Nike Hercules

American  

noun

1. a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 kilometers).

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Etymology

Origin of Nike Hercules

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

In the wake of the New Jersey tragedy, the Army assured the public that elaborate precautions were taken in the design and handling of the Nike Hercules and that an accidental nuclear explosion was unlikely.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2021

Insider tip: At the former Nike Hercules Missile Site, relive a chilling period in U.S. history, when our country aimed missiles at Cuba during the Cold War.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2018

The refurbished Nike Hercules is due to be housed in one of the barns and will be officially unveiled on October 20.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2012

However, it should be noted that the manning of 43% of the Nike Hercules missile sites deployed throughout the U.S. is by Army National Guardsmen and not by Air National Guardsmen as your article states.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Army is meanwhile well along on the experimental Nike Hercules, a more sophisticated, solid-fuel missile with an atomic warhead.

From Time Magazine Archive