Former U.S. Army Nike Hercules Missile Battery D-2/56 (D Btry 2nd Bn 56th ADA) Launch Area | abandoned / shut down, NATO, Cold War 1947-1991, nuclear weapons/warheads storage

Germany / Rheinland-Pfalz / Grossbundenbach /
 abandoned / shut down, NATO, Cold War 1947-1991, invisible, nuclear weapons/warheads storage
Launch Area of the former Nike missile site near Niederauerbach. This site once contained nuclear-tipped Nike Hercules surface-to-air missiles located in three missile barns. These can be seen today along with the former Warhead Building.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_missile
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Coordinates:   49°16'28"N   7°24'21"E

Comments

  • wheres the launch area gone?
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