Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site

Reagan Missile Defense Site Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joe Page, November 4, 2014

1. Reagan Missile Defense Site Marker

Inscription.
Dedicated to Ronald W. Reagan, 40th President of the United States of America, for his steadfast commitment to develop and deploy missile defenses to protect our nation, our forces, our allies and friends.

"Wouldn't it be better to save lives than to avenge them? Are we not capable of demonstrating our peaceful intentions by applying all our abilities and our ingenuity to achieving a truly lasting stability? I think we are. Indeed, we must."
23 March 1983

Presented on behalf of a grateful nation at this first combined test and operational missile defense site, 10 April 2006.

Erected 2006 by Missile Defense Agency.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Cold. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #40 Ronald Reagan series list.

Location. 34° 49.42′ N, 120° 32.106′ W. Memorial is in Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in Santa Barbara County. It is on Orion Road, on the left. Located inside the military base, only open to those with base access. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Lompoc CA 93437, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on California’s Central Coast,

specifically on the Coast Ranges,

and specifically in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies

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: Vandenberg Air Force Base (approx. 5½ miles away); USAF Medal of Honor Recipients (approx. 5.6 miles away); The Curtis P-40 (approx. 5.9 miles away); Camp Cooke Memorial (approx. 6 miles away); 40th Infantry Division Korean War Memorial (approx. 6 miles away); Space Launch Complex 10 (approx. 6½ miles away); La Purisima Mission (approx. 9.6 miles away); Santa Maria Cemetery District (approx. 9.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Photographed by Joe Page, 4 Nov 2014

2. Reagan Missile Defense Site Marker

Reagan Missile Defense Observation Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joe Page, November 4, 2014

3. Reagan Missile Defense Observation Site

Located in North Vandenberg Space Force Base, overlooking historic sites containing Atlas, Titan and Minuteman missile systems, as well as the National Missile Defense system interceptors.

Reagan Missile Defense Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joe Page, November 4, 2014

4. Reagan Missile Defense Site

Thanks to President Ronald Reagan's visionary leadership and determination, we are now more secure. With our deep admiration and gratitude on this 25th Anniversary of his address to the nation on Missile Defense. Presented on behalf of the American people, March 23, 2008.

Photographed by Joe Page, November 4, 2014

5. Fossils

Fossils can be seen in the sandstone used for the observation site wall construction.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2015, by Joe Page of Albuquerque, New Mexico. This page has been viewed 1,909 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on October 14, 2016, by Janie G. Henke of Anaheim, California. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 27, 2015, by Joe Page of Albuquerque, New Mexico. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.