Znamensk (Зна́менск) IRBM (Intermediate range ballistic missile) R-12 (SS-4 Mod 1 Sandal) deployment base.
Russia /
Kaliningrad /
Znamensk /
World
/ Russia
/ Kaliningrad
/ Znamensk
, 11 km from center (Знаменск)
World / Russia / Kaliningrad
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.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
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.
Pix at: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-12_Dvina
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°32'42"N 21°11'15"E
- Znamensk (Зна́менск) Soviet Nuclear Missile Base 6.7 km
- Gvardeysk (Гварде́йск, Tapiau) R-5M (SS-3) Nuclear Missile Base 16 km
- Gvardeysk (Гварде́йск, Tapiau) R-5M (SS-3) Nuclear Missile Base 24 km
- Military fuel station 32 km
- Former military shooting range 40 km
- 37th Air Assault (Reserves) Brigade (Chernyakhovsk) 43 km
- Cemetery (old German) 43 km
- Soviet R-12 (SS-4) Missile Base 60 km
- Soviet R-12 (SS-4) Missile Base 60 km
- Armament Storage Base (№14020 ?) 65 km
- Helipad 4.1 km
- Allenburg Church (1405) 5.8 km
- Althof's estate in the village of Pesochnoye 7.7 km
- Pravdinsky municipal district 10 km
- Gvardeysky urban district 15 km
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