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This Identification Guide for Lionel Electric Trains covers the "Post-war Era" only from 1945 until 1969.
LIONEL TRAINS MISSILE LAUNCHING PLATFORM No. 443
The Lionel Missile Launching Platform No. 443 would rotate and raise and lower the trajectory of the missile that it fired. Came with a No. 943 exploding ammo dump.
It has a TAN plastic base and quonset hut, BLACK missile cradle, BLUE missile launcher, BLUE, WHITE, and RED missile, and a YELLOW microwave antenna on the roof of the hut.
Catalogued from 1960 to 1962, there are no known variations. Dimensions: 11" long, 10" wide, and 6-1/2" high (approximate).