Dirt test track at Nellis AFB

Nellis AFB, Nevada (NV), US

Info Requested, Raceways - Test Tracks
By: kjfitz

Nearby:

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Plane near Amargosa Valley

Nevada Test Site reactor tower (demolished 2012-05-23)

Yucca Mountain boring machine

Entrance to Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project

Nevada Test Site nuclear rocket Test Cell "A"

Nevada Test Site Reactor Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly

Sunshine Valley Solar

Comments

kjfitz

@ 2009-02-08 15:20:29

I think this track is the one referenced in this article and was built for testing MX Missile transporters.

http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/newsviews/mx.htm

"an extensive network of experimental roads was built to evaluate construction methods in native desert soils. Scientists needed to make sure the roads would accommodate the heavy loads associated with transporting 200 MX missiles among 4,600 shelters. These tests were part of the Multiple Protective Shelter System (more commonly referred to as the "shell game system" or "race track model.""