Dismantled R-16U(SS-7) ICBM Launch Complex (LS-1) | military, ruins, abandoned / shut down, strategic rocket forces, missile silo, ICBM launch facility

Russia / Chita / Olovyannaya /
 military, ruins, abandoned / shut down, strategic rocket forces, missile silo, ICBM launch facility
Former location of three R-16U (SS-7 Saddler) ICBM silos and associated support facilities. Controlled by the 551st Missile Regiment, 47th Missile Division, 53rd Missile Army; Operational from April 1964 to October 1977 when the missiles were withdrawn and the regiment was transfered to the 4th Missile Division at Drovyanaya.
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Coordinates:   50°54'18"N   115°48'16"E
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