Former Jelgava Soviet R-12 (SS-4) Nuclear Missile Base & Elimination Site
Latvia /
Bauskas /
Bauska /
World
/ Latvia
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World / Latvia / Zemgale
abandoned / shut down, closed / former military, strategic rocket forces, missile launch facility, nuclear weapons/warheads storage
Jelgava was the surface launch base of the 307th. Regiment of the 29th. Missile Division.
The 307th. deployed two surface launch pad complexes and one silo complex (Lambarte)
The Jelgava bases base was deployed with R-12 (SS-4) Missiles.
The 29th. RVSN Division was headquartered in Siuliai, Lithuania. It was also deployed at Paplaka, Plunge (Plokstine), Dobele and Priekule.
The 29th. Division was part of the 50th Missile Army.
Jelgava was also a “Missile Elimination Site”, one of the sites designated to eliminates missile according to the reductions signed into the 1987 INF Treaty.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
The 307th. deployed two surface launch pad complexes and one silo complex (Lambarte)
The Jelgava bases base was deployed with R-12 (SS-4) Missiles.
The 29th. RVSN Division was headquartered in Siuliai, Lithuania. It was also deployed at Paplaka, Plunge (Plokstine), Dobele and Priekule.
The 29th. Division was part of the 50th Missile Army.
Jelgava was also a “Missile Elimination Site”, one of the sites designated to eliminates missile according to the reductions signed into the 1987 INF Treaty.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 56°35'40"N 24°4'7"E
- Jelgava (Zalite) Soviet R-12 (SS-4) Nuclear Missile Base 8.7 km
- Former soviet S-200 (SA-5 GAMMON) medium to high- altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) system site (abandoned). 26 km
- Former SAM battery site (S-300 (Russian: C-300, NATO: SA-10(A) GRUMBLE)) 36 km
- Abandoned airport 36 km
- Former Soviet Army communication regiment 45 km
- Former greenhouses area 45 km
- Military base, abandoned 48 km
- Ammunition warehouse of Mangaļsala battery 53 km
- Former USSR tank practice area 53 km
- Abandoned ammunition store 55 km
- Quarry Iecava 2 km
- Sidrabene parish 4.7 km
- Plāņi Forest 7.8 km
- Iecava Municipality 8.3 km
- Forest 8.4 km
- Kauliņu pļunka Forest 9 km
- Jaunsvirlauka parish 11 km
- Degu Meadow 11 km
- Vircava parish 16 km
- Ozolnieki municipality 17 km
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