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  • A Cold War remnant

    01/13/2009 7:34:36 PM PST · by Coleus · 17 replies · 3,330+ views
    The last defense against a Soviet nuclear attack was in the back yards of North Jersey. Tucked behind Gary's Wine Marketplace on Route 23 north in Wayne are 32 acres owned by Passaic County that were once home to a missile base and now stand as a relic to the Cold War era. Through the height of the Cold War, from 1955 to 1963, 14 Nike missile batteries were nestled in suburban communities throughout the state, at the ready to fire against any Soviet bomber that might have dodged the U.S. Air Force's interceptors and headed toward New York City....