Description

Once upon a time, America’s major cities were protected from air attack by rings of supersonic steel. these supersonic sentinels are gone now, but you can rediscover this fascinating Cold War-era technology in the third edition of Rings of Supersonic Steel. Read how the NIKE and other missiles systems worked. Locate former nuclear missile sites. Rings of Supersonic Steel is an introductory history of the U.S> continental air defences missile network and a compete survey of all NIKE, BOMARC, the Safeguard sites in the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Canada. This expanded edition includes updated text based upon information from new sources and from fellow enthusiasts.