檢視較大的地圖 This is the former Nike-Hercules surface-to-air missile base located in Dalin Township, Chiayi County (嘉義縣大林鎮). It was constructed on an abandoned airfield built by the Japanese during the colonial period. In…
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CORONA Satellite Images of Taiwan SAM Sites (CORONA眼中的台灣防空飛彈陣地) Part 4
Shihu (西湖) Nike-Hercules site (+24° 34′ 6.16″, +120° 43′ 48.79″) The site had taken shape in 1966 but it is unknown whether it was operational at the time: You can see missiles…
CORONA Satellite Images of Taiwan SAM Sites (CORONA眼中的台灣防空飛彈陣地) Part 3
Linkou (林口) HAWK site (+25° 6′ 15.75″, +121° 17′ 52.99″) It appeared that construction of this site had begun in 1966: By the time this 1969 image was taken, it’s ready for…
CORONA Satellite Images of Taiwan SAM Sites (CORONA眼中的台灣防空飛彈陣地) Part 2
Linkou (林口) Nike-Hercules/HAWK site (+25° 3′ 25.30″, +121° 20′ 34.67″) Former B Battery of the 2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery, U.S. Army. When this image was taken in 1966, the 2nd Missile…
CORONA Satellite Images of Taiwan SAM Sites (CORONA眼中的台灣防空飛彈陣地) Part 1
All black-and-white images were taken by either CORONA KH-4A Mission 1035 on Sept 27, 1966, or KH-4B Mission 1106 on Feb 11, 1969. Color images are courtesy of Google Earth. The information…