bpkeane1 (October 3, 2008 at 8:59 pm)

In 1974 they transformed a nike missile base into a horseback riding stables. NY-73 Summitwas operational from 1958-62

bpkeane1 (October 3, 2008 at 12:28 pm)

Last month in Union County during a Freeholders Public Meeting some lambrainedfreeholder told a speaker that the NY-73Summit missile base was "Restricted Information" The Watchung Stables sit on topof what was the launcher bay. It operated from1958 to 1962.

bpkeane1 (October 2, 2008 at 8:42 pm)

during a Union County Freeholder Public meeting some lambrain freeholder told aperson in the audience that the Watchung Stables aka Nike Missile Base NY-73 wasrestricted information...I guess he never heard of public information..Go Figure

FordKicksurAss (September 21, 2008 at 2:55 am)

I took a tour of one of these bases where I live. My buddies father is commandant at the police academy where an old site once was (where the police academy is today). I went to see the silo, and it's grand. We saw everything in the silo though anything of value was stripped and flooded with water.

MmmTea82 (September 20, 2008 at 1:57 pm)

The base in Sandy Hook is taken very good care of. You can still visit some of the ruins... there's definitely an odd feeling there.

jordanamed (September 3, 2008 at 8:33 am)

Detonating nuclear bombs high above major metro areas is preferable to enemy bombs detonating at optimal destructive height above those same major metro areas, isn't it? Second, there was no "strong caution" that the atmosphere might be set on fire, the scientists that designed it macabrely bet on whether it would as a joke, the odds were estimated at 1 in over a million.

coirchlid (July 5, 2008 at 1:51 am)

Interesting. I work at an endangered plant nursery in the mountains here in Hawaii. The facility was once a Nike control station. We refer to the nursery as the Nike site. Though I have no idea of where the missiles were actually stored.

0Hardcorecheeze0 (June 25, 2008 at 12:10 am)

9-11 wasnt a nuclear attack but I see what you mean

BruceK10032 (June 14, 2008 at 7:53 pm)

This is great! There was a Nike base behind my uncle's place in Livingston, NJ. It was far from secret--everyone knew about it, as was so for all the Nike bases. When the base closed, I took a sign off the fence. It sits in my foyer now. It says, "U.S. ARMY RESTRICTED AREA Persuant [sic] to Section 21 Internal Security Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 797)."By the way, some of the missiles shown in the video are Ajax, not Hercules.That base in Sandy Hook should be better preserved as a museum.

33rdPatriot (June 4, 2008 at 8:14 am)

"Was the Army concerned about exploding nuclear bombs high above major metropolitan areas?"No, of course not. The Army promptly performed well over 1,000 atmospheric nuclear tests without hesitation, concern or care. The first nuclear explosion, in fact, carried a strong caution --totally ignored-- that it might actually set the entire atmosphere on fire.