Nike Missile Site LA-94 Los Pinetos CA - PHOTOS - Control Area

The NIKE guided missile was specifically designed to extend the capabilities of antiaircraft artillery far beyond that of artillery guns. To do this, the NIKE system employed a command guidance type of control, the first of its type to be widely deployed (see Figure 9). Briefly, the acquisition radar initially detected and engaged the target. The target tracking radar followed the engaged target throughout. An additional radar, the missile tracking radar, guided the missile throughout its entire flight The two tracking radars fed position information into a computer in the battery control trailer. This information was subsequently analyzed and steering orders were issued to the missile in order to guide it to a point of interception. The battery control area contained a number of major equipment items.

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