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Nike Missile Launch Site NY-56

Nike Missile Launch Site NY-56

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Nike Missile Launch Site NY-56

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Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

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Alex

November 23, 2023

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Nike Missile Launch Site NY-56 is also known as the Sandy Hook Nike Launch Site or Fort Hancock. During the Cold War, this was one of the most highly classified launch sites in the country. Now a public park, in the last 50 or so years the park would have looked very different; heavily armed patrols were given permission to release attack dogs and shoot trespassers.

Jason Gasparik

July 2, 2024

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Can get there by foot or by bicycle or by car. This is one of the launch sites for the Nike missiles that were installed in the Cold War days for the last chance defense mechanism against an airborne attack.

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Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

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