White Sands Missile Range

White Sands Missile Range has developed from a simple desert testing

site for the V-2 into one of the most sophisticated test facilities in

the world. The mission of White Sands Missile Range begins with a

customer--a service developer, or another federal agency, which is

ready to find out if engineers and scientists have built something

which will perform according to job specifications. It ends when an

exhaustive series of tests has been completed and a data report has

been delivered to the customer.

Between the beginning and the end of the test program, be it the Army

Tactical Missile System or newly designed automobiles, range employees

are involved in every operation connected with the customer and his

product. The range can and does provide everything from rat traps to

telephones, from equipment hoists and flight safety to microsecond

timing.

We shake, rattle and roll the product, roast it, freeze it, subject it

to nuclear radiation, dip it in salt water and roll it in the mud. We

test its paint, bend its frame and find out what effect its propulsion

material has on flora and fauna.

In the end, if it's a missile, we fire it, record its performance and

bring back the pieces for post mortem examination. All test data is

reduced and the customer receives a full report.

For more information on Trinity Site or White Sands Missile Range

contact:

Public Affairs Office (STEWS-PA)

White Sands Missile Range

White Sands Missile Range, N.M. 88002-5047