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Plokštinė missile base, Lithuania - August 20, 2015: An abandoned nuclear missile silo at the Soviet-era Plokštinė missile base, now a museum, located in Lithuania’s Zemaitija National Park. The undergound base and its four silos began operation on December 31, 1962, housing Soviet R-12 Dvina ballistic medium-range missiles. Decommissioned in 1974, a Cold War museum was opened at the site in 2012.
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Plokštinė missile base, Lithuania - August 20, 2015: An abandoned nuclear missile silo at the Soviet-era Plokštinė missile base, now a museum, located in Lithuania’s Zemaitija National Park. The undergound base and its four silos began operation on December 31, 1962, housing Soviet R-12 Dvina ballistic medium-range missiles. Decommissioned in 1974, a Cold War museum was opened at the site in 2012.