Neighboring Connecticut Nike batteries in the federal inventory

Printed page 477 separates Ansonia BR-04, Milford BR-17, Fairfield BR-65 and Shelton BR-94 from West Haven BR-15.

Evidence, credit & reuse: Public-domain U.S. federal government report text; extracted pages contain no separately credited third-party photograph. PDF index 477 (viewer page 478), printed page 477. Adjacent inventory page retained as geography cross-check; these neighboring sites are not represented as New Haven or West Haven installations.

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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CONNECTICUT 
Nike 
Site Name: 
BR-04 
Missile 
Type: 
Nike 
3B/18H,30A/12L-U 
Defense 
Area: 
Bridgeport 
Site Location: 
Ansonia 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1957 to June 
1971 
Control 
Site Condition/Owner: 
US 
Forest 
Service 
Launch 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
Private 
ownership 
Site Name: 
BR-65 
Missile 
‘&pe: 
Nike 
lB,2C/30A/12L-A 
Defense 
Area: 
Bridgeport 
Site Location: 
Fairfield 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1956 to Mar 
1961 
Control 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
Town 
of Fairfield, 
Fire Training 
and Canine 
Center 
Launch 
Site Condition/Owner: 
South 
Pine Creek 
Park 
Site Name: 
BR-17 
Missile 
mpe: 
Nike 
lB,2C/30A/12L-A 
Defense 
Area: 
Bridgeport 
Site Location: 
Milford 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1956 to 1963 
Control 
Site Condition/Owner: 
Town 
of Milford, 
board 
of education 
Launch 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
Private 
ownership 
Site Name: 
BR-94 
Missile 
Type: 
Nike 
2B,lC 
Defense 
Area: 
Bridgeport 
Site Location: 
Shelton 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1957 to Mar 
1961 
Control 
Site Condition/Owner: 
US 
Government 
ownership, 
storage 
and 
maintenance 
support 
facility 
for Fort 
Devens 
Launch 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
Park, 
Town 
of Shelton 
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=Unofficial 
designation 
for Alaskan 
above 
ground 
launchers; 
U=Universal 
launcher; 
UA=1/2 
Universal 
and 
112 Ajax 
launchers; 
UU=Double 
Universal 
launchers 
Note: 
Launchers 
converted 
to Hercules 
are 
given 
in parenthesis; 
e.g. (SL-H) 
477

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Silent Grounds Collective, Nike BR-15: West Haven launcher and Orange control site, SGC-NIKE-027, NIKE-003, “Neighboring Connecticut Nike batteries in the federal inventory.” 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=478. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.

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