Alaska's Cold War Landmark: Nike Site Summit at Arctic Valley

For 20 years (1959-1979) during the Cold War, Site Summit at Arctic Valley protected the skies around Anchorage, Alaska from the threat of nuclear-armed Soviet bombers. This decommissioned Nike-Hercules surface-to-air missile base is now America's most intact former missile base and a growing destination for Cold War tourism in Anchorage. Each summer, local non-profit Friends of Nike Site Summit leads tours, guided and narrated by missile site veterans, of the historic structures that are b...