THE NIKE HERCULES MISSILE SYSTEM STORY U.S. ARMY MIM-14 SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 60784

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  • Опубліковано 29 бер 2018
  • This 1960 color public relations film by the U.S. Army is to educate the public on the benefits of having the Nike-Hercules (MIM-14) surface-to-air missile system as protection against nuclear attack. Children play with a plane, its shadow crossing them (:25-1:19). The Commander watches the radar spin, pod doors open, and the surface-to-air Nike Hercules missile rise (1:20-2:20). An animation details the sequence of using it (2:21-3:21). A bird’s-eye view shows a Nike battery (3:23-3:39). Civilian field engineers and Army Ordnance Officers meet (3:40-3:58). A map is diagrammed with the defense layout of the U.S. and Canada (4:07-4:50). Men’s hands move documents down a conference table with a miniature Nike Ajax missile (4:52-5:25). Engineers draw missile designs on paper and chalkboards (5:26-6:18). Library books are “Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity”, Lord Rayleigh “Scientific Papers”, Maxwell “Electricity and Magnetism”, Heaviside “Electrical Papers”, and Bell Labs “Radar Systems and Components” (6:19-6:56). Bell Labs equipment simulate an encounter. Dials are turned, switches switched, and lights lit. The simulation occurs via the computers, with the “time to interception in seconds”. The results are plotted (6:58-7:52). A T&E Lab cart holds a missile at Redstone Arsenal. The start button on electronic equipment causes the engine to fire (7:53-8:24). An officer at White Sands closes the gate (8:25-3:32). An experimental Hercules model is launched and tracked by equipment (8:25-10:52). Film is printed into graphs and studied by engineers (10:53-11:18). Civilians and soldiers discuss the results (11:19-11:53). “Nike Hercules Prototype Battery” sign is shown (11:54-12:12). A prototype testing diagram is reviewed on a chalkboard (12:11-12:32). Soldiers are instructed about it (12:33-12:44). Equipment and manuals are shown, and prototype parts are tested in a lab (12:55-13:40). The launcher, booster, and missile are joined (13:41-14:13). Prototype parts and electronic systems are at Douglas Aircraft (14:15-15:45). Missile soldiers enter a “US Army Air Defense School High Altitude Missile Dept Instruction Area” at Fort Bliss. Officers stand around a diorama of a Nike battery, sit in a classroom with a control station, and learn how the guidance works (15:46-17:48). Soldiers learn how to use the radar eyes (17:49-18:15) or become launch specialists (18:16-18:39). The groups assemble to form Nike Hercules batteries (18:40-19:41). Safety precautions require a special set of keys (19:42-20:25). The components for a battery are transported to the Nike site in New Mexico and set up (20:26-21:49). A test launch at an “enemy” drone is shown from the aspect of all stations and equipment involved, as a series of buttons, switches, dials, and keys are activated. After launching, the missile turns to follow the drone and explodes it (21:50-26:59).
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 117

  • @togaman03
    @togaman03 3 місяці тому +4

    This is the best film on Nike I have seen. I was a Nike Fire Control Mechanic

    • @truthseeker2321
      @truthseeker2321 8 днів тому

      I grew up near a NIKE Air defense site in Dillsboro, Indiana. Someone now lives in the bunker complex.

  • @susandavisvocelloduo
    @susandavisvocelloduo 3 роки тому +53

    Thank you for this. Captain Griffith was my father. I remember very well his years at the missile site in New York. Perhaps if young people today understood the world their parents and grandparents lived in they would also understand their priorities and patriotism.

    • @PeriscopeFilm
      @PeriscopeFilm  3 роки тому +10

      Our pleasure. Thanks to your father for his service to our great nation. Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.

    • @glywnniswells9480
      @glywnniswells9480 2 роки тому +1

      If they can understand that Russia are now the good guys and not us anylongrr

    • @allen480
      @allen480 Рік тому +6

      @@glywnniswells9480 Then move to Russia..

    • @glywnniswells9480
      @glywnniswells9480 Рік тому

      @@allen480 No not quite yet first we have to remove the powers that are controlling the West. Be patient.

