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On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:07:32 -0600, Pat Flannery wrote
(in article ):



Pat Flannery wrote:


I've e-mailed White Sands about the situation, and will post the reply
here.

The reply from White Sands:

"The large fenced areas are called WITs -- weapon impact target.

(Snipped response)

Wow, much more detailed response than I would've expected from a
government drone, and much quicker about it than I'd ever have guessed.
Thanks for checking it out, Pat.

--
Herb

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
~ RAH

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Pat Flannery wrote:


I've e-mailed White Sands about the situation, and will post the reply
here.

The reply from White Sands:

"The large fenced areas are called WITs -- weapon impact target. There
are
several of these areas on the missile range and they are used for live
ordnance impacts - we try to restrict live ordnance to just these areas so
we don't contaminate the rest of WSMR with unexploded ordnance. They are
fenced to keep people and oryx and antelope out. We typically clean up
and
blade the areas after each use. Also, we can put any kind of target (i.e.
tanks, bunkers, etc.) on the ground that the project managers might want
to
engage with their systems.

The disturbed area you see south of Trinity Site is used by the Defense
Threat Reduction Agency and has nothing to do with Trinity. It is an area
DTRA has used for decades to simulate nuclear explosions using ANFO,
attack
bunkers, simulate terrorist attacks, etc.



So that big white circle 8.7 miles south west of Trinity is used by the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency? Or is it a WIT?

Von Fourche wrote:

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
...


Pat Flannery wrote:



I've e-mailed White Sands about the situation, and will post the reply
here.


The reply from White Sands:

"The large fenced areas are called WITs -- weapon impact target. There
are
several of these areas on the missile range and they are used for live
ordnance impacts - we try to restrict live ordnance to just these areas so
we don't contaminate the rest of WSMR with unexploded ordnance. They are
fenced to keep people and oryx and antelope out. We typically clean up
and
blade the areas after each use. Also, we can put any kind of target (i.e.
tanks, bunkers, etc.) on the ground that the project managers might want
to
engage with their systems.

The disturbed area you see south of Trinity Site is used by the Defense
Threat Reduction Agency and has nothing to do with Trinity. It is an area
DTRA has used for decades to simulate nuclear explosions using ANFO,
attack
bunkers, simulate terrorist attacks, etc.





So that big white circle 8.7 miles south west of Trinity is used by the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency? Or is it a WIT?


That's a WIT.
This is the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Site, due east of it:
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...e+sands+%7c%7c

Pat

OM wrote:

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:53:56 -0600, Herb Schaltegger
wrote:

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:48:41 -0600, Von Fourche wrote
(in article . net):


Thanks. I'm trying to find where the U.S. did that Trinity Test at the
White Sands Proving Ground but cant' find it on google earth.

Try punching in these lat/long coordinates directly:

33.676786 N, 106.475286 W

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.676...&iwloc=A&hl=en

,,,However, the image isn't that great, and doesn't go down to a
resolution where you can see the outlines of the blast site and the
surrounding roads.

ISTR from visitors accounts that you can't really see much - the
crater is (was) shallow and the 'burned' area is long since weathered
away.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

Herb Schaltegger wrote:

This map makes me think that it may be nuclear test related:
http://www.nps.gov/whsa/adhi/fig64.jpg

Could be, but that map is for Trinity isn't it? This site is miles
southwest of the Trinity site. Unless you're suggesting this is the
site of another (larger) air- or surface-burst test? Could well be.

I think that Trinity was the only airburst INCONUS yet outside of the
Nevada proving ground.

D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
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