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SF-88L: Serious About Security

Another sign adjacent to the guard post at the main gate

 

Nike Hercules Site SF-88L, the only restored Nike Hercules launch site in the United States. It is located within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco.

 

Nike Missile Site SF-88L (National Park Service):

www.nps.gov/goga/nike-missile-site.htm

 

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

(National Park Service)

www.nps.gov/goga/index.htm

 

MIM-14 Nike Hercules (Wikipedia):

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-14_Nike_Hercules

 

"The Last Missile Site: An Operational and Physical History of Nike Site SF-88, Fort Barry, California"

by Stephen A. Haller and John A. Martini: www.holeintheheadpress.com/last_missile_site.html

 

"Winged Victory: The History of the Nike Missile Training Program At Fort Bliss" by William A. Dodge, Ph.D. and Timothy L. Sawyer, Ph.D.

ed-thelen.org/WingedVictory-150r.pdf

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