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This clip features the Nike Hercules Missile Site within Everglades National Park in Florida. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the site in 1965, after the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. At the time, the nation's air defenses were positioned to protect against a possible Soviet air attack over the North Pole. This site was established to protect against a possible air attack from the south. It included three missile barns, a missile assembly building, a guard dog kennel, barracks, two Nike Hercules missiles, and various support elements.