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Military Wednesday – R&D Sites

Here are a few of the more interesting military research and development facilities in our collection…

Upsidedown C-130 at Stockbridge Research Facility (Birds Eye)
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Upsidedown C-130 at Stockbridge Research Facility

Upside down airplane on a rotating rig (ESL Antenna Test Site) (Birds Eye)
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Upside down airplane on a rotating rig (ESL Antenna Test Site)
Trestle Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator (Birds Eye)
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Trestle Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator

Star Wars missile defense support site (Birds Eye)
© Bing Maps
Star Wars missile defense support site

EMP-simulator (Google Maps)
© Google Maps
EMP-simulator

Supersonic Military Air Research Track (Birds Eye)
© Bing Maps
Supersonic Military Air Research Track
Hunter's Point Crane with rocket test assembly (Birds Eye)
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Hunter's Point Crane with rocket test assembly

Transducer Evaluation Center (TRANSDEC) (Birds Eye)
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Transducer Evaluation Center (TRANSDEC)
High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF) (Google Maps)
© Google Maps
High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF)

Sandia National Labs centrifuge (Birds Eye)
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Sandia National Labs centrifuge

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