79th Guards Missile Regiment
Missile · Russia
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Operated R-12 missiles on 8 pads and 4 silos 1960-1978, including service in Cuba in 1962, precipitating the Missile Crisis. Transferred to Yurya, operated 9 Pioner launchers 1980-1984, then 9 Topol launchers 1985-2004.
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Subtopics
- Alsedziai alternate IRBM base. Inactive by 1967.
- Sagua la Grande I IRBM base. Cuba, 1962.
- Sagua la Grande II IRBM base. Cuba, 1962.
- Salantai 1 IRBM base. 4 R-12 pads.
- Salantai 2 IRBM base. 4 R-12 pads.
- Telsiai alternate IRBM base. Inactive by 1967.
- Yurya BSP-17 ICBM base. 2 R-16 pads 1964-1976. Pioner launchers 1980-1984; Topol launchers 1985-2004.
- Zemaiciu Kalvarija IRBM base. 4 R-12U silos.
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