The test, conducted at the Alamogordo air base, was the culmination of the Manhattan Project, the classified American effort to build an atom bomb—before Nazi Germany could do the same.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 July 2026
German media reports say Kaufbeuren will host the system’s radar installation, while the interceptor launchers for the battery are expected to be stationed at the nearby Lechfeld air base.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
5 July 2026
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