Nike Missile and Test Equipment
Missile and Munitions Center and School
The development of jet aircraft during WWII also signaled that a new era in anti-aircraft defense had arrived. To counter the emerging threat, the U.S. Army commissioned Project Nike. Developed by Bell Laboratories, Nike was an ambitious radar-controlled missile system that initially targeted bombers flying at 500 mph and at up to 60, 000 feet. At that distance a conventional missile would need to "lead" its target. Bell's answer to the proble...