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Smirnykh (Russian: Смирных) is an abandoned Russian Air Force airbase in Sakhalin, Russia located 2 km east of the village of the same name. It appeared in June 1966 KH-7 imagery with a runway length of 2,000 m. It was expanded sometime after this to 2,500 m with a new extension of revetments added.
It was the largest Soviet base abroad in the 1940s to 1950s. Cam Ranh Base Vietnam: 1979–2002 Pasha Liman Base, Vlore Albania: 1955–1962 It was the only Soviet base in the Mediterranean in the 1950s. [5] Porkkala Naval Base Finland: 1944–1956 Signals intelligence facility. Rostock East Germany: 1949–1990 Signals intelligence facility ...
Bechevinka (Russian: Бечевинка) was a naval base of the Soviet and Russian Navies in a remote portion of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It was established in the 1960s for use by submarines of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. The site was abandoned in 1996 and is currently a tourist destination as a ghost town.
After the Cold War Soviet troops abandoned their former headquarters which have remained off limits to the public since their inhabitance. Exploring the 'Forbidden City,' a former Soviet military base
The base would then be abandoned each spring. The airfield was intended for staging and dispersal for the Soviet Union's Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-22 bomber force. [citation needed] The position of Aspidnoye on the shore of the Arctic Ocean would have given it access to northern resupply ship routes for fuel supplies.
Soviet chemical weapons program (2 C, 30 P) Pages in category "Abandoned military projects of the Soviet Union" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
It is a remote, large bomber staging base that was either abandoned during construction or commissioned for emergency use. [1] It was probably built around 1960 as a forward deployment base for the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and abandoned shortly afterward. [1] Its status and condition are unknown.
The airbase was built in the 1950s and abandoned in the 1990s. In 1955, Dolon was one of only six Soviet bases capable of handling the Myasishchev M-4 (Bison) bomber. The 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was created at Dolon in 1957. The Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack) was temporarily deployed to Dolon in the late 1980s.