    • @bubbabearhuntington2295
      @bubbabearhuntington2295 5 місяців тому

      ​@allen480 you're aware the USSR is disbanded and they execute communists, right?... What you're saying is quite odd considering Russia is an ally despite what the legacy media tells you.

  • @grunt167
    @grunt167 6 років тому +40

    I guarded the warheads at a Nike-Hercules site outside of Athens Greece. This brings back memories,

    • @bob_ross302
      @bob_ross302 3 роки тому +4

      Did you know a guy named Ken?

    • @grunt167
      @grunt167 3 роки тому +6

      @@bob_ross302 I believe so but it was a long, long time ago.

  • @aubreyblair7864
    @aubreyblair7864 6 років тому +30

    I was a Nike Hercules missile crewman and section chief in Everglades National park.

    • @PeriscopeFilm
      @PeriscopeFilm  6 років тому +10

      Thanks for your service to our great nation.

    • @allenlee7498
      @allenlee7498 5 років тому +10

      @@PeriscopeFilm Served on Vashon Island, Washington. As Launcher Crewman and Fire Panel Operator. Thanks for preserving this film.

    • @Gpacharlie
      @Gpacharlie 4 роки тому +6

      I was 24P at Key Largo and Dallau Germany.

    • @thomthumbe
      @thomthumbe 2 роки тому +1

      This is an older post, but your mention that you worked Nike in the Everglades caught my eye. Years ago I helped dismantle a Nike site in the Everglades in order to “repurpose” the building and land into another US GOV need. By the time we got there, the building was old and in bad shape. The interesting part was all the graffiti all over the walls.

    • @isaac-vb1ng
      @isaac-vb1ng 2 роки тому +2

      I’m a Patriot missile crewman, 14T, the missile that replaced it, amazing to see a previous air defender

  • @linuxuberuser
    @linuxuberuser Рік тому +8

    The Nike System was a beast. My father worked at Bell Labs - I actually have some books from that library before it was all thrown in the dumpster :(

    • @kd4pba
      @kd4pba 10 місяців тому +2

      My Uncle helped design this system. I bet those are some interesting things to read.

  • @ldwahl6678
    @ldwahl6678 11 місяців тому +2

    Very interesting video. I was a Nike Hercules Crewman , served at Germany 72-74.

  • @ahawk1968
    @ahawk1968 4 роки тому +5

    My Dad worked at Ft. Bliss in the 70's and 80's... He had taken me out to the various ranges, McGregor, Oro Grande, N. Mc Gregor, Dona Ana, ECT... Wow, brings back memories...

  • @progx8679
    @progx8679 6 років тому +11

    Great old History !! Loved the Nike systems !!

    • @davidmurphy8190
      @davidmurphy8190 3 роки тому

      Always liked the mixed MIM-3/MIM-14 sites. Made sense for a layered defense. US SAM and AAA systems never seemed to be as flexible as the Warsaw Pact systems.

  • @Gpacharlie
    @Gpacharlie 4 роки тому +14

    We took the whole system mobile in 79’. We trucked it into the desert with blackout lights at night and set it up with cammo netting. We dug 6’ deep foxholes and lived in them for a month.

    • @richardstocke1836
      @richardstocke1836 4 роки тому +6

      We took system to field in Germany in 74. 10 days in Baumholder and operational an hour before shutting down to head back to site. They gave us new cables and several went bad toasting several radars and control van.

  • @richardstocke1836
    @richardstocke1836 4 роки тому +6

    I wonder if ever shown to public, as we were told the nuke warheads were classified and not talk about them. I served as a 24Q Fire control mechanic fro Oct 73 to Sept 78. I enjoyed the unit training and doing a Live Fire from Site 23 at Mc Gregor Range NM. I was on Site 23 from Feb 77 - Sept 78. How I enjoyed all the live fires we did there.

  • @sebgiannini7864
    @sebgiannini7864 3 роки тому +7

    My dad was a nike hurcles radar technician 67 to 70 and duty site was stationed at one of the st Louis air defense network at the hecker Illinois site.I know he did go to Vietnam for a short duration to perform radar maintenance and troubleshooting.

