Cold war bases West Germany

[SpringHeeledJack]

I was over the last week in the west part of Germany/East Luxembourg/North Eastern France and was reminded of the number of cold war bases that were situated in this area.

My question is simply were these bases so situated as to allow the aircraft, many of them nuclear equipped, extra time to disperse and carry out their planned missions should the 'balloon go up' ?

Obviously there were other considerations, but it just seemed that there were less bases on the eastern side of what was West Germany at the time. However, there were Russian bases almost on the border with east/west Germany that would have had them over their targets in minutes...


regards


SHJ

[Krystal n chips]

Obviously there were other considerations


Yep ! notably that the locations allowed me my personal dispersal around that part of Europe with little or no effort during my two Gov't sponsored holidays in the area ( with some work at times..sadly ). :ok::E

Sorry, I know it's not the answer to your question but the tactical reason for the locations was never high on my "need to know" list. :)