Barking Sands Missile Range Site

Name:	Barking Sands Missile Range Site
Category:	Military
Archive ID#:	HI3131
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Description:	A rocket and missile test facility on the western edge of the island of Kauai. The seven-mile-long coastal installation is used by the Navy and Army as a ground station on the Pacific Missile Range, a military operations range that covers around 17,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean, and 42,000 square miles of associated air space. Facilities on the base include a 6,000 foot long runway and numerous telemetry and radar facilities to monitor missile, ship, and submarine activities on the range. Sandia National Laboratory, one of the Department of Energy's R&D labs, also has a facility here, and is involved in missile research.
Location:	Kauai (POINT(-159.77931976318 22.030871040214)) (show on map)
Address:	HI
Links:	http://www.pmrf.navy.mil/
LCS:	Aerospace R&D, Military
tag:	Testing and Training Range
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