  • @wacojones8062
    @wacojones8062 11 місяців тому +2

    Very good film, I have been in some of the launch bunkers in Vernon hills Illinois and the main control bunker in Arlington Height Illinois when the three Chicago area lake shore sites where still active. Alington Heights site was originally a 120mm Antiaircraft site then later a double battery for the Ajax system.

  • @Goldness_Gamer
    @Goldness_Gamer Місяць тому

    Amazing and thank you for this. My dad John Gold was a big part of the logistics for "Operation Snodgrass." which this film represents.

  • @TickledFunnyBone
    @TickledFunnyBone 6 років тому +10

    I have stood next to one of these displayed, and to see how fast it goes is surprising (in the video).

  • @TheJimmybang
    @TheJimmybang 4 роки тому +7

    I was a Nike Herc crewman working in the tracking station. We went to Greece and fired one on a drone target in '79. 98.8 score, hell of a missle.

    • @alexrosenthal2887
      @alexrosenthal2887 3 роки тому

      was that the only one you fired? or did you do any test firing? prohibitively expensive I would imagine but curious nonetheless

    • @TheJimmybang
      @TheJimmybang 3 роки тому

      @@alexrosenthal2887 That's the only one, they did it once a year in Greece, multiple batteries firing multiple missiles. I don't know how many though.

    • @coppulor6500
      @coppulor6500 3 роки тому

      @@TheJimmybang cool. What was your job?

    • @TheJimmybang
      @TheJimmybang 3 роки тому

      @@coppulor6500 Radar Op, I tracked the target

    • @coppulor6500
      @coppulor6500 3 роки тому

      @@TheJimmybang roger that

  • @JodyParsons
    @JodyParsons 3 роки тому +1

    There’s something rather calming about the narrator’s voice.

  • @thetreblerebel
    @thetreblerebel 3 роки тому +3

    The Hercules is very impressive in person. When it's in the upright position, it's pretty tall. Couldn't imagine one slamming into you with an atomic kaboom

  • @jamesbugbee6812
    @jamesbugbee6812 2 роки тому +2

    The Nike Hercules was, from a long list, my favorite SAM beauty 💜💜💜💜💜.

  • @GrinsInc
    @GrinsInc 6 років тому +10

    Thanks for posting. Anyone still use a slide rule? Extrapolating the progression of the hundreds of companies that worked on this project would interest me too! Thanks again.

  • @markstengel7680
    @markstengel7680 6 років тому +7

    USA brain power. My uncle Warren Kayden worked at Bell Laboratories in Whippany, NJ 1950s through early 1960s. He used to say they had lazy workers who didn't like efficient workers, cause they made them look bad. He left and went into business with my father. Thanks !

  • @Leftoftheslash
    @Leftoftheslash Місяць тому

    I grew up in the Bay Area and my mind was blown when I got older and found out I was surrounded by these missiles. Site SF-31C was a few miles away. So awesome.

  • @Gpacharlie
    @Gpacharlie 4 роки тому +10

    I worked at and helped decommission the last Nike Site In CONUS.

    • @krisgreenwood5173
      @krisgreenwood5173 Місяць тому +1

      B Btry Alaska ?

    • @Gpacharlie
      @Gpacharlie Місяць тому

      @@krisgreenwood5173 B battery Florida. Alaska flew down and helped us with the Hipar disassemblt, if I am remembering it accurately.

  • @hertzair1186
    @hertzair1186 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent resource, especially for those of us building model kits and dioramas of the Nike Hercules...

  • @bongomakers
    @bongomakers 2 роки тому +2

    I was a 16 Bravo LCT operator, B-2-52, Key Largo FL 1968-71.

  • @krisgreenwood5173
    @krisgreenwood5173 Місяць тому

    I was a security MP at Site Summit Alaska in the middle 1970's.

