Nike Hercules
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The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. It was normally
Nike Hercules missile
This image shows the evolution of the Hercules and its associated launch systems as it replaced Ajax. Note the growth of the fuselage as it moved to solid fuel.
The IFC area of an Improved Nike Hercules site mounts its five radars on platforms for a better view. From left to right are the TTR and TRR, HIPAR (large white dome) LOPAR (small dark rectangle in center foreground) and MTR.
The antennae of the LOPAR radar component (originally, the Ajax detection radar) and IFF interrogator.
MIM-23 Hawk
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The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability
Nike Hercules
…electronics inherited from the early-1950s Ajax, and a variety of mobile options. None of these were adopted, in favor of much more mobile systems like the MIM-23 Hawk. Another development for the anti-ballistic missile role later emerged as the much larger LIM-49 Nike Zeus design. Hercules would prove to be the last…
Romanian MIM 23 Hawk
The original iteration of the missile, MIM-23A later known as the Basic Hawk.
A launch of a Hawk missile
Reloading a Hawk launcher with the assistance of the M501 missile loading tractor.