Military Base

Bulgaria / Plovdiv / Perustica /
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The location of former Air Defense unit 32820. Located in this site in 1962, this unit was equipped with S-75 "Dvina" Surface-to-Air Missile system (NATO name SA-2 "Guideline"). The name of missile site is "White Church" (Бяла черква), named to the ski resort located nearby. The unit codename was MEDICASTER (ЗНАХАР), but the the personnel proudly wins the nickname "White Bears" because of severe winter conditions of the mountain they fight. The unit was dismissed in 1998 and now the missile site is abandoned.
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Coordinates:   41°56'3"N   24°38'14"E
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