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Sary Shagan (Russian: Сары-Шаган; Kazakh: Сарышаған) is an anti-ballistic missile testing range located in Kazakhstan at coordinates 46°23′N 72°52′E.On 17 August 1956 the Soviet Council of Ministers authorized plans for an experimental facility for missile defense located at Sary Shagan on the west bank of Lake Balkhash. The first missile launched from the facility was a V-1000 on 16 October 1958 but the facilities for full scale testing were not ready until 1961.