  • @byralph2188
    @byralph2188 3 роки тому +3

    Thx for the video. I served 2yrs at launch control trailer in a Korean airforce site with this missile system 10 yrs ago. Pretty outdated system but it worked damn good. Now they are replaced to Patriot and new Korean SAM system but man it's nice that I can watch them on youtube :)

    • @glywnniswells9480
      @glywnniswells9480 2 роки тому +1

      Wasnt this a mach 10 missile why is everyone acting surprised Russia have mach 8 missiles in 2022?Did USA missile speed go backwards?

    • @Theiliteritesbian
      @Theiliteritesbian 9 місяців тому

      @@glywnniswells9480bc they go into orbit a hundred miles out, then dip into a low glide that can move, so much harder to hit. Yah if they just went into orbit not concerning as easy to shoot

  • @spike.strat1318
    @spike.strat1318 4 роки тому +3

    Sandy Hook NJ has quite an impressive display of Nike equipt. as well as the old proving grounds and shore battery emplacements.

  • @jameswalker3973
    @jameswalker3973 Рік тому +1

    I had the chance to poke around in an abandoned Nike site up near Thule A.B.
    Was half full of ice, all the equipment panels, lift motors and hoists still in place. Spooky

  • @marsupilami80f
    @marsupilami80f 3 роки тому +2

    J'ai bien aimé ce super document qui m'a rappelé ma campagne de tir ..... en 1963 à Fort Bliss ( Mac Gregor Range ) au Texas . J'étais radariste , puis à la Zône de lancement en Allemagne pendant 14 mois ( 2×7 mois ) - à Stetten A.K.M puis Münsingen - ( Forces Françaises de L'OTAN en Allemagne ) . Quel souvenir à 20 ans !! SUPER service militaire de 18 mois ....😀😉😊

  • @fubaralakbar6800
    @fubaralakbar6800 3 роки тому +1

    So glad these things never had to be fired.

  • @polarbear1412
    @polarbear1412 2 місяці тому

    Spent 4 years at McGregor Range seen over 40 firings on IFC 20 from 1978 to 1982 .Shook hands with Anwar Sadat less than a month before he was Assassinated in Egypt. Saw General Omar Bradley regularly when he came to watch a firing.!

  • @CrossOfBayonne
    @CrossOfBayonne 4 роки тому +1

    The Nike can kick some serious ass even now.

  • @michaelmckenzie8653
    @michaelmckenzie8653 3 роки тому +1

    As a Kid I repelled down the shaft of the abandoned Nike Site in Brea, CA that my Dad toured when it was active. I would like to own one.

    • @HegelsOwl
      @HegelsOwl 2 роки тому +1

      Oh no kidding. What road went into that Nike base?
      That Nike base up on the highest hill in La Habra Heights (but actually Brea) was always a mystery to us kids, because no one we knew ever saw any military vehicles coming or going from the base. We went on numerous excursions on our bicycles to try to find at least the road into the base, but never found it.

    • @orangelion03
      @orangelion03 2 місяці тому

      @@HegelsOwl Vantage Pointe Road, off North Harbor Blvd. I was there last year...in town for a wedding, I brought my mountain bike and rode into the site. It is on private ranch land, but no one was around to see me =)

  • @charliejordansyoutubechann6857
    @charliejordansyoutubechann6857 3 роки тому +1

    One day I am going to make a fundraiser to get it back in operation

  • @NoneYaBidness762
    @NoneYaBidness762 3 роки тому +1

    I shoot skeet every Saturday with a guy that worked on these things. Was a Spec-6.

  • @HockeyVictory66
    @HockeyVictory66 3 роки тому +2

    This Nike system was the analog version of the patriot missile system.

  • @nolifemerc3824
    @nolifemerc3824 5 років тому +2

    I served on this system in Asker Norway 86-87.

  • @bigbob1699
    @bigbob1699 4 роки тому +1

    I was 16 C 20 in Danvers Ma. 72 -75 . We made sure the Chinese Commies did not over run Boston. They shut it down as I left .

