Printed page 478 records BR-15 equipment, West Haven location, active-service dates, and the separate control/launcher afteruses.
Evidence, credit & reuse: Public-domain U.S. federal government report text; extracted pages contain no separately credited third-party photograph. Full original federal report retained as originals/defend.pdf. PDF index 478 (viewer page 479), printed page 478. Extracted page also includes other Connecticut batteries, which are outside this collection’s municipal scope.
Source: John C. Lonnquest and David F. Winkler; U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, To Defend and Deter, Special Report 97/01 (November 1996).
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Missile Sites in Connecticut Site Name: BR-15 Missile Type: Nike lB,2C/30A/12L-A Defense Area: Bridgeport Site Location: West Haven Branch: Army Dates of Active Service: 1956 to Sep 1971 Control Site Condition/Owner: CTANG; Communications site Launch Site Condition/Owner: Town of Westhaven, Parks and Recreation Department Site Name: BR-73 Missile Type: Nike lB,2C/30A/12L-A Defense Area: Bridgeport Site Location: Westport Branch: Army Dates ofActive Service: 1956 to 1963 Control Site Condition/Owner: Town of We&port, WestportlWeston Health District; Bayberry Special Education Center Launch Site Condition/Owner: Firefighting Training Center Site Name: HA-85 Missile Type: Nike lB,2C/30A/12L-A Defense Area: Hartford Site Location: Avon/Simsbury Branch: Army Dates of Active Service: 1956 to 1963 Control Site Condition/Owner: Talcott Mountain Service Center Launch Site Condition/Owner: Condominiums Site Name: HA-48 Missile Type: Nike lB,2C/18H,30&‘12L-U, (7L-H) Defense Area: Hartford Site Location: Cromwell Branch: Army Dates of Active Service: 1956 to Nov 1968 Control Site Condition/Owner: Church and elderly housing Launch Site Condition/Owner: USAR Center; Transportation Company Site Name: HA-08 Missile Type: Nike lB,2C/18H,30A/lOL-U Defense Area: Hartford Site Location: East Windsor Branch: Army Dates of Active Service: 1956 to June 1971 Control Site Condition/Owner: US Government ownership Launch Site Condition/Owner: USAR Center Site Name: HA-25 Missile Type: Nike lB,2C/30A/12L-A Defense Area: Hartford Site Location: Manchester Branch: Army Dates of Active Service: 1956 to Jan 1961 Control Site Condition/Owner: Town of Manchester, Recreation Center Launch Site Condition/Owner: Electric Lighting Company Nike Missile Type Key Missile Storage: C=Ajax only, original design; B=Ajax or Hercules, some modifications were required for the elevator to handle the Hercules launcher; D=Either, increased access room in the magazine Missile/Launcher: A=Ajax; AA=Double Ajax launchers; AG=Above Ground; H=Hercules; L=Launcher; K=Unofflcial designation for Alaskan above ground launchers; U=Universal launcher; UA=1/2 Universal and l/2 Ajax launchers; UU=Double Universal launchers Note: Launchers converted to Hercules are given in parenthesis; e.g. @L-H) 478
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Silent Grounds Collective, Nike BR-15: West Haven launcher and Orange control site, SGC-NIKE-027, NIKE-001, “Federal inventory entry for Nike BR-15.” Source: John C. Lonnquest and David F. Winkler; U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, To Defend and Deter, Special Report 97/01 (November 1996).. https://ed-thelen.org/ToDefendAndDeterTheLegacyColdWar.pdf#page=479. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.