Next Contest! Missles

Okay I found this and it looks to be real or a concept drawn of some sort of missle.
Can anyone name it?




Good luck!

its the Nike Hercules. its real and its old.

The flame and smoke tail behind the launched missile looks fugly. It was photoshopped in, right?

Originally posted by deltaboy
its the Nike Hercules. its real and its old.

www.fas.org...

give that man a cookie!


heres a real launch:



[edit on 27-9-2005 by Harlequin]

Correct and Correct.


I was wondering what is the damage by these missles?

Nuclear warhead - so big bang

The Nike system was for air defense. Multiple missile sites were around every major US city. The Nike network was dismantled in the late 70's.

The Nike-Ajax used conventional warheads (3 actually)

The Nike-Hercules used a low yield nuke, designed to obliterate the inbound aircraft and completely destroy possible nuclear weapons on board.

[edit on 27-9-2005 by Army]

If you're interested in Nike Sites, there is a website dedicated to the location of deserted abandoned or closed Nike Sites in the United States. I drive by one every sunday on my way to church called Hernwood in Granite, MD.

ed-thelen.org...