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Tonopah Test Range
Tonopah Test Range (TTR), is a restricted military installation located about southeast of Tonopah, Nevada. It is part of the northern fringe of the Nellis Range, measuring . Tonopah Test Range is located about northwest of Groom Dry Lake, home of the Area 51 facility. Like the Groom Lake facility, Tonopah is a site of interest to conspiracy theorists, mostly for its use of experimental and classified aircraft. As such, it is not the focus of alien enthusiasts, unlike its neighbor. It is currently used for nuclear weapons stockpile reliability testing, research and development of fusing and firing systems, and testing nuclear weapon delivery systems.〔 The airspace comprises restricted area R-4809 of the Nevada Test and Training Range and is often used for military training.
==Description==
The Tonopah Test Range〔(ttr.sandia.gov )〕 is owned by the United States Department of Energy and is managed by Sandia National Laboratories, a division of Lockheed-Martin, which operates the Tonopah Test Range under an Air Force permit with the National Nuclear Security Administration.〔(Annual Site Environmental Report: Tonopah Test Range, Nevada and Kauai Test Facility, Hawaii, 2003 ), Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 105 pp.〕 The range is part of the Great Basin Desert and lies mostly within the Cactus Flat valley, consisting of horst and graben geology.〔 It is flanked by the Cactus Range hills to the west and the Kawich Range to the east, which is home of Silverbow, one of the largest mining ghost towns in Nevada. The vegetation consists mostly of black sagebrush and creosote bush. It holds a sizable wild horse and burro population, closely monitored by the Bureau of Land Management. Common denizens of the TTR include the gray fox, pronghorn, coyote, and mule deer, along with the native birds sage thrasher, sage grouse, and sage sparrow.〔
===Airfields===
(詳細はArea 10), consisting of a runway and numerous hangars. About five minor abandoned airfields exist throughout the TTR〔(Abandoned & Little Known Airfields: Central Nevada ), Paul Freeman, accessed 18 August 2010.〕 which were primarily used during World War II by units based at Tonopah Army Air Field (now serving as Tonopah's municipal airport). Only Mellan Airstrip, southeast of Tonopah Test Range Airport, survived past the 1960s, upgraded to a concrete runway. A US Air Force assessment published in 2000 indicated it was a minimally adequate airfield which was used to support tactical C-130 and C-17 training.〔(Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Cedar Pass Airfield ), 99 CES/CEVN, Nellis AFB, April 2000, accessed 18 August 2010.〕
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