Reunions; Current Events; Cold War. U.S.targets | Working 24 hrs on 24 hrs off (maybe) guard towers manned 24/7 for 365 days a year. Martin produced the T48E1 and E2 designs for Ajax used a fiberglass casing that was destroyed by small explosives, but this proved overweight and did not boost the Ajax to the required speed. (everyone), Working down range at night and 330 feet, Systems 538-594 and Hercules | From: Thomas Moorer [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. Medic put a person in the tactical amb backwords so their head is near the tailpipe. 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. Deployment began in 1958, initially at new bases, but it eventually took over many Ajax bases as well. Mosquitoes at HM-69 in the middle of PatrickMackay | Lucky it was an H.E.). This information was displayed on plotting boards.[36]. This system was successfully tested at White Sands on 1 October 1961. Getting called to duty at 3AM to go and save two MPs who were on a site-seeing mission in a snow storm and their jeep got stuck. Additionally the radar was given the "Electronic Frequency Selection" (EFS) system which allowed operators to quickly switch between a selection of operating frequencies at about 20 microseconds, while the earlier system required manual switching that took about 30 seconds. New to the Hercules system was the Target Ranging Radar, or TRR. 2nd of the 52nd | Radar | SL-40 | Painting Missiles in a non-ventilate area. Meanwhile, the TTR can continue offering location information, and in the case that is also jammed (difficult but possible), was upgraded to offer a home-on-jam mode that used the ECM system's own broadcasts as a location source. Cold Radio-frequency radiations from radar antennas and associated This complexity added enormously to the cost and time required to maintain the missiles. LA-29 | Think of being in the worlds biggest microwave oven, ouch! Here are some dangers I encountered, some are just plain stupidity. Both forces, and their congressional supporters, realized that splitting the budget would mean neither force would be funded to the level required to fulfill the defence mission. (with just a hint of sarcasm). 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! The intensity of the beam from the target tracking radar in With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the units were deactivated in 1988. [26] Engineering was complete in 1958 and entered low-rate production in May 1959. Dangers | List, by MOS, of likely extent of exposure to asbestos. DISTANCE, AJI High Power "[9]:6061 By the time early Hercules deployments were starting in 1958, BOMARC was still nowhere near operational. Part of the rush was due to the newly evolving understanding of the effects of nuclear weapons on radar systems, which led to serious concerns about various weapon's systems ability to operate after nearby nuclear explosions. Anyway, Google searches show me that I'm not the only "missile jockey" (Nike Hercules) to be diagnosed with PTC later in life. Dogs | Site Summit (B Battery) still sits above Eagle River, its IFC buildings and clamshell towers easily visible when driving towards Anchorage. HM-69 | 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. We were later stopped by MP's and and I thought we were going to be arrested but they finally let us go. We never found the round and I am not sure what happened to the Belgian soldier but for all I know he is still in jail. Ajax | HM-95 | 3/71 in Germany in 66, 67, 68 and loved every moment. If I remember, it was just a broken arm or leg! The mishap led to the release of four nuclear weapons. I've no family history of thyroid cancer that I know of. the vicinity of the passive antennas. | 126 feet, Target Tracking Nike Hercules after take-off at NATO Missile Firing Installation in Greece, Dutch Nike site in West Germany (note the above ground storage shelter), MIM-14 Nike-H missile at Okinawa, June 1967, Battery Control Officer operating position with the acquisition radar operator on the left and the computer operator on the right. Tom Cluff | Solid fuel rockets can remain stored for years and are generally very difficult to ignite without an extended period of applied flame. Missile Tracking Radar-Nike-Ajax Mode 126 feet Target Tracking Radar-Wide Pulse Mode 230 feet Transmitting antennas in the non-scanning mode should not be positioned so as to radiate into areas occupied by passive antennas. I had one thing to do I drove through them, they all got clear. EOD failed to come out to see, but sent instructions on what to do. Military Veteran Health. Handling | Guestbook | I was woken at 6:30 AM by our Master Sergeant banging on my door telling me to get dressed and report to the base commander now and bring the daily log! moving it up range for maintenance The booster was formed from four of the earlier Ajax M5E1 boosters held together in a frame. Hercules was officially referred to as transportable, but moving a battery was a significant operation and required considerable construction at the firing sites. Chair Our warhead team had the rest of the week to kill. may be used as a guide to prevent radio-frequency radiation hazards. Date: Thursday, 19 December 2013. Each Nike battery consisted of two or three areas; IFC, LA and general. When the battery was given orders to attack a target, the alert status lamp changed from blue to red. In Anchorage, Alaska, Site Point (A Battery) was converted into a ski chalet for Kincaid Park. In order to simplify the upgrades at Ajax sites, HIPAR did not replace the earlier ACQ radar from Ajax, which was retained and now known as LOPAR. 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. Tumors of the brain and central nervous system. RockyStovall | TestEquipment | | Sticking a test probe Further deployments to allied units and US units in Alaska were carried out between November 1963 and the summer of 1965.