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Because WW3 would have taken place across the North Pole?
That caught my eye as well. No idea, but guesses are to give additional reaction time for US missiles coming over the top. Secondary guess for logistics. Very little infrastructure above that latitude. Rail access better along the route.
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Was there ever a minimum pre-warning time guaranteed from one of the treaties?
Also they seem to be located on a circle slightly offset from the pole on 180°W/E. There would have been a branch of the Transsib North of Lake Baikal as well, but they placed them south which fits that circle better.
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And at some point I think nuclear weapons with the ability to be launched across the poles were banned by agreement?? Or was it just the south pole???? <-- Probably the last, since it would circumvent the different alerting lines covering the north...
Crikey, look at that one up in Ugol whateveritsnameis - top right!
It says stockpile.
What was the thinking putting that there?
EDIT: more info: Anadyr-1
and:
https://englishrussia.com/2015/04/13...l-of-chukotka/
and:
https://weirdrussia.com/2014/07/07/a...e-in-chukotka/
"Among the variety of abandoned military bases in post-Soviet Russia, Anadyr-1 (Gudym) is possibly the eeriest one. Located in the close proximity to the ideological enemy – the United States of America, it used to store nuclear warheads for the missile base which had targeted Alaska, Washington state, California and South Dakota...."
It says stockpile.
What was the thinking putting that there?
EDIT: more info: Anadyr-1
and:
https://englishrussia.com/2015/04/13...l-of-chukotka/
and:
https://weirdrussia.com/2014/07/07/a...e-in-chukotka/
"Among the variety of abandoned military bases in post-Soviet Russia, Anadyr-1 (Gudym) is possibly the eeriest one. Located in the close proximity to the ideological enemy – the United States of America, it used to store nuclear warheads for the missile base which had targeted Alaska, Washington state, California and South Dakota...."
Last edited by tartare; 29th Jul 2020 at 01:58.
Thanks tartare - sad to see the reason given on the weirdrussia site about how the locals came to call the base "Gudym" - I'm sure there's a story there.
