White Sands Missile Range
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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 established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio. It then became the White Sands Proving Ground on 9 July 1945.
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White Sands Missile Range (1960)[1] New Mexico Joint Guided Missile Test Range (1947) White Sands Proving Ground (1945) Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range (1941)[2] | |
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Part of United States Army Test and Evaluation Command | |
Located in the San Andres Mountains, the Oscura Mountains, the San Augustin Mountains, the Tularosa Basin, and the Chupadera Mesa in New Mexico | |
Coordinates | 32°20′08″N 106°24′21″W[3] Condron Army Airfield near the southernmost WSMR point |
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Controlled by | United States Army |
Website | www |
Site history | |
Built | 1948-07-09 cantonment completed[4] 1957-02: Launch Complex 37 completed |
Built by | Ordnance Corps[4] |
Garrison information | |
Current commander | BG Eric D. Little (2021–present)[5] |
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White Sands National Park founded in the 1930s is located within the range.