Nike missile locations | Alaska
Nike Missile Sites in Alaska
Find Nike sites in Alaska by town, site ID, or defense area. Browse the original service dates and site notes, with links to existing histories and IFC or launch pages where available.
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Before visiting a site: Condition and ownership notes below come from the prior inventory and have not been verified as current. They are not access guidance. Any coordinates in the additional source material are source-listed points, not surveyed property boundaries.
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Anchorage Defense Area
3 sites in this inventory
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2AK/8L-H
Intact State correctional facility
Intact Launch remains, no use known
Anchorage (10 mi SW)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 4AK/16L-H
Obliterated FDS foundations only remain
Intact Site now a city park, Kincaid Park 4 launchers standing, 1 used as a ski hut
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2AK/8L-H
Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site
Intact Anry ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site
Fairbanks Defense Area
5 sites in this inventory
Eielson AFB (5 mi S)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2AK/8L-H
Obliterated Private ownership, demolished
Partially Intact, Private ownership, 1 launcher used to store dynamite
Fairbanks (10 mi NW)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2AK/8L-H
Obliterated, State of Alaska control, demolished
Obliterated, State of Alaska control, demolished
Eielson AFB (10 mi SE)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2AK/8L-H
Obliterated, Army ownership, demolished
Obliterated, Army ownership, demolished
Eielson AFB (15 mi E)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2AK/8L-H
Obliterated, Army terrorism training site
Obliterated, Army terrorism training site
Newman (20 mi S)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2AK/8L-H
Obliterated, Corps of Engineers control, demolished
Partially Intact, Launch remains, serves as administration facility for Chena Reiver Lakes Recreation Area
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links from the prior page
Reading the original records
Missile codes and source context
Nike missile and launcher code key
The original inventory uses compact storage and launcher codes, retained in each site's details.
- Storage
- C: Ajax only, original design. B: Ajax or Hercules, with some elevators modified for Hercules. D: either type, with increased magazine access.
- Launcher
- A: Ajax; AA: double Ajax; AG: above ground; H: Hercules; L: launcher; K: unofficial Alaskan above-ground designation; U: universal; UA: half universal and half Ajax; UU: double universal.
Launcher conversions to Hercules appear in parentheses in the original code, for example (8L-H).