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 the ...

Nye County, Nevada Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah. At , Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States, behi ...

. The area lies east of Yucca Mountain, south of the

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and Shoshone Mountain and northwest of

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. 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

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at the town of Amargosa Valley, Nevada. 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

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and

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