Utica — There were once missiles all over the Detroit Metro area to protect America’s industrial heart from Soviet air attacks. The remnants of the U.S. Army Nike missile base remain here in Shelby Township’s River Bends Park. Critical military infrastructure still lines our terrain. You just have to know where to look. In 1954, the Army leased the land for its Utica D-06 Missile base from Spring Hill Farm, which had been around since the 1830s …
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