Cruise Missile in a Parking Lot in Pikeville, North Carolina

Cruise Missile in a Parking Lot in Pikeville, North Carolina

If you’re driving down Big Daddy’s Road in Pikeville, North Carolina, (perhaps on your way to or from the Goldsboro Nuclear Mishap site), you might be surprised to see a winged Matador cruise missile from the 1950s prominently displayed in a church parking lot. This missile is from the MGM-1 Matador family, first flown in 1949 and in service from 1952 to 1962. This missile family is one of the U.S. military’s earliest long-range nuclear capable …