A rough looking B-2 Spirit drops an inert B61 nuclear bomb during a test over TTR. Sandia Labs
The Warzone/The Drive: Take A Very Rare Look Inside The Secretive Tonopah Test Range
With America revamping its nuclear arsenal, activities on the secluded range should balloon in the coming years.
Located in the northern reaches of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), which consists of the Nellis Range Complex, the Department of Energy's legendary nuclear test site, Area 51, and other secluded areas, is Tonopah Test Range (TTR).
The land mass, which covers hundreds of square miles, has been used extensively for testing military technologies, especially those related to aerial nuclear weapons delivery, dating back to the 1960s. But it's probably best known for nearby Tonopah Test Range Airport, where the F-117 Nighthawk lived in total secrecy during the first decade of its operational service, and the airstrip was also home to foreign MiGs being flown under the highly classified Constant Peg program. Just like its associated air base, the nearby range, which is ran by Sandia Labs, continues to be an active place and has recently received a number of state of the art upgrades which are already being used to support America's nuclear arsenal modernization initiative as well as other programs.
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WNU Editor: The Sandia National Labs has a cool YouTube channel. The link is here.
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