[dyed_in_the_wool]

Wasn't Nike 'Winged Victory', and also the name of the short range interceptor missile deployed around various cities in the 50's, including Morristown where there was an accident?
Maybe tomorrow should be Nike Day, after all.

[CatoRenasci]

[Wasn't Nike] also the name of the short range interceptor missile deployed around various cities in the 50's

The name Nike was used in connection with three US surface-to-air missles:

1. Nike Ajax - the earliest version, which was widely deployed in the US
2. Nike Hercules - a potentially nuclear armed long range SAM in use through the sixties; and
3. Nike Zeus, which was the first US antiballistic missle missle