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White Sands Missile Range

American  

noun

  1. a U.S. Army military testing ground for rockets and guided missiles in SW New Mexico, W of Alamogordo.


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Mexico's Ciudad Juarez is just south and west of El Paso, and US Army base Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range lie to the north.

From BBC

Fort Bliss is a military post focused on training and White Sands Missile Range is the country's largest overland testing range for missiles, rockets and advanced weapons.

From BBC

At the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the site of the first atomic bomb detonation in human history, a ballistic missile that once carried a nuclear warhead capable of incinerating entire cities is decorated to look like a Christmas tree.

From Salon

Such areas include BLM-managed lands in the vicinity of the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, as well as the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Thousands of visitors are expected at the Trinity Site, a designated National Historic Landmark that’s usually closed to the public because of its proximity to the impact zone for missiles fired at White Sands Missile Range.

From Washington Times