Annual Service Practice Nike Hercules In CRETE

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• Barracks for Nike Hercules Missile
• Nike Hercules Missile integrated Fire Control Area
• Nike Hercules Missile System
• Nike Hercules Missile System Launcher Area
• Off duty time for Nike Hercules Missile Soldiers
• Reunion of the Mountain Men
• While stationed here Crewman trained to launch a Nuclear Missile

History

NAMFI was established in 1967 as a NATO training facility for Air Defence Systems and it takes advantage of clear atmospheric conditions throughout the year. Currently NAMFI is regularly used by the armed forces of Greece, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. In the past it was also used by Belgium, Denmark and Norway.^[1]

Nike Hercules Missile Launch

Activities

Today the firing range is used mostly for MIM-104 Patriot and MIM-23 Hawk launches, although a wide range of surface to air and air to surface missiles are fired occasionally. As the trajectories of the missiles cross busy air and sea areas, an Air and Sea surveillance radar system is used to resolve possible conflicts.^[2]

References

1.  L.S. Blaveris and D. Stergiou (January 2000).  Πεδίο Βολής Κρήτης – Το πιο σημαντικό πεδίο βολής του ΝΑΤΟ. Στρατηγική (Strategy) (in Greek): 96–101.
2.  “Nato Missile Fire Installation”. Retrieved 12 September 2010. (in English and Greek)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Missile_Firing_Installation