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Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
There's no left over ruins at all? That is disappointing, the best part of exploring is poking around those old left over foundations and remaining buildings. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they had Hercules missiles stationed there, I think they accounted for about a third of the missiles kept at these sites.
It amazes me how much of this stuff was done right in our back yards. You would think it would be hidden away on a base or built out in the middle of nowhere well away from the general population. It makes you realize just how vulnerable we really are.
You might enjoy this link if you haven't already seen it. It lists all the Nike sites in your state....or anywhere you might be looking for one. Also comes complete with maps if you're looking to find it.
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I've known about that site for a while and check it for updates every few months. As for our missile site, now that I think about it, the huge amount of concrete and brick that were there could explain the slightly elevated radiation levels, but our site covered the arms and munitions factorie sin Bridgeport so I certainly won't rule out the possibility of Hercules missiles having been deployed there. The control center has been refitted as the fire training grounds and transfer station/town dump (they still test the Federal Siratone 612 alert mode weekly, which is quite an experience,) and the radar site was knocked down and a sewage plant built. I remember the launch site from when I played soccer in elementary school, the football field is where the soccer field used to be and the soccer field is where the missile batteries were as late as 15 years ago
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I was 8 or 9, and as I was climbing the fence to check out the concrete and metal doors, and for some reason my mom thought it would discourage me if she grabbed me and shouted "Don't go over there, those are missile silos!"
I checked a list of federal cleanup sites a few years ago, and the Old Dam Road site was listed as having "as many as 4" pieces of unexploded, unaccounted for ordnance at the site and surrounding land. I can just imagine them dropping a few missiles into the swamp, shrugging, and going on with the decommissioning.