Friday Firepower: battling nukes with the Nike missile (51 Photos) By: Rick In: Weapons Jan 29, 2016 1 Liked! 1 Disliked 0 1 Nike Zeus was an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system developed by the US Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s, designed to destroy Soviet Intercontinental ballistic missile warheads before they could hit targets in the United States. Category: Weapons Like this post? 1 Liked! 0