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Boston Defense Area B03 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/21/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Reading Massachusetts was part of Boston`s Nike Defense system from Jun 1955 - Mar 1963, this cache is located at the former Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A missle launch site which is now the home of the Burbank Skating Rink nestled with in the Cedar Swamp. The Missle control site was located further down on Gazebo Cr in Reading which has been redeveloped into multi-family housing.

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Boston Defense Area (B or BO): Boston's Nike Batteries were manned initially by Regular Army troops. In 1959, National Guard units assumed control of B-03, B-15, B-55, and B-63. In 1964, the Army turned sites B-36 and B-73 over to the Guard. After the phase-out of the Nike Ajax system, sites B-05, B-36, and B-73 remained supplied with Hercules missiles.

Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC established at Fort Heath, MA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. In early 1965 the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. B-21DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site MM-1.

The Boston Defense Area merged with Hartford & Providence Defense Areas in 1962, becoming the New England Defense Area. Air Force operations at the site ended in 1962, and Nike operations were inactivated in 1974.

For more info - Project Nike

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf nern vf fgvyy urnivyl sbegvsvrq jvgu gur rkvfgvat srapr, gb npprff gur pnpur nern hfr yrsg onpx bs gur Fbppre svryq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)