Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso

Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso

Infobox Airport
name = Cachimbo Airbase
nativename = Base Aérea do Cachimbo


ICAO = SBCC
type = Military
operator = Brazilian Air Force
location = Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Brazil
elevation-f = 1,762
elevation-m = 537
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 12/30
r1-length-f = 8,537
r1-length-m = 2,602
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: DAFIFWAD|SBCC|source=DAFIF]

Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso is a large Brazilian military complex and Air Force Base, located in Serra do Cachimbo in southern Pará. With an area of 21.6 thousand km2 and perimeter of 653 km, it is comparable in size to the Brazilian state of Sergipe. It is within this military area that the Brazilian military maintains an underground nuclear test site [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/brazil/cachimbo.htm WMD Facilities: Cachimbo Test Site] ] and missile range [ [http://www.cpbv.aer.mil.br/ Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso: Operações] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.cpbv.aer.mil.br/ Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso] Official Air Force website
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