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There is no place without civilian traffic. If you fly from the east into the Bay Area you can look out the left window and see Groom Lake if you know what to l
by hindsightbias 5y ago
There is no place without civilian traffic. If you fly from the east into the Bay Area you can look out the left window and see Groom Lake if you know what to look for.
Look at any airspace map of the California coast and it is littered with test and training areas:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/range-navy.htm https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/range-navy....
Not to mention a missiles launching from Vandenburg.
It’s not even surreptitious. San Nicholas island is exactly right there: “island is currently controlled by the United States Navy and is used as a weapons testing and training facility,”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Nicolas_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Nicolas_Island