Sandia Base
Principal nuclear weapons installation of the US military from 1946-1971 in Albuquerque, NM, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sandia Base was the principal nuclear weapons installation of the United States Department of Defense from 1946 to 1971.[1] It was located on the southeastern edge of Albuquerque, New Mexico. For 25 years, the top-secret Sandia Base and its subsidiary installation, Manzano Base, carried on the atomic weapons research, development, design, testing, and training commenced by the Manhattan Project during World War II. Fabrication, assembly, and storage of nuclear weapons was also done at Sandia Base. The base played a key role in the United States nuclear deterrence capability during the Cold War. In 1971 it was merged into Kirtland Air Force Base.