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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Putin's military base in the far North revealed: Moscow tells the West 'this is our land' and reveals huge complex that can operate nuclear bombers and bristles with missiles and radar
2021-05-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The Nagurskoye airbase in the Franz Josef Land archipelago was built in the Cold War as a weather station

  • It has now been heavily militarised with missiles, a radar system and a runway handling nuclear bombers

  • It comes amid increasing tensions in the Arctic with global competition for the oil and gas rich area
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Posted by:Skidmark

#5  I bet that place has quite the night life.
Posted by: Slappy   2021-05-19 22:04  

#4  Note the many analog, binary switches.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-05-19 19:20  

#3  Meanwhile, China is trying to decide if they want Taiwan or Siberia more...
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-05-19 07:59  

#2  What? The pic with the door behind the man labeled both in Russian and English??? Or is "EXIT" just a glyph/icon for the Russians?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-05-19 07:40  

#1  "What news, Ivanoff,
of our cold cold base
in the thistles?
Does it now get enough
cat calls and whistles?"

"Да, Comrade Colonel Ljubov.
14000 km² of Russian metal,
concrete, asphalt, potatoes
and the choicest frizzle.
And it bristles with huge missiles."
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-05-19 03:54  

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