Missile 
Sites in Connecticut 
Site Name: 
BR-15 
Missile 
Type: 
Nike 
lB,2C/30A/12L-A 
Defense 
Area: 
Bridgeport 
Site Location: 
West 
Haven 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1956 to Sep 
1971 
Control 
Site Condition/Owner: 
CTANG; 
Communications 
site 
Launch 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
Town 
of 
Westhaven, 
Parks 
and Recreation 
Department 
Site Name: 
BR-73 
Missile 
Type: 
Nike 
lB,2C/30A/12L-A 
Defense 
Area: 
Bridgeport 
Site 
Location: 
Westport 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
ofActive 
Service: 
1956 to 1963 
Control 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
Town 
of We&port, 
WestportlWeston 
Health 
District; 
Bayberry 
Special 
Education 
Center 
Launch 
Site Condition/Owner: 
Firefighting 
Training 
Center 
Site Name: 
HA-85 
Missile 
Type: 
Nike 
lB,2C/30A/12L-A 
Defense 
Area: 
Hartford 
Site Location: 
Avon/Simsbury 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1956 to 1963 
Control 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
Talcott 
Mountain 
Service 
Center 
Launch 
Site Condition/Owner: 
Condominiums 
Site 
Name: 
HA-48 
Missile 
Type: 
Nike 
lB,2C/18H,30&‘12L-U, 
(7L-H) 
Defense 
Area: 
Hartford 
Site Location: 
Cromwell 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1956 to Nov 
1968 
Control 
Site Condition/Owner: 
Church 
and elderly 
housing 
Launch 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
USAR 
Center; 
Transportation 
Company 
Site Name: 
HA-08 
Missile 
Type: 
Nike 
lB,2C/18H,30A/lOL-U 
Defense 
Area: 
Hartford 
Site Location: 
East 
Windsor 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1956 to June 
1971 
Control 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
US 
Government 
ownership 
Launch 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
USAR 
Center 
Site Name: 
HA-25 
Missile 
Type: 
Nike 
lB,2C/30A/12L-A 
Defense 
Area: 
Hartford 
Site Location: 
Manchester 
Branch: 
Army 
Dates 
of Active 
Service: 
1956 to Jan 
1961 
Control 
Site Condition/Owner: 
Town 
of Manchester, 
Recreation 
Center 
Launch 
Site 
Condition/Owner: 
Electric 
Lighting 
Company 
Nike 
Missile 
Type 
Key 
Missile 
Storage: 
C=Ajax 
only, 
original 
design; 
B=Ajax 
or Hercules, 
some 
modifications 
were 
required 
for the 
elevator 
to handle 
the 
Hercules 
launcher; 
D=Either, 
increased 
access 
room 
in the 
magazine 
Missile/Launcher: 
A=Ajax; 
AA=Double 
Ajax 
launchers; 
AG=Above 
Ground; 
H=Hercules; 
L=Launcher; 
K=Unofflcial 
designation 
for Alaskan 
above 
ground 
launchers; 
U=Universal 
launcher; 
UA=1/2 
Universal 
and 
l/2 Ajax 
launchers; 
UU=Double 
Universal 
launchers 
Note: 
Launchers 
converted 
to Hercules 
are 
given 
in parenthesis; 
e.g. @L-H) 
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