Below are the pictures of an abandoned air defense missile battalion 10 km away from the city of Sevastopol in the Crimea. Around a dozen of similar objects in the region used to be a property of a huge country that ceased to exist.
Entrance to the former military unit. No traffic control barrier is left. Air defense systems C-125 were used to fight low-level aerodynamic targets both pilot and unmanned within the range of 20-18000 meters.
The poles with bared wire remind us that once the place was filled with guards. The С-125s were placed along the borders of the former USSR as a part of the antiaircraft defense system and were actively sold to other countries.
A former warehouse and a boiler-house at the background. Some counties successfully used the weapon for the purpose intended.Thus, 9 planes were brought down and 3 planes were damaged in Egypt in 1970 (Soviet data), 43 planes were brought down in Syria in 1973 (Syrian data) and a stealth aircraft F-117 was crashed in Yugoslavia in 1999.
No bricks are left on the ground.
It seems strange that the sign plate is still there.
The inside is worn out.
A boiler-house.
The house was occupied by officers and their families. The exterior finish is totally lacking.
It does not seem that you are welcome here.
Remains of furnishing that was usual at Soviet times.
The window area is already occupied by a bush.
Can you believe that the place was once a comfortable apartment taken care by officers’ wives?
The cap left on the tree is quite symbolic.
The ground used by soldiers for training is now covered with grass.
A fountain.
The barracks and the dining-room.
The lodging.
A traditional corridor.
A dining-room.
Next to a broken window.
A wash-stand and entrance to the WC.
The monument to the warriors perished while freeing Sevastopol in 1944 is semi-destructed.
The eternal flame.
Missile launchers were located right here.
There was a need in communication lines as the launchers were situated at a distance from the barracks.
Open cuts located nearby.
The sea. Being a soldier here was probably pleasant enough as compared to other military units of the USSR.
Location: Sevastopol
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A. Bunka here. In Serbia (a military action under Clinton which I vehemently opposed, and whose repercussions are still being felt today)the AWACS turned this system “off”.
Superior American Technology
They should have built everything from same stuff as the hat. Would be in better conditions today.
Beautiful Country.
Is just perfect place to made there some camp to play ASG
the eternal flame has gone out
Since you brought it up, remember how peaceful and successful Yugoslavia was under socialism and Josip Tito? I think the fall of socialism turned this place off.
Very peaceful because everyone was prohibited from free speach and the ability to live free
Sorry, no, you’re thinking Stalinist E. Europe. Read about how different Yugoslavia was. I also knew someone who lived there back in the 70-80s.
Please some source
It wasn’t Capitalism vs Socialism that broke up Yugoslavia. It was the rise of latent, brutal tribalism that pushes Europeans to self destruct every once in a while.
on the wall (picture 9) it says “slaves, hang yourself”.
in russian army the younger soldiers are considered used by older soldiers as some kind of slaves. And, it’s almost true, because these younger became older soldiers in 1-1.5 years, and do the same.
Not for real with “Duchi” taliban are meant.
Actually 3 F-117 where shot down by the Serbs and two f-16´s and some Apache´s. The aggression pact blamed “bad weather” or some “malfunctioning”. The AWACS was very much ON thank you.
Nobody can lie like the US Air Force.
Nature takes it’s time, but in due course it proves it is the greatest force on this planet. Serbia was a tragedy.
С-125 was an epic fiasco and one of the biggest military failures of the Soviet Union.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mole_Cricket_19
Such sites across the once-great country just hundreds.
As I was on a military fuel depot and lubricants, which is hidden in the woods. The whole warehouse is located on 50 acres of woods and there is enough fuel for the war in 6 months.
And now it is all leaking into the water table
Last!