[Richard Lewis_PH58_Radar Area_Generator Bldg Exterior]Richard Lewis Photography * Woolwich Township, New Jersey is selling an old missile base from the Cold War. * The base was one of 12 built to protect Philadelphia from Soviet missiles. * The Army abandoned it in 1974, and the town bought it in 2009. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. A piece of Cold War history is up for sale in New Jersey, where a town is listing its Nike missile base for $1.8 million. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, launching an arms race that would continue throughout the Cold War. After Sputnik, the US responded with missiles of its own, and 12 Nike missile bases were built in Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, surrounding Philadelphia. Project Nike was a US military plan of more than 250 bases across the country using an anti-aircraft missile system, named after the Greek goddess of victory. When this and other missile bases were decommissioned in 1974, they were offered to federal agencies, local governments, and private buyers. Woolwich Township only bought this base in 2009 for $828,000. Here's what the site looks like today. THE MISSILE BASE CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS, THE LAUNCHER SECTION AND THE RADAR SECTION. Richard Lewis Photography WOOLWICH IS ONLY SELLING THE RADAR SECTION, WHICH IS ABOVE GROUND. Richard Lewis Photography THE LAUNCHER SECTION, WHICH IS NOT FOR SALE, STILL HAS SOME MISSILES STORED UNDERGROUND, THOUGH THEY ARE SEALED. HATCHES ARE AT LEAST 30 FEET DEEP. Richard Lewis Photography SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER SEE ALSO: * Softbank-backed delivery startup Rappi is testing out robots for contactless delivery — take a look * A Japanese company created the thinnest paper in the world and it's used to preserve art at the Vatican and the Louvre — see how it's made * Stores in Italy are using robots to screen customers for mask wearing and high temperatures before they can go inside as the country reopens SEE ALSO: A DILAPIDATED CASTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF SAN FRANCISCO COMPLETE WITH A TURRET AND STAINED GLASS IS ON THE MARKET FOR $1.8 MILLION — SEE INSIDE
 |
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.businessinsider.com |