VLF station La Régine (French Navy)

France / Languedoc-Roussillon / Verdun-en-Lauragais /
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La Régine hosts a Very Low Frequency Naval communications facility.
Using 28 transmitters and antennas (the highest one over 300m) the facility provides contact with the French nuclear ballistic missile submarines at sea.
This sensitive facility is secured by a specialized Marines Infantry Company: the 'Compagnie des Fusilliers Marins de France Sud'.

It's official callsign is FUG.
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Coordinates:   43°23'20"N   2°5'54"E
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