Nīgrande Soviet IRBM (Intermediate range ballistic missile) R-14 (SS-5 Mod 1 Skean) Base.
Latvia /
Kuldigas /
Skrunda /
World
/ Latvia
/ Kuldigas
/ Skrunda
World / Latvia / Kurzeme
military, abandoned / shut down, closed / former military, strategic rocket forces
4 surface launch pads. Nīgrande.
Nigrande was the base of the 344th. RVSN Regiment, (headquartered in Priekule, Latvia) of the 29th. Missile Division (headquartered in Siuliai, Lithuania). The 29th. Division belonged to the 50th. Missile Army
The 344th. also operated the Chusovaya Complex’es in Vainode and Nikrace.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
Nigrande was the base of the 344th. RVSN Regiment, (headquartered in Priekule, Latvia) of the 29th. Missile Division (headquartered in Siuliai, Lithuania). The 29th. Division belonged to the 50th. Missile Army
The 344th. also operated the Chusovaya Complex’es in Vainode and Nikrace.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 56°31'3"N 22°2'33"E
- Vainode Soviet IRBM (Intermediate range ballistic missile) R-14U (SS-5 Mod 2 Skean) deployment base. 14 km
- Vainode Air Base 16 km
- Former soviet S-200 54 km
- Former USSR naval warehouses 63 km
- Former Šateikiai nuclear missile base 63 km
- Former soviet S-200 (SA-5 GAMMON) medium to high- altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) system site (abandoned) 92 km
- Abandoned Soviet Army goods store 99 km
- Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre 117 km
- Highway landing strip 254 km
- Visby Airport 259 km
- Forest 4.7 km
- Shop - cafe 4.8 km
- Laurupītes Pond 5.2 km
- Rītiņi 6.5 km
- Nīgrande parish 7.3 km
- Pampāļi parish 7.8 km
- Nikrace civil parish 9 km
- Zaņa parish 11 km
- Vaiņode parish 18 km
- Skrunda parish 20 km