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    White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico. The range was originally...
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    White Sands National Park is an American national park located in the state of New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range. The...
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    The Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands (IATA: BKH, ICAO: PHBK, FAA LID: BKH) is a U.S. naval facility and airport located five nautical miles...
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    Sands Missile Range. As of the 2010 census the population of the CDP was 1,651. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area. The White...
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    test of the Sprint missile took place at White Sands Missile Range on 17 November 1965.: 58  The "HIBEX" (high boost experiment) missile is considered to...
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    The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is a short-range ballistic missile developed by the United States Army to replace the MGM-140 ATACMS. In March 2016...
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    from outer space. Launched on 24 October 1946, at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 65 mi...
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    west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, within the boundaries of the White Sands Missile Range. In 1976, NASA selected Northrup Strip as the site for shuttle pilot...
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    Launch Area Number 1, is an historic rocket launch complex at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. It was here that the United States first...
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  • of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency) on 27 June 1985 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This test, named Minor Scale, used 4,744 short...
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    2019. Retrieved August 24, 2014. "White Sands Missile Range > Trinity Site > Radioactivity". White Sands Missile Range, Public Affairs Office. March 8,...
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    Flight Test At White Sands Missile Range". lockheedmartin.com. "MEADS Successfully Intercepts Air-Breathing Target at White Sands Missile Range". MEADS International...
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  • White Sands may refer to: White Sands, New Mexico, United States, residential area of the White Sands Missile Range White Sands Missile Range, formerly...
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    of White Sands Missile Range for USAF and US Army rocket launches. In addition to firing Pershing missiles, the complex launched Athena RTV missiles with...
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    acres, ranging to the boundaries of the Lincoln National Forest and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Fort Bliss also includes the Castner Range National...
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    an electro-optical test facility located on the grounds of the White Sands Missile Range in Socorro, New Mexico. The ETS is operated by the laboratory...
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    SAM-D (Surface-to-Air Missile – Development). In 1975, the SAM-D missile successfully engaged a drone at the White Sands Missile Range. In 1976, it was renamed...
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    or HAPDAR, a passive array radar system that was built at the White Sands Missile Range in the early 1960s. Hardpoint also relied on waiting until the...
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    Space Command. He previously served as commanding general of the White Sands Missile Range and deputy commanding general for developmental testing of the...
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    McDonald Ranch House (category White Sands Missile Range)
    1982. White Sands Missile Range commander United States Army Major General Niles J. Fulwyler, who had directed the restoration of the White Sands V-2 Launching...
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    and July 29, 1950. The first six flights were conducted at the White Sands Missile Range; the seventh launch, Bumper 8 on July 24, 1950, was the first...
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    Death March is commemorated every year in March since 1993 at the White Sands Missile Range, northeast of Las Cruces, New Mexico, with a trail marathon known...
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  • The group publishes standards through the RCC Secretariat at White Sands Missile Range. The best known IRIG standard is the IRIG timecode used to timestamp...
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    major employer is the federal government on nearby White Sands Test Facility and White Sands Missile Range. The Organ Mountains, 10 miles (16 km) to the east...
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    Engine Appendix A: The Redstone Missile in Detail "Redstone at the White Sands Missile Range". White Sands Missile Range Museum. Archived from the original...
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  • Artillery Group and the German Air Force missile wings when they launched missiles from White Sands Missile Range. The 85th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment...
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    designed for the same function in Project Mercury. Launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it was the smallest of four launch rockets used...
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    Midgetman ballistic missile. The test took place at the Permanent High Explosive Testing Grounds of the White Sands Missile Range in the state of New...
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    Between 1969 and 1973, 93 oryx were released onto White Sands Missile Range. White Sands Missile Range, located between the cities of Albuquerque, NM and...
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    belonging to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. On 6 October 2009, ABC News reported that the Pentagon...
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