Kura Test Range

Kura Test Range

Kura Test Range (also known as Klyuchi Test Range) is an intercontinental ballistic missile impact area used by Russia, located in northern Kamchatka Krai. It is km to mi|130 northeast of the settlement of Klyuchi. The center coordinates are coord|57|20|N|161|50|E|display=inline,title cite book | title = Soviet Technical Capabilities in Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles, NIE 11-5-6, TOP SECRET, declassified 1996 | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | date = 1961 ] . This area is not only in an isolated part of Kamchatka but is surrounded by the Okhotsk Sea and Pacific Ocean.

The range was developed beginning in 1955 and was operational in 1957 [cite book | title = The Soviet ICBM Program, NIE 11-10-57, TOP SECRET, declassified 1995 | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | date = 1957 ] . It continues to be active. One of the most recent impacts was on September 18 2008 when a Bulava ballistic missile was fired from the White Sea in West Russia, to Kura. Previously, on May 29 2007 when an RS-24 missile was test-fired from the Plesetsk launch site.

The United States maintained a permanent Eareckson Air Station (formerly Shemya Air Force Base) only 935 km (580 miles) away, equipped with radars and aircraft to monitor impacts at Kura. One of these radars, Cobra Dane, was fielded in 1977 at Shemya specifically for this purpose.

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