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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
[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 || 05/19/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11134 views] Top|| File under:

#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 || 05/19/2021 3:54 Comments || Top||

#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 || 05/19/2021 7:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Meanwhile, China is trying to decide if they want Taiwan or Siberia more...
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 05/19/2021 7:59 Comments || Top||

#4  Note the many analog, binary switches.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/19/2021 19:20 Comments || Top||

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



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