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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

Posted by: Skidmark 2021-05-19
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=602212