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| Description | The sparsely populated and rather small Sihl Valley lies south of the two reservoirs Sihlsee and Wägitalsee. The interesting thing is, that there is a private testing center of the arms industry located on Ochsenboden. Founded already in 1953 as a factory shooting range for the former Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Bührle AG. The area was continuously expanded. In the sixties and seventies, firing tests with uranium ammunition were also carried out there. This area has a special access and is fenced in. I have not documented it because there is nothing to see. The large buildings in the photo were built in the 1970s. In 1990, the site was taken over by RWM Schweiz AG, a subsidiary of Rheinmetall Defence in Germany. This company produces and tests here medium-caliber ammunition for the Army, Navy and Air Force air defense. There are shooting and test ranges on the Ochsenboden with the necessary measuring infrastructure for testing ammunition, weapons and complete systems. A target ballistic observation bunker missile glide track and explosive bunker. Since 2002, there has been a golf course parallel to the test site, which has been partially integrated into the operational area. However, the entrances to the company premises are usually cordoned off. There are three bridges over the Sihl to underground caverns. These are not accessible for photos. On June 4, 2024 at half past two in the morning, an earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded at the test site. The Swiss Seismological Service located the epicenter at a depth of only 100 meters. Windows were broken in the golf course restaurant. Experts who examined the seismogram doubt that it was an earthquake and suspect an explosion. The coordinates were subsequently changed. There is even talk of a mini-nuke test. A comparison of such tests showed that an explosive force of 2.5 to 9 kilotons was required for the recorded earthquake. To date, nothing more has been revealed about these speculations. Politicians disagree as to whether this facilities are compatible with Switzerland's neutrality. The photos in this series were all taken without violating any entry ban. Switzerland, September 7, 2024. (1/15) |
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| Source | Sihltal SZ - Ochsenboden (Intro) |
| Author | Kecko from Eastern Switzerland |
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