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'''Naval Air Weapons Station''' ('''NAWS''') '''China Lake'''<ref name=welcome>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake|url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrsw/installations/naws_china_lake.html|website=Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake|publisher=[[United States Navy]] [[Commander, Navy Installations Command]]|access-date=November 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006192138/https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrsw/installations/naws_china_lake.html|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a large military installation in [[California]] that supports the research, testing and evaluation programs of the [[United States Navy]]. It is part of [[Navy Region Southwest]]<ref>[http://www.cnic.navy.mil/cnrsw/ Commander, Navy Region Southwest]</ref> under [[Commander, Navy Installations Command]], and was originally known as '''Naval Ordnance Test Station''' ('''NOTS''').<ref name=rbbls>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P6QRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6319%2C1375091 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Record broken by land sled |date=September 27, 1955 |page=1}}</ref> | '''Naval Air Weapons Station''' ('''NAWS''') '''China Lake'''<ref name=welcome>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake|url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrsw/installations/naws_china_lake.html|website=Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake|publisher=[[United States Navy]] [[Commander, Navy Installations Command]]|access-date=November 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006192138/https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrsw/installations/naws_china_lake.html|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a large military installation in [[California]] that supports the research, testing and evaluation programs of the [[United States Navy]]. It is part of [[Navy Region Southwest]]<ref>[http://www.cnic.navy.mil/cnrsw/ Commander, Navy Region Southwest]</ref> under [[Commander, Navy Installations Command]], and was originally known as '''Naval Ordnance Test Station''' ('''NOTS''').<ref name=rbbls>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P6QRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6319%2C1375091 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Record broken by land sled |date=September 27, 1955 |page=1}}</ref> | ||
The installation is located in the Western [[Mojave Desert]] region of California, approximately {{convert|150|mi}} north of | The installation is located in the Western [[Mojave Desert]] region of California, approximately {{convert|150|mi}} north of Los Angeles. Occupying land in three counties – [[Kern County, California|Kern]], [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino]], and [[Inyo County, California|Inyo]] – the installation's closest neighbors are the city of [[Ridgecrest, California|Ridgecrest]] and the communities of [[Inyokern, California|Inyokern]], [[Trona, San Bernardino County, California|Trona]], and [[Darwin, California|Darwin]]. | ||
China Lake is the United States Navy's largest single landholding, representing 85% of the Navy's land for weapons and armaments research, development, acquisition, testing, and evaluation (RDAT&E) use and 38% of the Navy's land holdings worldwide. In total, its two ranges and main site cover more than {{convert|1100000|acre|km2}}, an area larger than the state of [[Rhode Island]]. As of 2010, at least 95% of that land is undeveloped. The roughly $3 billion infrastructure of the installation consists of 2,132 buildings and facilities, {{convert|329|mi|km}} of paved roads, and {{convert|1801|mi|km}} of unpaved roads. | China Lake is the United States Navy's largest single landholding, representing 85% of the Navy's land for weapons and armaments research, development, acquisition, testing, and evaluation (RDAT&E) use and 38% of the Navy's land holdings worldwide. In total, its two ranges and main site cover more than {{convert|1100000|acre|km2}}, an area larger than the state of [[Rhode Island]]. As of 2010, at least 95% of that land is undeveloped. The roughly $3 billion infrastructure of the installation consists of 2,132 buildings and facilities, {{convert|329|mi|km}} of paved roads, and {{convert|1801|mi|km}} of unpaved roads. | ||
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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
The installation is located in the Western [[Mojave Desert]] region of California, approximately {{convert|150|mi}} north of | The installation is located in the Western [[Mojave Desert]] region of California, approximately {{convert|150|mi}} north of Los Angeles. Occupying land in three counties – [[Kern County, California|Kern]], [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino]], and [[Inyo County, California|Inyo]] – the installation's closest neighbors are the city of [[Ridgecrest, California|Ridgecrest]] and the communities of [[Inyokern, California|Inyokern]], [[Trona, San Bernardino County, California|Trona]], and [[Darwin, California|Darwin]]. | ||
=== Armitage Field === | === Armitage Field === | ||