Saryozek Soviet Missile Base
Kazakhstan /
Almaty /
Saryozek /
World
/ Kazakhstan
/ Almaty
/ Saryozek
World / Kazakhstan / Almaty
abandoned / shut down, strategic rocket forces, nuclear waste storage
Saryozek was headquarters for the 68th. Brigade of the RVSN.
This is one of the three RVSN R-14 (SS-5) Missile Bases around Saryozek (there is also two Chusovaya Silo Launch Complex'es at Saryozek). This particular base is identical to the SS-5 base at Nigrande in Latvia (56°31’6” N 22°2’10”E).
Saryozek was also designated Missile Elimination Site for the TR-1 (SS-12 Scaleboard) and the R-400 Oka (SS-23 Spider) missiles, banned by the 1987 INF Treaty. At this site, 239 TR-1’s and 718 R-400’s were eliminated, under inspection by the Americans, as mandated by the INF Treaty.
If you zoom in on the green stuff at the South-Western corner of the base you can see that the “stuff” is really empty missile canisters, just lying around.
Some pix from similar bases: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
I will visit the site (if it is accessible).
This is one of the three RVSN R-14 (SS-5) Missile Bases around Saryozek (there is also two Chusovaya Silo Launch Complex'es at Saryozek). This particular base is identical to the SS-5 base at Nigrande in Latvia (56°31’6” N 22°2’10”E).
Saryozek was also designated Missile Elimination Site for the TR-1 (SS-12 Scaleboard) and the R-400 Oka (SS-23 Spider) missiles, banned by the 1987 INF Treaty. At this site, 239 TR-1’s and 718 R-400’s were eliminated, under inspection by the Americans, as mandated by the INF Treaty.
If you zoom in on the green stuff at the South-Western corner of the base you can see that the “stuff” is really empty missile canisters, just lying around.
Some pix from similar bases: www.flickr.com/photos/martintrolle/sets/
I will visit the site (if it is accessible).
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°31'45"N 77°46'23"E
- Chusovaya SS-5 (R-14U) Nuclear Missile Complex 6.5 km
- Территория промбазы вч 13212 94 km
- Abandoned SAM site 107 km
- Заброшенная воинская часть Чилик 111 km
- Воинская часть 139 km
- Underground Trade House and Parking 158 km
- The Foster Towers 160 km
- Cholpon-Ata Airport 216 km
- Парк учебной техники 231 km
- Rare earth mine 273 km
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