Project Nike

Project Nike was a U.S. Army project proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953. Many technologies and rocket systems used for developing the Nike Ajax were re-used in other projects, many given the "Nike" name . The missile's first-stage solid rocket booster became the basis for many types of rocket, including the Nike Hercules missile and NASA's Nike Smoke rocket, used for upper-atmosphere research.

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Frameless

Nike Missile Family

"It's no secret we're in the 'missile business' to stay..." 1958 Douglas Aircraft Company ad detail, from- The Big T 1958 (page 184 crop)

Nike-museum-Marin-Headlands-FortBarry

Nike missile (164006232)

Nikemissilesitesanleandrocalifornia

Missile body canister

Transponder from Nike missile site

Nike Missile

Nike Hercules Missle

Nike Missile Silo

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Nike Missile Family		Commons
commons	image		"It's no secret we're in the 'missile business' to stay..." 1958 Douglas Aircraft Company ad detail, from- The Big T 1958 (page 184 crop)		Commons
commons	image		Nike-museum-Marin-Headlands-FortBarry		Commons
commons	image		Nike missile (164006232)		Commons
commons	image		Nikemissilesitesanleandrocalifornia		Commons
commons	image		Missile body canister		Commons
commons	image		Transponder from Nike missile site		Commons
commons	image		Nike Missile		Commons
commons	image		Nike Hercules Missle		Commons
commons	image		Nike Missile Silo		Commons