OLD SOBA ATTEMPTS TO LAUNCH HIS CAR FROM A HAWK MISSILE PLATFORM -- GIVES UP AFTER REALIZING HE FORGOT TO BRING THE BOTTLE ROCKET ATTACHMENTS

Here's a few shots of my nephew and me goofing off at the top of MT. TANO (Tano-Dake), the highest mountain in Nago City, and site of a former HAWK MISSILE BASE.

Prior to 1972. the U.S. Army operated numerous missile sites all over Okinawa --- HAWK, MACE, and NIKE facilities among them.

Although the Okinawans bulldozed most of this particular missile site to build a Hotel that has since gone bankrupt and been razed, they did keep the 12-bay, Missile Storage Sheds for their own use.

Now, that building too is reverting to the jungle. However, as long as it lasts, it will remain the only former structure belonging to a missile base on Okinawa that is not on U.S. or Japanese military land.

Translation : Just another thing to see and do on a day off.

After this, we headed down the mountains for some Soba, then went over to Mt. Yae (Yae-Dake) to check out the half-baked display of cherry blossoms that still needed a week or more to come into full bloom.

♥ U.S. ARMY MISSILE SITES on OKINAWA : www.madracki.com/usarmyhawk/page1.html

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Taken on: January 21, 2017

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