Tauragė Nuclear Missile Base

Lithuania / Taurages / Taurage /
 military, historical layer / disappeared object
The Tauragė Facility consists of two bases with 4 launch pads each, a South Base (the location given in the INF Treaty) and a North Base. They are approximately 8 kilometers apart (this is north). According to inscriptions found in Tauragė South, the battery was deployed on April 18th, 1960.The SS-4 Missiles were removed in 1988 and the base was transferred to a motorized infantry regiment. This was withdrawn from Lithuania in 1992.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
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Coordinates:   55°9'53"N   22°20'29"E

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  • Один из двух наземных ракетных дивизионов 637-го Ракетного Полка, 58-й Ракетной дивизии. Полк базировался на Таураге. Дивизия на Каунас. На вооружении полка стояла ракета Р-12 (8К63). В каждом дивизионе находилось четыре Пусковых Установки.
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