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Nike-Ajax Missile Site N-75L Timeline | Additional Description: 1945 End of World War II
1949 1st successful USSR atomic bomb start of Cold War
1951 1st successful Nike-Ajax missile test.
1954 Base established and missiles installed
1961 Ajax missiles obsolete and missiles removed
1962 Base became radio relay site
1971 U.S. Army vacated facility
1972 Property deeded to Isle of Wight County
1975 Became Carrollton Nike Park Recreational Facility
Submitted: September 21, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p128897
File Size: 0.041 Megabytes
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