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Located adjacent to the Delaware River, the Pedricktown Army Air Defense
Command Post contained a Missile Master
fire distribution system capable of controlling all of the Nike missile
batteries within the Philadelphia Defense Area.
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Location
Army Air Defense Base:
Pedricktown, NJ
Dates of Operation
To be added ...
Radar Systems:
& Equipment
FSG-1 Missile Master
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Unit Information
Army -
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Present Status
The Missile Master facility remains mostly intact within its original
fenced compound at the Pedricktown facility. Barracks and other buildings
related to air defense operations are also present (September 1999).
Article
Read the article,
Air Defense on the Delaware: The Pedricktown Missile Master Site,
1960-1966 by Donald E. Bender (1999).
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