He would eat supper and when he came back you better be off the road. 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. Smaller deltas in front of the main wings, and blended into them, provided roll control with very small flaps mounted to pivot along a line roughly 45 degrees from the line of the fuselage. BR-04 |
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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. 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. Maintenance |
Parathyroid adenoma. Photo: U.S. Navy This group includes Veterans who: Served on nuclear submarines and other nuclear ships or in shipyards I am so proud to have been a part it all. Nike Vet Glen Talon N.H. MemoryLane |
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Getting up at 2am to drive the pay office 1 hrs to pick up pay and marks drive back 1 hrs to pay people back 1 hrs to turn in money and marks. Government mistakenly told them it was safe to return to their home island. [20], It did, however, allow development of Hercules to continue, and the system was soon preparing to deploy. However, as it protected a much greater area, not as many sites were needed to provide coverage of potential targets. PRP |
Turn a 2 bay vehicles manit. Soviet development of ICBMs and the de-emphasis of their bomber force decreased the value of the Hercules system. to find the rookie down in the van has the antenna pointed at you and it's on. Not only were the duties on a LA-29 |
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Hercules was designed from the start to operate from Ajax bases. BOMARC proved extremely expensive, difficult to maintain in operation readiness, had questionable performance, and was displaying a continued inability to reach operational status. RedCanyonRange |
Germany police tell you have to go back on 2 lane roads. 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. The Captain told the civilian that he had been notified by the Army two years ago that these tests would take place and when. [9]:57. Approximately 25,000 Nike Hercules were manufactured. 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. 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. Dogs constantly getting bit by snakes while on patrol. Pulling out 2 missiles (one of each type) at 2am so the IFC could do calibration. Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:38:38 PM Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 The system, with modifications, lasted from 1954 to 1980. Back 1 1/2 hrs turn in vehicle get off for payday. [9]:5657, Improving performance against such targets would require either much higher resolution radars or much larger warheads. LCT op in Germany. Learn more about Diseases Related to Exposure to Ionizing Radiation The large airstrip remains, and is often used by locals for flight instruction and practice. LA-88 |
[6]:20, In 1953, Project Nike delivered the world's first operational anti-aircraft missile system, known simply as Nike. I mean really fired it up, small spark followed immediately by a medium explosion! head wound from the fins (Crew Eating ham 3 times a day for 45 days because the Gen did not like ham. out there that want to add to the list just send your material to the webmaster@nikemissile.org. Chief), Being a nube and forgetting to RockyStovall |
rapidly diminishes as the distance is increased. Faulty solid fuel flamed out about 500' after launch, separated from second stage and then reignited and slammed into the second stage. The IFC contained the search and tracking radars and control center (operators, computer, etc. Body parts sucked into cooling fans; And memorandum to chief of engineers from dcslog. This happened to a 16B whom was escorting with me at Harold Stanford |
The other pit rat and myself rolled a round on the launcher and I performed the stray voltage check. Trophy |
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Subject: More dumb stuff, From: R. Alderson / SP5 Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 Then he said "the emerald in the amplifier was melting also; oh my God stop, stop now!" although not considered potentially hazardous, is stipulated by AR 40-583 as the Overview |
The guys in the bunker thought they were toast (literally). Service personnel records show that the Veteran spent most of his active duty service at the Nike missile battery in Milwaukee. Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012, From: "Robert Kirk" Climbing a very rusty ABAR tower at D/2/52 to perform antenna service and wondering, "Will this rusty old ladder hold my weight?". 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). 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. Interceptions with the Hercules system would typically start with targets being detected and identified on the HIPAR system, if this was in use. In the HIPAR building when and during a After the call I was dismissed with a job well done. [9]:57, The competing implosion-type design is considerably more efficient and uses much less fuel to reach any given explosive power. History |
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To provide the same range of view, the tracking radars were also often placed on concrete platforms of their own, although these were much smaller. 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. 145 missile batteries were deployed during the cold war. Video |
This information was displayed on plotting boards.[36]. Cold War Missiles in Miami |
