Military Wednesday – Target Ranges and Targets

The military employs various types of targets for different missions. Here is a collection of various types of targets used today and through history.

Aerial Bombing Targets and Craters

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Bomb craters on a target

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Bomb Craters on the Tonopah Range

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Bombing Target in Nevada

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Target and craters in a bombing range

Simulated Anti Airctaft Missile Sites

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Mobile missile launcher (target)

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Fake air base and surface-to-air battery targets

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Mock SAM site

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Simulates SAM site on China Lake Naval Weapons Station

Simulated Aircraft on the Ground

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WWI Bombing Target

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Mock Aircraft on Mock Airstrip on the Tonopah Range

Simulated Towns and Military Facilities

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Yodaville Urban Target Complex

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Aerial targets assembled from shipping containers

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Target village made from shipping containers

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Simulated runways at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station

Chemical and Biological Weapons

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CFB Sheffield - chemical weapons test range

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Utah Test and Training Range for Chemical & Biological agents