    • @uberkloden
      @uberkloden 2 роки тому

      The to run over, take over Boston….far out!Chinese Communists were going

  • @DIYmotorcycle
    @DIYmotorcycle 3 місяці тому

    We have an old Nike missile site here. In the Bay area set, you can tour.
    I have one question I know some of the you probably know. was the warhead an EMP? or just a small tactical nuke?

    • @orangelion03
      @orangelion03 2 місяці тому

      One of these days, I have GOT to visit SF-88!! Over the years I visited all of the sites around Los Angeles.(or former sites...some were long gone even by the early 80s). As a kid, I recall watching drills at the Sepulveda and White Point launcher areas. So as not to panic the locals, they were announced well in advance and drew big crowds.
      The Hercules was armed with the W31 nuclear warhead package. You can find more detailed info on Wikipedia.

  • @unr74
    @unr74 Рік тому +1

    Blazing Skies

  • @TheWizardGamez
    @TheWizardGamez 2 роки тому +1

    thats what i never knew about the nike-hercules. they didnt mean to hit the target, they meant to irradiate the air to the point that the electronics didnt work, as well as your lungs. but seriously, defending nukes with nukes... i mean, seems like some circular logic

  • @ptolemy7783
    @ptolemy7783 Рік тому

    Can an expert please confirm the rumour, that because of the system's radar operating bandwidth, it was really hard to electronically jam the radar? TIA

  • @ellisseven9520
    @ellisseven9520 3 роки тому

    1972-1974, A-2-65 ADA, Palmdale-CA.

    • @oldman9164
      @oldman9164 2 роки тому

      i was at charlie battery 71-74 . we may have met . i was chasin southern calif booger alot back then . lost most of my memory.

    • @fredwalt2282
      @fredwalt2282 Рік тому

      I was at Mt Gleason LA-04 from 1973-74. 63B20 wheel vehicle mechanic and motor pool driver. Once I drove a bus load of mostly young ladies from the LA USO up to the site for a party.

  • @iseeyourollen2041
    @iseeyourollen2041 3 роки тому

    79th AADCOM

  • @thetreblerebel
    @thetreblerebel 4 роки тому +1

    Our versions of SA missiles. We didnt really think mobile like the soviets

  • @DuelingBongos
    @DuelingBongos 4 роки тому +3

    Something tells me that in an actual attack the Soviet bombers would not conveniently cluster together in a tight formation to be easily destroyed by a single Nike missile. You would need multiple missiles for each incoming bomber in case the first shot fails.

    • @elchuckozeke5771
      @elchuckozeke5771 3 роки тому +4

      Wrong. The nuclear warhead was to explode above a fleet of commie bombers destroying them. The warhead had the energy of bombs dropped over Japan. Look it up. Easy to find. ;)

  • @thetreblerebel
    @thetreblerebel 3 роки тому +1

    Air Defense Artillery Corps US Army HOOAH!

  • @ferdinandporshe1907
    @ferdinandporshe1907 5 років тому +1

    I want the new Nike Model kit.

    • @Gpacharlie
      @Gpacharlie 4 роки тому +1

      They have one of those ? 👍🏻

    • @ytwos1
      @ytwos1 4 роки тому

      Ferdinand Porshe freedom model kits. Get it, its good!

    • @davidmurphy8190
      @davidmurphy8190 3 роки тому

      Revell and some other brand names related to Revell have the MIM-3, MIM-14, and CIM-10 models still available.

    • @kyqx
      @kyqx 2 роки тому

      Boyce Aerospace is what you seek.

  • @edpolk1262
    @edpolk1262 2 роки тому

    If the narrator had just a bit deeper voice, he'd sound like Fritz Weaver.

  • @Taskforce1
    @Taskforce1 6 місяців тому +1

    bring back this America

    • @yankeedoodle1963
      @yankeedoodle1963 2 місяці тому

      You mean where everyone’s white?

    • @truthseeker2321
      @truthseeker2321 8 днів тому

      ​@yankeedoodle1963 What's wrong with that? It was a better country then.

    • @yankeedoodle1963
      @yankeedoodle1963 8 днів тому

      @@truthseeker2321 How would you know

    • @truthseeker2321
      @truthseeker2321 8 днів тому

      @@yankeedoodle1963 Because I lived it.

