Historical Significance of the Askania Cinetheodolite Towers Located on Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range
Part of the Holloman Air Force Base Resources project
Year: 1997
Summary
This report is intended to prepare the way for that future listing. It provides a discussion of the towers within the context of Cold War activities at HAFB and WSMR. The report first examines the attraction of the Tularosa Basin area for missile testing and the origin and development of the two military facilities. It includes a brief discussion of how elements of the German missile program, including
instrumentation, were transferred to New Mexico and how they were integrated into the nation's missile testing program during the early years of the Cold War. It then examines the testing that was carried out at both facilities as it involved the need for more accurate and rapid instrumentation to record those tests, a need addressed in 1954 with the design and construction of the eight two-story cinetheodolite towers.
Cite this Record
Historical Significance of the Askania Cinetheodolite Towers Located on Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range. 1997 ( tDAR id: 488977) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8488977
Keywords
General
cinetheodolites tower
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German Missile program
Geographic Keywords
Alamogordo, New Mexico
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New Mexico (State / Territory)
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Otero (County)
Temporal Keywords
Cold War
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World War II
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WWII
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Holloman Air Force Base CR Manager
Record Identifiers
HAFB Report No.(s): 1997-013
File Information
| Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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| 1997_013_Askania-Cinetheodolite-Towers.pdf | 43.15mb | Oct 4, 2023 2:54:41 PM | Confidential |
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