Nike Missile Site W-25 (Control Area): Difference between revisions

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Each Nike site had a prefix to identify the city it would defend. This was followed by a two-digit suffix with numbers ranging between 01 and 99, representing the site's direction from the city it defended. For example: BA-43 means the Nike site iswas tasked with defending the Baltimore Area, and it was mostlylocated to the south and slightly to the east of Baltimore (compass heading 155°, 50 in the Nike numbering system meaning due south or 180°),. andBA-43 itis waslocated taskedin withJacobsville, defending the Baltimore AreaMD.
 
The following is a list of the Nike Defense Areas alphabetized by prefix. Note that W is used for both Washington, DC, and Walker, NM.
 
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