    • @yankeedoodle1963
      @yankeedoodle1963 7 днів тому

      @@truthseeker2321 I’m 61, I think I have a pretty good idea of how things were. Just because you don’t like blacks, Jews, Hispanics, LGBTQ, immigrants, liberals, or anyone insisting that you don’t need an assault rifle or having children with your sister- that doesn’t mean the rest of us are better off being forced to go back with you to White Man’s Utopia

  • @philipshanklin644
    @philipshanklin644 2 роки тому +1

    Fort Bliss Texas El Paso fire control crewman Nike Hercules missiles honorable discharge 76

  • @paulelephant9521
    @paulelephant9521 3 роки тому

    Back when people unironically wore bow ties!

  • @bigbob1699
    @bigbob1699 3 роки тому +3

    16 C 20 at Danvers Ma 72 -75 . No commie got by us .

    • @PeriscopeFilm
      @PeriscopeFilm  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for your service to our great nation.

    • @bigbob1699
      @bigbob1699 3 роки тому +1

      @@PeriscopeFilm I have to tell you the batter tracking area was made up of 85% draft dodgers from the war , but we were good.

    • @braised44
      @braised44 11 місяців тому

      My Army Reserve unit (296th Trans Co) took over the Danvers site in1976. Missiles gone but launch silos still there but filled with water.

    • @bigbob1699
      @bigbob1699 11 місяців тому

      Do you know when the towers were removed ?@@braised44

  • @CosmosNut
    @CosmosNut 3 місяці тому

    Beam riders...

  • @miketaylor3947
    @miketaylor3947 2 роки тому

    Just a "small' nuclear weapon to 'keep us safe", never mind the potential for fallout and the lucrative arms race.

    • @kyqx
      @kyqx 2 роки тому +2

      Do you want a little radiation or a lot?

    • @booklover6753
      @booklover6753 2 роки тому +4

      There's virtually no fallout because it's an air burst.

    • @miketaylor3947
      @miketaylor3947 2 роки тому

      @@booklover6753 comedian

    • @dougball328
      @dougball328 Рік тому +4

      @@miketaylor3947 He is correct. The fallout comes from the dirt and debris swept up off the ground and carried aloft. An air burst has none of that.

    • @allen480
      @allen480 Рік тому

      @@miketaylor3947 ..another leftist from the Seattle area. Treason much?

  • @nicholaskevinricchiuti7379
    @nicholaskevinricchiuti7379 2 роки тому +2

    THANK YOU FOR BETTER MEMORIES PERISCOPE FILMS !
    NOW WE CAN SHOW KIDS THE REAL AMERICA WE GREW UP IN ( I was born in 1964 ) !
    Who are the IDIOT FOOLS who on STOLEN AUTHORITY got rid of OUR NIKE BATTERIES ?
    An appropriate passage from 1 KINGS for the
    THROW IT ALL AWAY BUREAUCRACY IN D.C. !
    1 KINGS 19: 9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
    10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have FORSAKEN THY COVENANT, THROWN DOWN THINE ALTERS, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
    11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

    • @jamesbugbee6812
      @jamesbugbee6812 2 роки тому

      This fills in some details missing from Exodus, describing the arrival & close pass of the new planet Venus.

  • @robertbolding4182
    @robertbolding4182 Рік тому +2

    Nothing but a propaganda film for the former Soviet Union. Nike Ajax and night Hercules were non-nuclear it was the night Zeus that was never built and canceled that was nuclear designed so much disinformation in these films it's silly

    • @dougball328
      @dougball328 Рік тому +1

      The Herc was also nuclear capable.

    • @thomasjacone8822
      @thomasjacone8822 10 місяців тому +2

      Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules were nuclear capable. Nike Zeus was supposed to have anti air and ABM capability but that was never built

    • @truthseeker2321
      @truthseeker2321 8 днів тому

      Someone doesn't know what he's talking about, apparently. Nike Hercules was definitely equipped with a 15 kiloton nuclear weapon.