place

Venice missile launch complex

1959 establishments in FloridaAccuracy disputes from November 2016All accuracy disputesInstallations of the United States Air Force in FloridaMilitary history of Florida
Sarasota County, FloridaUnited States Air Force stubs

The Venice missile launch complex was a Cold War Regulus missile firing installation "adjacent to the Venice Municipal Airport" on the Venice, Florida, beach. Beginning in 1959, KD2U-1 drone versions of the Regulus were JATO-launched from the strip of beach in front of the airport, flew across the Gulf of Mexico for simulating a penetrating enemy bomber for test interception, and then were "recovered on the runway at Eglin" AFB. The launch complex was one of several Eglin missile range facilities (e.g., the Anclote Missile Tracking Annex near Tampa) and conducted the "Regulus 2, KD2U intercept missile test [on] September 3, 1959" in which the "first launch of the Air Force's new Bomarc IM-99A missile [successfully intercepted] the Regulus 2 missile at 35,000 feet altitude and at supersonic speed" (the Bomarc launch complex was at tbd after "BOMARC missiles arrived Jul 1958" at Hurlburt Field.)

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Venice missile launch complex (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Venice missile launch complex
Waterway Veterans Trail, Venice

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Phone number Website Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Venice missile launch complexContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 27.0649 ° E -82.4412 °
placeShow on map

Address

Lake Venice Golf Club

Waterway Veterans Trail 1801
34285 Venice
Florida, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

Phone number

call+19414883948

Website
lakevenicegolf.com

linkVisit website

Share experience

Nearby Places