it's shocking to think that such a program existed, and seems to have largely been forgotten by the populace. Like something out of a dystopian novel, but, sure enough, to see it, all we have to do is look.

I know of at least two other sites in the S.F. Bay Area. One in the Golden Gate Recreation Area has an operating museum that you can visit with static missiles on the launch platform. The thing I find most disturbing is that the Hercules variety Nike was supposedly nuclear tipped, and was positioned in major populated areas. Being a basically short range ground to air missile it was kind of nuts. But the cold war mentality I guess won out over any other rationalization.

yeah, the whole testament to paranoia is what makes it so haunting. it's a dick-waving contest coupled with nuclear brinkmanship. I mean you read about the war in textbooks, and even though it 'ended' in 1992, it still seems archaiac, and distant, like it was something that wasn't real. but honestly, to look at a full missle-base that was nuclear equipped, right under everyone's nose, it makes me give pause. great pic!