Pacific Missile Range Facility
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Located in Hawaii on the western shores of Kauai, the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Barking Sands is the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training range. PMRF is the only range in the world where submarines, surface ships, aircraft and space vehicles can operate and be tracked simultaneously. There are over 1100 square miles of instrumented underwater range and over 42,000 square miles of controlled airspace.
US Navy officials favor its relative isolation, ideal year-round tropical climate and encroachment-free environment.
The Frigate Bird nuclear test of the Operation Dominic was launched from PMRF.
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