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. | Designation
| General Location
| Detailed Location (Current Status)
| Click for updated TerraServer links KC-60 | Gardner
| C - 2 S Gardner ((I) Gardner Unified School Dist.; Nike Middle School
| [(Murdock, S) GPS 38-46-35, 94-55-42, TerraServer [{Morgan, M} Two miles south of the main intersection in downtown Gardner and immediately across I-35 is the control site; it's now Nike Middle School, complete with launching missile on the signboard. The school was locked up but by driving around the perimeter fence you can get a good look. The original Army buildings have been surrounded by school buildings; one radar plat still stands out back. ]
L - 3 S Gardner, ((I) private owner)
KC-65DC | NAS Olathe
| Location - 1.5 NNE Gardner, adjacent to former NAS Olathe | Status - (I) NARCEN Olathe; HQ Readiness Command Region 18 [{Page, T} TerraServer KC-80 | Ft. Leavenworth
| C - SW Ft. Leavenworth, Government Hill ((P) abandoned)
| [(Brockert, B) - June 2006 - points out that I made a type in the following (now corrected) GPS coordinate - it should be "39-20-31". ] [(Murdock, S) GPS 39-20-31, 94-57-04, TerraServer [{Morgan, M} KC-80C took some doing to get to. It is located in the southwest portion of the post off Hunt Road; this corner of the fort is now housing and Hunt Road is blocked off. I went out the back gate and north about half a mile on US 73; pull over onto a gravel area on the right, look down the hill and you can see the old access road, now overgrown. Despite my rapidly deteriorating feet, I tromped down the hill and up the road and found the site. The control fac has been abandoned completely and is overgrown and rotting into the ground; I didn't realize I was at it until I noticed that the road had widened into a parking lot. I counted the guard shack and three buildings, all covered with graffiti and one tower. Short of complete demolition, this site is about as gone as any I've seen. ]
L - NW Ft. Leavenworth, Sheridan Dr. ((I) KSArNG 35th Inf. Div (Mech)
Ft. Leavenworth Rod & Gun Club)
Acministration -
SC-01 | Schilling AFB
| C - 5 S Bennington, KS 143 ((I) Bennington Fiberglass)
| [(Murdock, S) GPS 38-59-00, 97-36-35, TerraServer, Topozone also see Trip Report with photos Sunday 13 May 2001 ]]
L - 3.5 SSE Bennington, KS 143 ((I) private owner)
also see Trip Report with photos Sunday 13 May 2001 ] ] SC-50 | Schilling AFB
| C - 6 SSW Smolan ((P)private ownership; housing)
| [(Murdock, S) GPS 38-40-02, 97-41-13, TerraServer also see
Trip Report with photos Sunday 13 May 2001 ]]
L - not constructed
also see
Trip Report with photos Sunday 13 May 2001 ]
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| . | . | The struggle to specify the position of Korean (and Okinawan) Nike sites
was long and confused - what I have listed is at best a compromise that seemed to satisfy most people.
| . | Designation
| General Location
| Detailed Location (Current Status) | 38th Arty Bde | HQ & HQ Btry (AD) | Osan Air Base
| . | A-4-44
| Site 1
| "Camp El Paso" near Seoul
| 5 miles Sw of small village of Chinchon. {Gielen, JC} | B-4-44
| Site 2
| "Camp Holiday" Taechon-ne on Yellow Sea "Sea Range"
{Semple, R} {Gielen, JC}.
| on the coast N of Kunsan near the small lake seen on the coast
| {Hobbs, Daemon E.} 1999, I do remember seeing a Nike site at Taechon-ne when I went to the beach there. ] C-4-44 | Site 3
| "Camp Sarafi" Southest of Taejon Near the town Of Sosan, next
to the village of Saksanie {Gatto, T}
{Gielen, JC}.
| near a very small village called Sok son ni or something like that | D-4-44 | Site 4
| "Camp Huston" Yoju, on the Han river {Gatto, T}
{Gielen, JC}.
| just N of the hiway to Wonju
| [{Rigney, R}(Camp Huston) was very near the Han or Hahn (pronounced more like the second spelling) River . This river was where our booster fell during the accidental firing. We could see the river from our launching area .I suppose it was half a mile away ... ] E-4-44 | Site 6
| "Camp Echo Hill" Kimje, 25 miles SE of Kunsan,
southernmost of the 6 Nike sites {Semple, R}
{Gielen, JC}.
