File:Ex-Nike Hercules Missile Site Mount Gordon Alaska.jpg

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Mount Gordon Lyon, Alaska: An Alaska Nike missile site, known as Site Summit, is shown through the window of a UH-60 Blackhawk from the Alaska Army National Guard Oct. 2, 2009. Site Summit is a Cold War-era Army Air Defense Command Nike missile site intended to protect American cities from Soviet bombers through an early warning and anti-aircraft missile system. Soldiers stationed at the site during the Cold War were prepared to launch Nike Hercules missiles to take the bombers down.

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 96000691.

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Author U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Turner

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