Peacekeeper - simulated missile and canister test 1

Jackass Flats is a shallow alluvial basin located in the southwest portion of the

Nevada National Security Site The Nevada National Security Site (N2S2 or NNSS), known as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of th ...

in Nye County, Nevada. The area lies east of

Yucca Mountain Yucca Mountain is a mountain in Nevada, near its border with California, approximately northwest of Las Vegas. Located in the Great Basin, Yucca Mountain is east of the Amargosa Desert, south of the Nevada Test and Training Range and in the ...

, south of the Calico Hills and Shoshone Mountain and northwest of Skull Mountain. The valley drains to the southwest via the Tonopah and Fortymile washes into the

Amargosa Valley The Amargosa Valley is the valley through which the Amargosa River flows south, in Nye County, southwestern Nevada and Inyo County in the state of California. The south end is alternately called the "Amargosa River Valley'" or the "Tecopa Valley. ...

across US Route 95 at the town of

Amargosa Valley, Nevada Amargosa Valley (formerly Lathrop Wells) is an unincorporated town located on U.S. Route 95 in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Description The community is named after the Amargosa River which flows through the valley from its origina ...

. The "flat" covers an area of approximately and ranges in elevation from about just north of US 95 to at the mountain bases to the north and east. It is located mostly within Area 25 and extends into Area 14 and Area 26. It was the test site of nuclear-powered rocket engines during project Project Rover and NERVA.

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