Fort Henry Weapons Testing Range
Though it is located some 120 kilometers north of the city-state, Fort Henry is the closest major settlement to the WFPAs principal weapons testing range. Covering over 4,000 square kilometers and surrounded by a 10- meter perimeter wall equipped with sensors and weapon platforms, it serves a number of purposes, principally as an exercise area and live firing range. Almost every weapon used by the WFPA or the Northern Guard is put through its paces at the FHWTR before entering service. The facility is best known as the only site in the CNCS for testing strategic weapons. These include systems like the Mortillo orbital artillery satellite and low-yield nuclear weapons. Furthermore, in TN 1932 scientists detonated a prototype antimatter weapon at the FHWTR, drawing condemnation from across Terra Nova. Four additional tests followed over the next few cycles, each with larger yields.
Much of the range consists of open ground, dotted with sensor towers and mock engagement areas. Clusters of administrative buildings are associated with each range but research at the range is concentrated in a series of heavily reinforced buildings in the southwest corner of the range.
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