[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. Carl Durling C-2-52 1961-62: Initially the nuclear-armed version carried the W-7 Mod 2E nuclear warhead, with yields of 2.5 or 28 kt. NoSleep |
The It was quite a bit bigger than the Nike Ajax launcher and it weighed about 7 tons. The last Hercules missile was launched in the Sardinian range of Capo San Lorenzo in Italy on November 24, 2006.[34]. A total of 145 missile Most of these were converted Nike Ajax units. Each wing ended with a control flap which was separated from the wing by a short distance, leaving a gap. Hercules was originally developed as a simple upgrade to the earlier MIM-3 Nike Ajax, allowing it to carry a nuclear warhead in order to defeat entire formations of high-altitude supersonic targets. A test against the much higher performance Pershing was carried out on 16 October 1963, and while the HIPAR was able to detect the missile, the tracking system was unable to track it. SF-88 |
The soldier that fired it did a double take when he realized what the missile was after, threw the launch tube and ran. The battery crew was housed on-site, either at the IFC, or sometimes, together with administrative offices and general services on a separate area. Hercules |
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Like the Germans and British before them, they concluded the only successful defence would be to use guided weapons.[5]. 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. TrainingGuide |
The Nike Hercules missile launcher was called the M-36E1 monorail launcher. The AN/MPQ-43 Mobile HIPAR was made part of Hercules Standard A in August 1966 and began operational deployment in Europe on 12 April 1967.[33]. LaunchEquipment |
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. Dogs |
The civilian said he must have been in the antenna, that was why the phone was not answered. Lucky it was an H.E.). Thule |
Damage to body tissue is not immediately The back of the controls were even with the extreme rear of the missile. Similar articles began appearing in papers around the country, invariably just before that city was to begin receiving their missiles. I have been wanting to put in my two cents about the dangers on Nike sites. Greece |
It found one a short distance away where a bus was idling at an intersection waiting for the all clear. Reunions |
The 333rd supposedly had the only two mobile ABM units stationed in the US. Although it was officially one of the Operation Fishbowl tests, it is . LauncherArea |
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! I know.. it's not possible.right. driving jeeps. In the case of Hercules, all of the radars were typically mounted on (concrete) elevated platforms to improve their line-of-sight. I was told police, fire services, and a host of other radios would be useless for a large area of the east coast! least). apparent. AttackonUSSR? to RF radiations of hazardous intensity levels. Browse 36 nike hercules missile stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. The resulting reflections may present a potential hazard to personnel working in the vicinity of the passive antennas. moving it up range for maintenance Ajax |
The mishap led to the release of four nuclear weapons. This included about 30 seconds to develop a track for a target; 4 seconds for computer to develop a firing solution, and 2 seconds between the initial fire order command and missile launch. Army-Hercules Nuclear Missile workers were required to wear ionizing radiation badges - VA case CONTACT LIST FOR RADIATION EXPOSURE RECORDS DD FORM 1141 - IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE. LaunchSet |
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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:33:29 PM Setting in a fox hole for 8 hrs during war games in the winter. I was manning the emergency power switch and had to shut down the system. 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. In part because of less parts supportability, Western European (Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force (4 ATAF) and Second Allied Tactical Air Force (2 ATAF) sites essentially became fixed sites and were no longer considered capable of a mobile role. [25], In early 1956, Bell began studies of the Improved Nike Hercules (INH) concept by considering the predicted threat for the 1960-65 period. Links |
We were high as a kite from the fumes of the trichlorethelene. 1969: Attack on USSR? [11], Things changed dramatically with the development of Hercules. PreservingSF-88L |
the narrow pulse mode, from the low power acquisition radar when rotating, from the equipment vans should be prohibited during periods of radar operation. Ordnance |
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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. This also applies to All Radar Equipment used in All American Military Services.Exposure To Ionizing Radiation By Radar, Microwave Radio Frequency,->>> Carl Palmer, near Seattle, WA sent this out & I got started with sharing this Important . New to the Hercules system was the Target Ranging Radar, or TRR. Pittsburgh |
