Saryshaghan
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Saryshaghan (Kazakh: Сарйсһагһан) is a town in Kazakhstan located on the coast of Lake Balkhash at Latitude (DMS): 46° 7' 9 N Longitude (DMS): 73° 37' 9 E in Qaraghandy Province. Its population is estimated at 11,000 inhabitants.
Saryshagan was a site of the major antiballistic missile defense test range in the Soviet Union. The first nonnuclear intercept of a ballistic missile warhead by a missile was accomplished there on 4 March 1961.
46°07′N 73°37′E / 46.117°N 73.617°E
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