Salto di Quirra
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Salto di Quirra is a restricted weapons testing range and rocket launch site near Perdasdefogu on the island of Sardinia. It is the largest military range in Italy, composed of 12,000 hectares of land owned by the Italian Ministry of Defence and one of the largest in operation within the European Union. Birth defects and cancer in the area have been blamed on weaponry used at the site.
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Italy. Aeronautica. PISQ; Italy. Aeronautica. Poligono del Salto di Quirra; Italy. Aeronautica. Poligono interforze del Salto di Quirra; Italy. Aeronautica. Poligono sperimentale e di addestramento interforze del Salto di Quirra
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Location: 39.5272, 9.6328, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Salto di Quirra ⓘ
spaceport
Lance1988| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | rocket launch site | Salto di Quirra | military exclusion zone, spaceport, | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Lance1988 | Commons | ||