Picatinny Testing Tower

USA / New Jersey / Wharton /

tower, military, research

Height: 200 feet.

Very visible site from State Route 15 and adjacent roads located on the western corner of the US Army's Picatinny Arsenal.

www.pica.army.mil/PicatinnyPublic/index.asp

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picatinny

Nearby cities:

Coordinates: 40°55'49"N 74°35'14"W

Comments

John (guest)

This is part of the Reismann Precision Munitions Lab. It can be used to test sensors in different weather conditions. Before the tower was built, the only way to run such a test would be to wait for a storm or other type of weather and then send a helicopter to run the experiment.

17 years ago | reply | hide comment

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