Znamensk (Зна́менск) IRBM (Intermediate range ballistic missile) R-12 (SS-4 Mod 1 Sandal) deployment base.

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

4 surface launch pads. Znamensk.

Second base is 5,4 km. northwest (there is always minimum 2 sets of four launch pads).

Znamensk was home to RVSN 50th. Missile Army, 24th. Division, 330th. Regiment. Znamensk was decommissioned in 1989, the 24th. Division was decommissioned in 1990.

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Coordinates:   54°32'42"N   21°11'15"E

Comments

  • Знаменск - южный. Позиционный район ракет Р-12, 4 наземных стартовых позиции.
  • позиционный район второго дивизиона 330 ракетного полка 24 ракетной дивизии 50 ракетной армии РВСН СССР. С дежурства снят в 1989 году.
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