The Nike Missle Site is located in the Marin Hills, which is near the Golden Gate Bridge. Nuclear bombs would of been dropping on us if it was not for the Nike missle Site. They were ones who were protecting us from nuclear war fare. The Nike missle site is what this web site is on.
During the world war two, USA learned that if Bombers were going to drop tons of explosives or Nuclear bombs they could destroy a entire city. So they desided to make new and better defensive measures to protect the U.S. from nuclear bombs. In 1945 the U.S. developed these missiles that are radar guided,they used them to destroy enemy planes. They U.S. named this missile after the greek god of victory, Nike.
The nike missile site was built in 1954-55. They had about 20 nike missiles. These surface to air missiles could knock down a enemy plane traveling at Mach 2.5 (2.5 the speed of sound) at a range of 25 miles.
In 1959 nike missile site was given larger and more powerful Nike missiles. These were called Nike Hercules Missiles. These missiles had a range of 87 miles and could hit a plane traveling at Mach 3.5 (3.5 times the speed of sound) at an altitude of 28 miles. They could also hold a nuclear warhead. Then they got inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBM). The ICBMs couldn't be shot down.
