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The military services require large contiguous areas in which to operate. New weapons systems have greater ranges, and tactics to accommodate those extended ranges require an extended battlespace. This requirement is met in part by the extension of the California Study Area to the north, south, and west. Additionally, the inclusion of several existing ranges with similar activities in a single analysis is more efficient than conducting multiple National Environmental Policy Act analyses.

California Study Area

  • An expanded Southern California (SOCAL) Range Complex
  • Special use airspace (Proposed Warning Area [W]-293 and Proposed W-294) corresponding to the expanded SOCAL Range Complex
  • New testing sea space between Proposed W-293 and PMSR
  • Two existing training and testing at-sea ranges, the Point Mugu Sea Range (PMSR) and the Northern California (NOCAL) Range Complex
  • Areas along the Southern California coastline from approximately Dana Point to Port Hueneme
  • Four amphibious approach lanes providing land access from the NOCAL Range Complex and PMSR