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Final History with 'Hud': Story behind Topsail concrete towers, once part of top-secret Navy project

Summary by WWAY TV
TOPSAIL BEACH, NC (WWAY) — If you travel along the coast near Topsail Beach, you’ll likely notice some unique structures towering up from the sand. These concrete buildings were once part of a top-secret U.S. Navy project used to develop supersonic surface-to-air missiles which would eventually become the first guided missiles. Coined ‘Operation Bumblebee’, the project was started in the middle 1940s on a then barren barrier island without homes…
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WWAY TV broke the news in on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
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