White Sands Proving Grounds
 White Sands Missile Range (1960)New Mexico Joint Guided Missile Test Range (1947) White Sands Proving Ground (1945) Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range (1941) |
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| Part of United States Army Test and Evaluation Command | |
| Located in the San Andreas Mountains, the Oscura Mountains, the San Augustin Mountains, the Tularosa Basin, and the Chupadera Mesa in New Mexico | |
Most of the northern Tularosa basin (blue) is used for the WSMR (area within dashed perimeter), which encloses numerous areas that are not military land (e.g., the NPS's White Sands National Monument), as well as USAF facilities.
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WSMR location
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| Coordinates | 32°20′08″N 106°24′21″W / 32.33556°N 106.40583°W (Condron Army AirfieldCoordinates: 32°20′08″N 106°24′21″W / 32.33556°N 106.40583°W (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 1957-02: Launch Complex 37 completed |
| Built by | Ordnance Corps |
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| Current commander |
BG Timothy Coffin (2014–) |
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 1945 WSPG
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| Video | |
 196x Big Picture: Tularosa Frontier
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Short Notice Annual Practice (minute 16:50)
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Countdown at White Sands
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White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area of almost 3,200 sq mi (8,300 km2) in parts of five counties in southern New Mexico. The largest military installation in the United States, WSMR and the 600,000-acre (2,400 km2) McGregor Range Complex at Fort Bliss to the south (southeast Tularosa Basin and on Otero Mesa) are contiguous areas for military testing.On 9 July 1945, the White Sands Proving Ground was established for testing German and American long range rockets. Just seven days later, the first atomic bomb test, code named Trinity was exploded at Trinity Site, near the north boundary of the range.
Designated historic sites on WSMR land include:
The White Sands Test Center headquartered at the WSMR "Post Area" has branches for Manned Tactical Systems & Electromagnetic Radiation and conducts missile testing and range recovery operations. Other operations on WSMR land include:
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