lop
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The Journal reported in April 2020 that the U.S. was concerned that China might be secretly conducting nuclear tests at its Lop Nor site.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
McDowell says satellite sensing shows the spacecraft gliding and performing a runway landing at the Lop Nur military base in China’s northwest Xinjiang region, suggesting that it is a plane.
From Scientific American • May 18, 2023
China entered the nuclear club in October 1964, with a nuclear test at Lop Nor that the Kennedy and Johnson administration briefly gave thought to sabotaging.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023
These included the flourishing Loulan kingdom on vast Lake Lop Nur, before its water evaporated in the 5th century.
From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2021
The prevailing winds blow from the W. and N.W. and the pall of dust overhangs the country as in the Takla-makan and the desert of Lop.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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