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Ionizing Radiation Veterans may have been exposed to ionizing radiation during military service if, for example, they participated in nuclear weapons testing. The Hercules missile systems sold to Japan (Nike J) were subsequently fitted with upgraded internal guidance systems, the original vacuum tube systems being replaced with transistorized ones. Going to and from sick call in the back of or 5/4 or 2 ton tactical truck. [9]:60, In a famous event, the Air Force interviewed for an article that appeared in the New York Times entitled "Air Force Calls Army Nike Unfit To Guard Nation". The upper stage alone was 24feet 11inches (7.59m) long. The MTR was operated by one operator. Keywords CONT INENTAL Defense Department National Security Council Nuclear Warhead Enemy Attack 801 and above-Rotating I heard he also relieved himself of all that was in his lower intestine. 33 feet, Systems 538-594 and They split development between the Army Air Force or the Ordnance Department based on whether or not the design "depend[ed] for sustenance primarily on the lift of aerodynamic forces" or "primary on the momentum of the missile". AirDefense |
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. NY53 |
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7384L (14)) In May 1952, Bell was asked to explore such an adaptation to the Nike. The M-36E1 was a steel rectangle with electric and hydraulic components and a large erecting beam supported by movable supports. 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. Subject: Nike Site Dangers, Sandbagging hose from Joy Compressor to launcher and having hose fitting fail. Subject: Melting Waveguide about being thrown from a moving 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. Site Summit (B Battery) still sits above Eagle River, its IFC buildings and clamshell towers easily visible when driving towards Anchorage. From web site VA.gov. He was safe but tube died. BudHalsey |
[36] On the IFC the status of the selected missile was given. In each instance, the intensity RockyStovall |
R. . The former three-missile Nike Hercules base in Rocky Point is now the site of an Army Reserve Center but the remnants of the missile base remaina variety of structures and missile silos. Once locked-on, tracking was automatic.[36]. He turned out okay! Subject: Inherent Dangers of Nike work, From: Michael Williquette Precautions should be taken to insure that personnel are not exposed BatteryAirlift |
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[31][32] In spite of this success, the GOER-based Hercules would not be used operationally. Still at Redstone: Having a generator mechanic switch out generators and not have it in phase with the other generator running to the van. We are in search of all veterans that served here, Originally D-5-1-ADA. Non-malignant thyroid nodular disease. Soon after design work started, the Army requested that the existing liquid fuel engine be replaced with a solid fuel design, for a variety of reasons. Rising Star System with elevator mounted launchers. Like the Ajax, the Hercules used a transponder in the missile. Blown fuse in a nuclear warhead de-mating procedures, never saw the Italians run so fast. Greece |
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. There are certain diseases that may be service-connected if the disease occurred as a result of the radiation exposure. Nike Site filled with constant alerts, training, inspections, Radar Bomb LaunchEquipment |
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. Of the two, the warhead seemed like the simplest problem to address. The TTR was operated by three operators (range, elevation and azimuth). Vets at Homestead AFB had to treat them- a tricky procedure for both the vet and the dog handler. [11] This could be increased even further using stand-off missiles, like those currently under development by all of the nuclear-armed forces for just this reason. Maintenance |
The TRR was operated by the track supervisor. In January, only four missiles were operational at Suffolk, and during House appropriation hearings that month, the DoD proved rather subdued when Congress attacked the design, especially in light of several failed tests of the BOMARC B missile. It was only winter time. down range (two MPs injured), Last Prior to launch, the Missile Tracking Radar (MTR) locked on to the transponder in the selected missile. It is relatively easy to jam range information on monopulse radars like the TTR by sending out false return signals. IRBMs and ICBMs were also a consideration, but these were being addressed by the Nike Zeus concept, leaving only short-range weapons as an issue Hercules might need to address. Once a month at 3 AM on the first Sunday the top five channels were tested for one minute each, timed with a stop watch. 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). The nuclear-tipped . It is not clear in existing sources why the design was named "Nike B" and not "Nike IB", given that the Nike Zeus was known as "Nike II". 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. Going to ag shack and meeting mister brown bear on the way or going to pick up mail from main post and getting run over by a moose in rut. [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. SF-87 |
War Veterans Assc. Hercules was officially referred to as transportable, but moving a battery was a significant operation and required considerable construction at the firing sites. There were concerns about the possibility of Air Force fighters being attacked by Army missiles, but the two forces improved co-ordination between the Army's ARAACOM and the Air Force's Air Defense Command (ADC) to the point where it was no longer a serious concern. With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the units were deactivated in 1988. CWVA Definitions |
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