There were Nike missile rings in Milwaukee too. The Silver Spring Drive complex was one of their launch areas and some of the buildings are still there although they are used by the Army Reserve for other purposes these days. The launch silos were collapsed and buried in 2000 so you probably wouldn't be able to find them now, but they were located in the property to the north of Silver Spring Drive that is now called Havenwoods State Park.

I find it interesting that, in its hey-day, the launcher complex was manned by Wisconsin Army National Guard troops, not active duty troops. This was apparently true at sites in other parts of the country as well. 



Gold Class 92-03

The Warrant Officer – an officer appointed by the Secretary of the Army based on a sound level of technical and tactical competence. The Warrant Officer is a highly specialized expert and trainer who by gaining progressive levels of expertise and leadership operates, maintains, administers, and manages the Army’s equipment, support activities, or technical systems for an entire career.

There were something like 250 Nike sites in the US (split between the earlier Nike/Ajax and the later, nuclear-capable Nike-Hercules) most of them near the coasts or near major cities or strategic areas (interestingly, while there were a few Nike sites around Ellsworth AFB in SD, AFAIK, Warren and Lowry AFBs in Wyoming and Colorado never had any, even though they had the largest concentration of ICBMs in the US:  200 Minuteman, 15 Atlas D, 9 Atlas E and 18 Titan I's all in one area.)  I think there were some Nike sites in Colorado Springs to protect NORAD and Peterson AFB, but I have never heard about where they are. 

Incidentally, I have never yet seen a map showing all the Nike locations in the US.  I'd love to get my hands on one, so if anybody knows of a site on the net, pleast point it out to me. 

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/AHWBRSJETvQ7qUrr0e5OKgbfM05O9xNKGw4xqFZtgQHVoiXl70EqMJcIg-0n9H5M_nLLHxa03KqooyhzqhKQO2WSNmSPXrtK/silos.JPG

Small version:

"The degenerative and loony should never be denigrated but, rather, thanked. In their absence, the rest of you would be obliged to fill congressional seats... positions naturally unsavory to the sane and honorable."

Thorax

http://ed-thelen.org/index.html#red_canyon

This is a site devoted to the Nike-Atlas and Nike-Hercules projects that might prove interesting. It has a comprehensive listing of every Nike site that was established throughout the world. I don't know if it is complete, but it is certainly a most comprehensive resource.



Gold Class 92-03

The Warrant Officer – an officer appointed by the Secretary of the Army based on a sound level of technical and tactical competence. The Warrant Officer is a highly specialized expert and trainer who by gaining progressive levels of expertise and leadership operates, maintains, administers, and manages the Army’s equipment, support activities, or technical systems for an entire career.