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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 was tasked with defending the Baltimore Area, and it was located to the south and slightly to the east of Baltimore (compass heading 155°, 50 in the Nike numbering system meaning due south or 180°). BA-43 is located in Jacobsville, MD.
The following is a list of the Nike Defense Areas alphabetized by prefix. Note that the Alaskan Nike Missile Sites are not included because they did not use the prefix-suffix system, rather, they had names. The New Mexico Nike Sites, since they were constructed around Walker Air Force Base, NM, are given the prefixes "W" and "WA", alternatively. They are listed as WA, as the Washington, DC, Defense Area also used the prefix "W".
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