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Had there been a nuclear attack, W-25's IFC base would have tracked the target vehicle and the Nikes fired at it using its three radars <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>. The Acquisition Radar would detect the approach of an incoming bomber plane or ballistic missile, then the Tracking Radar would feed the target vehicle's location and details about its movements into the computer, and then the Missile Tracking Radar would follow the Nike <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>. The computer would then guide the missile towards the target and calculate the nearest intercept point <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>.
==Davidsonville Recreation Center and Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy==
The properties on which W-25 and its adjacent launcher, W-25L, stood were purchased by Anne Arundel County in 1976 <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref> <ref name = marylandDepartmentOfTheEnvironment> "FACTS ABOUT: DAVIDSONVILLE NIKE CONTROL", Maryland Department of the Environment, https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Land/MarylandBrownfieldVCP/Documents/Davidsonville_Control.pdf. Accessed 20 July 2022. </ref> <ref name = gba>"Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy", GBA Architects, https://www.gba-architects.com/anne-arundel-county-police-training-academy/. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref> and turned into the Davidsonville Recreation Center <ref name = marylandDepartmentOfTheEnvironment> "FACTS ABOUT: DAVIDSONVILLE NIKE CONTROL", Maryland Department of the Environment, https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Land/MarylandBrownfieldVCP/Documents/Davidsonville_Control.pdf. Accessed 20 July 2022. </ref>, and the Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy <ref name = gba>"Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy", GBA Architects, https://www.gba-architects.com/anne-arundel-county-police-training-academy/. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>, respectively. The Davidsonville Recreation Center is home to Boy Scout Troop 454, the Davidsonville Dance Club, and the Anne Arundel Radio Club <ref name = w3vpr>"AARC HIstory 1971-1977", Anne Arundel Radio Club, https://www.w3vpr.org/node/393. Accessed 21 July 2022.</ref>.
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