| W across the hiway between Iri and Kunsan as I best recall
| {Hobbs, Daemon E.} 1999, I don't think there is a Nike site at Kimje any more. ] {Wisz, Ken} [The site] is located between Iri and Chonju. I have a contact in Korea who just checked out the E Btry 2/44th Nike site in Kimje Korea. It appears to be still in use by the ROKAF [but not as a Nike site]. There is a new website for it: http://nikekimje.tripod.com/Howitwasnike.html (a BIG down load) contaning the map (only 32,000 bytes) ] F-4-44 | Site ? Camp ? | Moon Hak Dong, Munhak? | 5 miles SW of Inchon {Gielen, JC}. [{Edwards, D } (Jan. 2008)
I used Google Earth to find the site. The highest hill was the FC and is at 37 deg 25' 55.42" N and
126 deg 40' 38.47" E at elevation of 652 ft. You can clearly see the area and road leading down to the admin area.
| [{Batson, B } (Jan. 2006) ...was called B Btry. when I was there but is listed as F Btry 5 miles out of Inchon. We had to drive through the ROK Air defense Compound to get to our Launcher area. An unusual setup at best. ] [ {Gielen, JC} Moon Hak Dong 5 miles from Inchon South West, Admn on a hill so steep that the floor level of one row of buildings is at the roof level of the next row. 2 1/2ton or 5 ton got away and ran into mess hall killing at least one. IFC further SW over looking Yellow Sea and near Beach Resorts. ] [{Roby, J} - Went back in 1997--radar site still there--barracks gone--launching area gone. [{Kinney, R} F Battery (Camp Intercept) was just outside of Inchon about 5 miles, The Village was Monhak Dong, thats where the IFC was. The Launch area was at Song Do Beach. We where closer to the DMZ than any other Nike site. |
From Mike Denja - March 5, 2006
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http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200511/kt2005110122431112810.htm
Ed, Here is the actual article from the photo. http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?term=nike++&path=hankooki3/times/lpage/nation/200511/kt2005110119373111990.htm&media=kt Apparently South Korea still actively use the Nike Herc but according to another article there are considering "upgrading" to the Patriot Missile. http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?term=nike++&path=hankooki3/times/lpage/nation/200602/kt2006021317581110510.htm&media=kt Also, an article about a new ground to air missile system http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?term=nike++&path=hankooki3/times/lpage/nation/200509/kt2005093019584211950.htm&media=kt |
In case the newspaper articles disappear, here is a synopsis: Two trucks carrying "missile parts" [actually Hercules boosters] caught fire - from overheating brakes - in a 993 meter tunnel in South Korea. [A photo of charred paint on a booster set. Evidently the propellant inside didn't ignite - or there would have been a *big* mess!!] "The ministry is seeking to purchase second-hand German Patriot missiles to replace the country’s aging arsenal of Nike Hercules missiles." ... "In 1998, North Korea successfully test-fired its Taepodong-I missile, which flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific. The communist regime is believed to be developing a longer-range missile capable of hitting the U.S. west coast."
From Doyle Piland
| ... there were also Republic of Korea (ROK) Nike sites as well. I think there were 8 of them but, I'm not sure now. I know there were two battalions because there were two ROK direct support shops which our general support shop supported. |
Matt Cuerdon wrote
The following are from my notes of 25 years ago: Site 1, Foxtrot, H147 Site 2, Delta, H513 Site 3, Alpha, H510 Site 4, Charlie, H514 Site 5, Bravo, H523 Site 6, Echo, H702 I don't know what the 'H' numbers mean. |
http://es.rice.edu/projects/Poli378/Korea/Korea.South.html
says
that there are 10 Nike sites and 200 Nike Hercules missiles in Korea
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![(only 32,000 bytes) ] F-4-44 Site ? Camp ? Moon Hak Dong, Munhak? 5 miles SW of Inchon {Gielen, JC}. [{Edwards, D } (Jan. 2008) I used Google Earth to find the site. The highest hill was the FC and is at 37 deg 25' 55.42" N and 126 deg 40' 38.47" E at elevation of 652 ft. You can clearly see the area and road leading down to the admin area. [{Batson, B } (Jan. 2006) ...was called B Btry. when I was there but is listed as F Btry 5 miles out of Inchon. We had to drive through the ROK Air defense Compound to get to our Launcher area. An unusual setup at best. ] [ {Gielen, JC} Moon Hak Dong 5 miles from Inchon South West, Admn on a hill so steep that the floor level of one row of buildings is at the roof level of the next row. 2 1/2ton or 5 ton got away and ran into mess hall killing at least one. IFC further SW over looking Yellow Sea and near Beach Resorts. ] [{Roby, J} - Went back in 1997--radar site still there--barracks gone--launching area gone. [{Kinney, R} F Battery (Camp Intercept) was just outside of Inchon about 5 miles, The Village was Monhak Dong, thats where the IFC was. The Launch area was at Song Do Beach. We where closer to the DMZ than any other Nike site.](http://nikekimje.tripod.com/Pics/koreae44.gif){kind=link}