[PAR] [TLE] Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site [SEP] The Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site was a Cold War USAF launch complex for Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missiles. Equipped only IM-99Bs (46 missiles: solid-state, solid-fuel booster), the site had 48 Model IV "coffin" shelters, after an initial design with a secure area of ~20 acre to have 28 shelters (the planned site had additional area for 84 "future shelters").  Launch control for the site's missiles was by central NY's "Hancock Field combined direction-combat center" (CC-01/DC-03) at Syracuse, New York.  DC-03 was operational on December 1, 1958; (CC-01 was the "first SAGE regional battle post", beginning operations "in early 1959".) [PAR] [TLE] Cold War [SEP] The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).  Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but a common timeframe is the period between 1947, the year the Truman Doctrine (a U.S. foreign policy pledging to aid nations threatened by Soviet expansionism) was announced, and 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed.
[PAR] [TLE] Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site [ SEP ] The Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site was a Cold War USAF launch complex for Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc surface - to - air missiles . Equipped only IM-99Bs ( 46 missiles : solid - state , solid - fuel booster ) , the site had 48 Model IV " coffin " shelters , after an initial design with a secure area of ~20 acre to have 28 shelters ( the planned site had additional area for 84 " future shelters " ) . Launch control for the site 's missiles was by central NY 's " Hancock Field combined direction - combat center " ( CC-01/DC-03 ) at Syracuse , New York . DC-03 was operational on December 1 , 1958 ; ( CC-01 was the " first SAGE regional battle post " , beginning operations " in early 1959 " . ) [PAR] [TLE] Cold War [ SEP ] The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc ( the Soviet Union and its satellite states ) and powers in the Western Bloc ( the United States , its NATO allies and others ) . Historians do not fully agree on the dates , but a common timeframe is the period between 1947 , the year the Truman Doctrine ( a U.S. foreign policy pledging to aid nations threatened by Soviet expansionism ) was announced , and 1991 , the year the Soviet Union collapsed .
What was a USAF launch complex during the state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc?
What was a USAF launch complex during the state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc ?
Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site
Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site