Jelgava (Zalite) Soviet R-12 (SS-4) Nuclear Missile Base
| abandoned / shut down, closed / former military, strategic rocket forces, nuclear weapons/warheads storage
Latvia /
Rigas /
Balozhi /
World
/ Latvia
/ Rigas
/ Balozhi
World / Lithuania / Panevezio
abandoned / shut down, closed / former military, strategic rocket forces, nuclear weapons/warheads storage
4 surface launch pads.
Jelgava (Zalite) 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.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
Jelgava (Zalite) 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.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 56°39'44"N 24°7'53"E
- Former Jelgava Soviet R-12 (SS-4) Nuclear Missile Base & Elimination Site 8.2 km
- Former soviet S-200 (SA-5 GAMMON) medium to high- altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) system site (abandoned). 19 km
- Abandoned airport 28 km
- Former SAM battery site (S-300 (Russian: C-300, NATO: SA-10(A) GRUMBLE)) 30 km
- Former greenhouses area 37 km
- Former Soviet Army communication regiment 37 km
- Military base, abandoned 39 km
- Former USSR tank practice area 45 km
- Ammunition warehouse of Mangaļsala battery 46 km
- Abandoned ammunition store 46 km
- Purini 4.3 km
- Lazdas 4.9 km
- Iecava Municipality 7.4 km
- Forest 7.9 km
- Smerdukslis bog 11 km
- Sidrabene parish 11 km
- Forest 14 km
- Olaine municipality 15 km
- Baldone parish 16 km
- Ķekava parish 17 km
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