Vastrap Test Range Airfield | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military (AFB Bloemspruit) | ||||||||||
| Operator | SAAF | ||||||||||
| Location | Vastrap Weapons Range | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,234 ft / 986 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°50′5″S 21°37′50″E / 27.83472°S 21.63056°E | ||||||||||
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Vastrap (Stand firm) is a small military airfield situated in the Kalahari Desert north east of Upington inside a 700 square kilometre weapons test range of the same name[1] belonging to the South African National Defence Force. It was constructed to allow the SAAF to practice tactical bombing operations, and for aircraft to service the SADF's defunct underground nuclear weapon test site.
- ^ "Discussing the Detonation Effects of Large Charges" (PDF). South African Navy. 9 August 2006. p. 2.