Former Soviet IRBM (Intermediate range ballistic missile) R-12 (SS-4 Mod 1 Sandal) deployment base

Russia / Kaliningrad / Slavsk /
 ruins, abandoned / shut down, closed / former military, strategic rocket forces

Two bases, each with four surface launch pads. Sovetsk was home to RVSN 50th. Missile Army, 24th. Division, 25th. Regiment. Sovetsk was decommissioned in 1990, the same year as the 24th. Division was decommissioned in 1990.
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Coordinates:   54°59'21"N   21°36'38"E
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