Nike Missile Site W-25 (Control Area)

Nike Missile Control Area W-25, now known as the Davidsonville Recreation Center owned by Anne Arundel County, was a tracking station for the US Army's Nike anti-ballistic missiles from the 1950s until 1974. ^[1]

Operation

Davidsonville Recreation Center and Anne Arundel County Police Academy

The property on which W-25 stood was purchased by Anne Arundel County in 1976 ^[1] ^[2] and turned into the Davidsonville Recreation Center ^[2].

Citations

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "FACTS ABOUT: DAVIDSONVILLE NIKE CONTROL", Maryland Department of the Environment, https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Land/MarylandBrownfieldVCP/Documents/Davidsonville_Control.pdf. Accessed July 20 2022.

[militarystandard-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.

[marylandDepartmentOfTheEnvironment-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "FACTS ABOUT: DAVIDSONVILLE NIKE CONTROL", Maryland Department of the Environment, https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Land/MarylandBrownfieldVCP/Documents/Davidsonville_Control.pdf. Accessed July 20 2022.

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