[30]. [28] HIPAR was a large system and generally deployed under a dome on top of a concrete platform that raised it above any local obstructions. In each instance, the intensity Turn a 2 bay vehicles manit. the narrow pulse mode, from the low power acquisition radar when rotating, from [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. The last Hercules missile was launched in the Sardinian range of Capo San Lorenzo in Italy on November 24, 2006.[34]. [29] FABMDS would have performance against any credible "theatre" ranged missile or rocket system, as well as offer anti-aircraft capabilities, the ability to attack four targets at once, and be relatively mobile. A 23 October 1954 report stated that "Concurrent with the prosecution of the NIKE I and NIKE B programs, studies and research and development must be conducted to insure that the NIKE equipment is modernized to the maximum extent within the limits of current technology and economics of improvement as compared to investment in a new system ". LaunchSet | As a PFC instructor for the Missile and Launcher school at Fort Bliss: Having someone raising the launcher without taking the "boots" off the cylinders Watch out below! [8], Even as the Nike was undergoing testing, planners grew concerned about the missile's ability to attack formations of aircraft. C-50 | LauncherArea | 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. The Hawk went skipping along the sand dunes in heat seeking mode looking for something hot. Subject: Dangers of a Nike Site, From: "Robert Bennington" Hercules | How about 3 brand new 5/4s in one weekend! To: webmaster@nikemissile.org 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. 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. The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. Good luck to any fishing boats at that point of the ocean. to RF radiations of hazardous intensity levels. apparent. Second lt. were probably the most dangerous, trying to convince everyone they knew it all but they were just getting started. AADCPS | RedCanyonRange | My MOS was 22f20 Nike electronic maintenance and warhead specialist. [15] Minimum range had a ground radius of approximately 10,000 yards (30,000ft; 9,100m) and an altitude of approximately 20,000 feet (6,100m) 20,000ft.[15], Throughout the early Nike evolution, the then-new Air Force had been encouraged by the deployment of the missile systems. BOMARC proved extremely expensive, difficult to maintain in operation readiness, had questionable performance, and was displaying a continued inability to reach operational status. Servicemembers in these occupations receive special training and are monitored to ensure radiation exposure remains at safe levels. 111 rows from web site va.gov. Based on the 'time to fly' of the missile this limited overall battery rates to about one launch every couple of minutes.[36]. Like almost any thorny military problem of the 1950s, the solution was the application of nuclear bombs. Radar-Nike-Ajax Mode M21-1, Part IV, Subpart ii, Chapter 2, Section C - Service Connection (SC) for Disabilities Resulting From Exposure to Environmental Hazards or Service in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) This section contains the following topics: Topic Topic Name. Any bored idiots with single digit IQs TD Barnes | Oozlefinch | During development the Air Force continued its Project Wizard while the Army started its Project Plato studies for dedicated anti-missile systems. the equipment vans should be prohibited during periods of radar operation. while on field exercises in the Dangers | 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. Back at Redstone School: Having my tech override rotation on the acquisition radar and use it to kill birds in the trees. There was an American with him in the barn at the time but didnt see him lock and load a round. [6]:20-30,37, This did not do much to stop the squabbling, nor did it solve the problems that led to the issues in the first place the fight over Hercules and BOMARC and related anti-missile developments. [9] Beginning around 1965, the number of Nike batteries was reduced. 7923 carlton arms rd, apt b (1,726.23 mi) indianapolis, in, in 46256. [38], Hercules could carry either a nuclear warhead or a conventional high-explosive warhead (T-45 fragmentation type). Members | Not only were the duties on a We had four missiles in the building. BudHalsey | Huge fireball that almost reached the launcher. In 1959 both the House and Senate debated the systems, with the Senate recommending cutting funding for Hercules and the House stating the opposite. hospital (those deemed sickest Service personnel records show that the Veteran spent most of his active duty service at the Nike missile battery in Milwaukee. tower guards have not been told [36], The entire sequence of events from decision to launch to actual launch normally took about 36 seconds. In 1958 an article appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times in which various Air Force officials complained that the Hercules was ineffective. 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. Unfortunately the engineers had failed to remove the cheater cable which prevented the doors from opening. TrainingGuide | Because of our location, the top five channels on the HIPAR radar could not be used unless the bad guys were overhead. 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. [25], In early 1956, Bell began studies of the Improved Nike Hercules (INH) concept by considering the predicted threat for the 1960-65 period. down range (two MPs injured), Last Initially the nuclear-armed version carried the W-7 Mod 2E nuclear warhead, with yields of 2.5 or 28 kt. 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. As Hercules had evolved from the fixed-base Ajax system, early deployments offered no mobility. 