China Lake Naval Weapons Testing Center
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| A vast weapons development facility and testing range. Almost every munition in the US arsenal has been tested within this 1,723 square mile (more than a million acre) facility. Numerous laboratories and test ranges, located mostly in the north area of China Lake, support weapons development. In the southern portion of the reservation are electronic ranges that support training and weapons proving. China Lake is part of the Navy's Western Test Range complex, along with White Sands and Point Mugu. The base employs about 5,500 people, with an additional 2,500 more local contractors, and the annual budget is near $750 million. There are two major geothermal power plants and numerous petroglyphs located in the Coso Mountains on the north end of the reservation. Also in the remote northeastern area is the Junction Ranch radar cross-section range. |
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75 miles N of Barstow
(POINT(-117.60177612305 35.795538497993))
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| China Lake CA, 93555 |
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| Public Affairs: (619) 939-9011 |
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| Not open to the public, though the petroglyphs at Coso Hot Springs are visited by interested people on tours. Call the Maturango Museum for information. |
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http://sirius.chinalake.navy.mil/homepage.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/china-lake.htm
http://www.nawcwd.navy.mil/
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