During the Cold War the U.S. Military constructed 16 Nike
Missile sites around the Los Angeles area. The first one was
operation in 1950 and the last one was decommissioned in 1974.
Today little remains of this interesting part of L.A. defense
history. This is the location of the Integrated Fire Control site
for the LA-32 Nike missile battery. Active from 1956 to 1974, LA-32
was built to defend Los Alamitos Naval Air Station to the west. The
HIPAR (High-Powered Acquisition Radar) was located in the upper
left corner of the installation next to the Integrated Fire Control
(IFC) area, while the launch battery was located to the south of
the Admin area (the T-shaped building to the southeast was occupied
by the California Army National Guard). Nothing remains of the
magazines and recently the administration building has been
demolished.
LA-32 Site In Operation
Typical Nike Magazine
Congratulations to the Druids, Sightunseen, Little Debbie,
Breaththemusic and Breadoverbliss for the co-FTF!!!