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NIKE Defense Areas
West	Central	East
S - Seattle, WA F - Fairchild AFB, WA H - Hanford, WA SF - San Francisco, CA T - Travis, CA LA - Los Angeles, CA WA - Walker AFB, NM OA - Oahu, HI Anchorage, AK Fairbanks, AK	MS - Minneapolis, MN WI - Milwaukee, WI E - Ellsworth AFB, SD C - Chicago/Gary, IL/IN CD - Cincinnati/Dayton, OH OH - Cleveland, OH D - Detroit, MI KC - Kansas City, KS SC - Shilling AFB, KS LI - Lincoln AFB, NE OF - Offutt AFB, NE SL - St. Louis, MO BG - Bergstrom AFB, TX DF - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX DY - Dyess AFB, TX BD - Barksdale AFB, LA	L - Loring AFB, ME BO - Boston, MA BR - Bridgeport, CT HA - Hartford, CT NF - Niagara Falls, NY BU - Buffalo, NY NY - New York, NY PR - Providence, RI PH - Philadelphia, PA PI - Pittsburgh, PA BA - Baltimore, MD W - Washington DC N - Norfolk, VA R - Robins AFB, GA TU - Turner AFB, GA HM - Homestead, FL Key West, FL

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Specification	Ajax MIM-3A	Hercules MIM-14A/B/C

Operational From	1953	1958
Length	33 ft	40 ft
Weight	2,260 lb	10,550 lb
Payload	300 lb	1000 lb
Fuel (1st Stage)	1 Solid Fuel Booster	4 Solid Fuel Boosters
Fuel (2nd Stage)	Red Fuming Nitric Acid and JP-4 Jet Fuel	Solid Fuel
Speed	1900 mph	2700 mph
Mach	2.3	3.5
Range	26 mi	90+ mi

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