[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: St. Bonifacius (MN) Nike Hercules missile base

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

St. Boni missile base marks anniversary of closure

By Emma Lohman 
The Patriot (MN)
February 28, 2022

Although they may not have known it at the time, during the 1960s and early 1970s St. Bonifacius residents were living with 18 nuclear missiles in their own backyard.

Just a few miles north of St. Bonifacius lie the remains of one of four Nike Hercules missile bases that were built around Minneapolis and St. Paul during the Cold War in order to provide protection from a possible attack by the former Soviet Union. While no missile was ever launched, the threat was very real at that time.

“The Twin Cities were considered to be a potential target for the Soviets because various companies in the area were engaged in secret government work,” said Donnie McIntosh, who was stationed at the St. Bonifacius base between 1965 and 1968. At one time, there were as many as 130 missile bases located throughout the United States.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_patriot/community/st-boni-missile-base-marks-anniversary-of-closure/article_470fe256-989e-11ec-8eca-db81f99ed484.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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