I spent alot of time on this range in the late 70's and early 80's... Its just desert, some dry lake beds, wild Mustangs and sand... But it is beautiful in those small mountain ranges, but since its all closed off to public, and you cant see anything from gate, I advise to not try to "visit"...its a waste of time and fuel..
I spent alot of time on that Sandia Test Range in the late 70's early 80's... Its really nothing to see, just desert. Pretty much like the rest of Nevada.... some lake beds, some mountains, some wild Mustangs.... It took about 45 minutes to get to the site from Tonopah. Gated, guarded.. so no site seeing, and you cant see anything from the road anyway... Most everything shown here was long gone when I was there..
I was a B-52 Crew Chief in the 1980s and we flew thru the Tonopah low level range many times. I've never been there on the ground so this is interesting to see what it looks like. My aircraft actually did drop an actual weapon but with the nuclear material removed. People from Sandia Labs were conducting the test. I think they were testing the trigger mechanism. Nobody knew what they were really doing...we didn't have a "need to know." Interesting, thanks.
love the peaceful music. now I feel brainwashed
streetcornerjames 11 months ago
Atomic bombs were invented in the 30s.. Nuclear bombs in the 50s.. Honestly I wonder what they have now.
thenewchance 1 year ago
@thenewchance if you look to the left of area 51 you'll see mile wide craters from nuke tests there are literally hundreds of these craters
TheCasualTim 1 year ago
I spent alot of time on this range in the late 70's and early 80's... Its just desert, some dry lake beds, wild Mustangs and sand... But it is beautiful in those small mountain ranges, but since its all closed off to public, and you cant see anything from gate, I advise to not try to "visit"...its a waste of time and fuel..
1rawdawg007 2 years ago 2
I spent alot of time on that Sandia Test Range in the late 70's early 80's... Its really nothing to see, just desert. Pretty much like the rest of Nevada.... some lake beds, some mountains, some wild Mustangs.... It took about 45 minutes to get to the site from Tonopah. Gated, guarded.. so no site seeing, and you cant see anything from the road anyway... Most everything shown here was long gone when I was there..
1rawdawg007 2 years ago
I was a B-52 Crew Chief in the 1980s and we flew thru the Tonopah low level range many times. I've never been there on the ground so this is interesting to see what it looks like. My aircraft actually did drop an actual weapon but with the nuclear material removed. People from Sandia Labs were conducting the test. I think they were testing the trigger mechanism. Nobody knew what they were really doing...we didn't have a "need to know." Interesting, thanks.
JetMechMA 2 years ago 8