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. It often had rack sections attached to it also. Radar | In addition, the policy prescribes planning, coordination, security, dosimetry, recordkeeping, training, equipment, and expertise to deal with radiological hazards. (Me), Having a security alert at night Parathyroid adenoma. [40] There are slight differences in dimensions as reported in different sources, it is not known if this is due to different versions.[35]. However, it makes the determination of range difficult or impossible. Ordnance | [18] This forced the Army to turn its Jupiter IRBM systems to the Air Force, and to limit the range of their ABM developments. Oozlefinch | 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. Supply Person (76Y) shot is finger in the arms room with a M1911A1 (cal.45). Any vets [30], The primary change to create the resulting "Improved EFS/ATBM Hercules" was a modified version of the HIPAR. MTR operator console. NY53 | I mean really fired it up, small spark followed immediately by a medium explosion! Like the Germans and British before them, they concluded the only successful defence would be to use guided weapons.[5]. Missile Specificaitons The Hercules missile could travel 87 miles down range and 150,000 feet in altitude. At its peak, it was deployed at over 130 bases in the US alone. C-50 | electricity, Caked ice on radar tower ladders and Similar experiments for Hercules boosters led to the XM-61 single-chamber booster, but when the XM-42 cluster proved to be even less expensive than expected, this effort was also dropped. 09/1963-09/1966, From: Hardy, Timothy A CIV (US) [23] The first deployments in Europe began in 1959. Harold Stanford | It was launched on a Nike-Hercules missile, and detonated at a lower altitude than the other Fishbowl tests. Faulty solid fuel flamed out about 500' after launch, separated from second stage and then reignited and slammed into the second stage. 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. Finding a Nike Hercules' warhead armed 127 feet, Missile Tracking 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 missiles were positioned underground in the silos. Subject: Nike Herc night time thriller. [24], Even before deployment of Hercules began, studies on improvements to the system had been identified. Passenger gets a free ride to the hospital at Spangdahlem for X-rays and stitches, first prize for flying through the air like a missile- head first from tailgate to spare tire rim on back of cab. HerculesMissile | Learn more about Diseases Related to Exposure to Ionizing Radiation B3/71 (Turks welding covers), Or a 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. Air starting four 75mm "M" motors . Although Hercules had demonstrated its ability to successfully engage short-range missiles, the capability was not considered very important. Poor old 5 ton got run very hard that day. The buildings that once housed Delta Battery became the original structures used for the Krome Avenue Detention Facility, a federal facility used primarily to hold illegal aliens awaiting immigration hearings. and me the job of cleaning the cables in the Panel Room in B Section. NY56 | The Hercules system was compared to threats ranging from the relatively short-range Little John, Honest John and Lacrosse through medium-range systems like Corporal, Sergeant and Lance, and finally the long-range (for battlefield concerns) 200mi (320km) Redstone. The first Nike Ajax missile site became operational at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 1954. Gilbert Burke | fingers (fuel shortage had to [31][32] In spite of this success, the GOER-based Hercules would not be used operationally. Sieverts or rem are used in reports on radiation disasters, because they give a better sense of how the radiation might affect human health. SC for Disabilities Resulting From Exposure to Ionizing Radiation. The IFC contained the search and tracking radars and control center (operators, computer, etc. 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). While at 93 (C-2-51) in San Rafael and at 88 (B-2-51) in Marin, deer and raccoons would often be found wandering around the area, or in case of the deer, charging us when sighted. Everglades National Park. Alaska | He opened up the escape hatch door to ventilate the panel room and made us get out of the launching area for the rest of the day. [2]:287[22] Conventionally armed Nike Hercules missiles also served in the United States, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Japan, Norway, and Taiwan. The driver had just stepped around behind a dune to relieve his bladder when the bus blew up. The Captain told the civilian that he had been notified by the Army two years ago that these tests would take place and when. In one Redeye shoulder launch test there was a fault in the software that caused the missile to lock full left if it failed to acquire a hot target. CWVA MPs an 16Bs (most sites), Down and 16Bs to 5th Gen [30], The first EFS sets arrived at White Sands late in 1962 and started testing in April 1963. Pittsburgh | Body parts sucked into cooling fans; And memorandum to chief of engineers from dcslog. SiteSummit | Subject: Danger and Fun, From: "Jim Derendinger" 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. Just a couple of Nike Site Dangers that I remember that come to my mind: From: "Hank" MS-70 | TTR and TRR operator console. Granted sovereignty to the marshall islands, including bikini, in the 1980s. [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. Current Events | 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 . And you must have had contact with ionizing radiation in one of these ways while serving in the military: You served in the postwar occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, or. desert north of Fort Bliss. Development of the Nike Hercules took place in the early 1950s and deployment commenced in 1958.

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