Launch Complex 38

USA / New Mexico / White Sands /
 military, missile launch facility
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Originally known as Army Launch Area Five, LC38 was built in the 1960s to test the Nike Zeus anti-ballistic missile system. The tracking radars are centred in the LC with the assembly areas and launcher to the north, and the separate long-range tracking radar, ZAR, on the eastern end of the site.

Since 1969, the site was turned over to testing what was then known as SAM-X, and today known as Patriot. It continues to be used for Patriot to this day.

War Zone article about the facility
www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24139/uss-desert-ship-sit...
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIM-49_Nike_Zeus
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Coordinates:   32°24'31"N   106°16'15"W
This article was last modified 7 years ago