Los Angeles Defense Area Site LA-29-C (site) | Cold War 1947-1991, nikemissile, closed / former military, military radar

USA / California / Rowland Heights /
 Cold War 1947-1991, nikemissile, closed / former military, military radar
Integrated Fire Control area for the LA-29 Nike battery. Acquisitional radar antennas (hence the concrete pads) were located here, not "launch pads" as previously stated. The missiles themselves were kept underground in magazines. LA-29's launch area is to the northeast of this location.

"LA-29 Brea (Puente Hills)/1955-(1961)-1971/1B, 2C/ABAR

IFC-Located in the Puente Hills 5 miles up Site Drive off Central Avenue.

L&A-Located in the Puente Hills approximately 5 miles up Site Drive off Central Avenue.

This battery had an AN/FPS-71 and an AN/FPA-16 ABAR unit. These sites are currently Shell oil fields and are largely destroyed or buried."

www.ftmac.org/lanike3.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Nike
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Coordinates:   33°57'20"N   117°53'45"W
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