓨터에 진공관이 들어있다.... 내가 99년군번인데 아직도 이런 장비를 쓴다니. 한국국방의 발전이 안되는게 이런거 하나만 봐도 해답이 나온다.

[@taraswertelecki7874]

Detonating nukes above our own territory to prevent Soviet nuclear bombers from bombing us is the height of desperation, and madness.

[@Chilly_Billy]

Actually, no. The amount of damage from one of these small warheads detonated 20-30k feet above ground is in no comparison to the 1-5 megaton weapons dropped from Soviet bombers. This is scientific fact.

[@soadj28]

They're tiny warheads shot high into the atmosphere, it would not have been an issue.

[@spamcan9208]

@@soadj28 😂 lol there will always be some sort of collateral damage using nukes near a civilian population. They also would be firing off a lot more than just one. And don't forget these things are also EMPs

[@Edin116]

The whole weapon system was designed on the assumption that Soviet Nuclear bombers would be flying in formation, similar to allied carpet bombing campaigns of WWII, and would be flying low enough that even the NIKE detonation would damage buildings and possibly kill thousands on the ground. The Soviets didn't fly their bombers in formation which *would* have negated the concept except for rapidly increasing yields (from double digits kilotons per bomb, hence the formation assumption for massive cities) of bombs make it rational to use against even a single bomber that would be carrying a bomb in the megaton range.

[@nealmontgomery1307]

yeah, but, did you die?

[@ivantovu-kalott8460]

one way North Korea !

[@CH-pv2rz]

Nike Hercules has a max effective range of 100 miles…

[@DrOlds7298]

@@CH-pv2rz We actually had some of these Batteries in S. Korea.

[@MrGolinux]

First

[@CH-pv2rz]

No cared then, no one cares now.

[@harishpadale8072]

THIS IS FOR DOD RUSSIA AND AMERICA