Me in front of a SS18

This was actually the last “must” on this journey. I first I would visit it tomorrow but I got here well before closing so I went straight in.

There ar not som many countries having this type of branch in the military.

It’s not so much to say about it. All soviet missile bases were destroyed, except for this one which they made into a museum. Ukrainian armed forces have proclaimed not to have any nuclear weapons any more. Soviet never fired a rocket from Ukrainian soil so they were all built for nothing – what luck!

Flags are important – and nice.

It was just some Ukrainians, a French couple and me for the tour. Very nice. The guide spoke nothing with roman letters but he had a transcript of all what he said. And it was important that we followed and read the right part. He showed us several times where to read.

Just checking

The first part, in a museum with models was not that interesting but then a former soldier, who worked here, continued the tour. First outside, above ground, where he showed us the different rockets.

The guide is pointing at the command room at the bottom, where we would go later.

Then we went under ground. We were about to enter a control silo. Every launch site had a silo containing the controls. At all times there were soldiers present who could follow orders and initialize a strike. The best part was going down the 30 meters in a tiny lift.

First steps down

Instead of writing more here, please read the text to the pictures.

I wonder what kind of licence you need to drive this?

The most important thing of all, the GRAY bottom. To initialize a launch. I pushed it!

The french couple 

At the end the Rachel and Florent, the French couple and me spoke, they were really nice. Thanks for the comment, I hope I have everything right now.