Nike Launch Site One

12 Nike Ajax/7 Nike Hercules launchers. Operational 1957 - Dec 1992 . Used by active Nike battalions for annual live-fire service practice. Facilities included headquarters, barracks, missile assembly and storage facilities, and support structures. In the early 1960s, these exercises were known as Short Notice Annual Practices (SNAP). Launch Site One consisted of an actual Nike Ajax magazine, elevator, and launchers. Japan conducted the last firing of a Nike Hercules in December 1992 before retiring its Nike inventory.