Weapons test sites

Issyk-Kul () or Ysyk-Köl ( ; ) is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan—just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleventh-largest lake in the world by volume, and the second-largest saline lake. It is located at an elevation of , making it the deepest lake whose deepest point is above sea level at . Despite the elevation and low temperatures during winter, it rarely freezes due to its high salinity.

former island in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

rocket launch and development site

Stepnogorsk (; ) is a town in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.

military testing area in New Mexico, United States

military and civil aerospace facility in South Australia

island off the coast of Odisha, India

island on Lake Seliger, Russia

rocket launch site in Kazakhstan

Soviet and Russian missile test target range in Kamchatka Peninsula

proving ground

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