Pacific Missile Range Facility - Barking Sands
USA /
Hawaii /
Kekaha /
World
/ USA
/ Hawaii
/ Kekaha
World / United States / Hawaii
military, United States Navy, missile launch facility
Established in 1958 on the grounds of Bonham Air Force Base, the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) is the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training missile range, and the only location where submarines, surface ships, aircraft and space vehicles can operate and be tracked simultaneously. Aside from its landside facilities on Kaua'i, the PMRF consists of over 1,100 square miles of instrumented underwater range and over 42,000 square miles of controlled airspace.
Official Site: cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrh/installations/pacific_missil...
Official Site: cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrh/installations/pacific_missil...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Missile_Range_Facility
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 22°1'33"N 159°46'10"W
- Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility Airport (PHBK / BKH) 2.9 km
- Wreck of USS Crommelin (FFG-37) 22 km
- Wreck of USS Badger (FF-1071) 123 km
- Wreck of USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) 207 km
- former Naval Air Facility Midway Island 1901 km
- Sand Island 1903 km
- Wreck of HIJMS Akagi (赤城) 2106 km
- Wreck of HIJMS Kaga (加賀) 2157 km
- Wreck of HIJMS Sōryū (蒼龍) 2160 km
- Wreck of HIJMS Hiryū (飛龍) 2172 km
- Mānā Plain 4.1 km
- Agribusiness Development Corporation - Kekaha Agricultural Lands 4.8 km
- Pacific Missile Range Facility - Safety Zone 4.8 km
- Kekaha Game Management Area 5.9 km
- Waimea Hawaiian Home Land 6 km
- Puu Ka Pele Forest Reserve - Eastern Section 13 km
- Kaulakahi Channel 16 km
- Alaka'i Wilderness Preserve 23 km
- Kauaʻi 24 km
- Niʻihau 42 km