Topic: Yuma Proving Ground

Basically, YPG is a test facility for the U.S. Army.
Yuma Proving Ground manages testing in three different environmental extremes; desert (Yuma Test Center), tropic (Tropic Regions Test Center), and cold (Cold Regions Test Center). The largest test center is the Yuma Test Center located in Yuma, AZ, at Yuma Proving Ground.
A huge variety of weapon systems and munitions are tested. These include: long range artillery; missile firing aircraft; ; direct fire weapons; unmanned aerial systems; technologies to defeat roadside bombs; and a great many more.
All the YPG test centers provide range facilities suitable for the individual needs of each test customer. Nearly 100 individual tests are ongoing at any single time. Yuma Proving Ground’s sparkling clean air, low humidity, skimpy rainfall—only about three inches per year—and annual average of 350 sunny days, add up to almost perfect testing and training conditions.