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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Nike-Ajax Antiaircraft Missile System Technical Manuals
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0207
- Dates:
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1957-1959
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1.09 Cubic feet(1 records center box)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of technical manuals for the Nike-Ajax missile system. Most of the manuals cover the electronic, electrical, and guidance equipment for system testing and operation.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The Nike series missiles were surface-to-air missiles for point defense against aircraft and ballistic missiles. Development of the Nike-Ajax (SAM-A-7) began in 1945 at Bell Laboratories. The first Nike-Ajax site became operational in December 1953 and initial plans called for installations at forty major cities in the continental United States, as well as at U.S. installations in foreign countries. As deployed the Nike-Ajax consisted of a Douglas-built airframe and a Bell (Aerojet-General) powerplant guide by a Westinghouse radar guidance system. It was superseded by the more powerful Nike-Hercules (SAM-A-25) and Nike-Zeus and was phased out of the U.S. inventory by 1965.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No donor information, gift, unknown, XXXX-0207, unknown
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
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General
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Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nike rocket | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Antiaircraft missiles | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Surface-to-air missiles | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Air defenses -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Air defenses | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Rockets (Aeronautics) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Manuals | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bell Telephone Laboratories | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Douglas Aircraft Corp | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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