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Turisalu Missile Hangar

Türisalu, Estonia

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe. 

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Missile Hanger as seen from the outside. http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/turisalu_... (http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/turisalu_base.html)
Missile Hanger as seen from the outside. http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/turisalu_... (http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/turisalu_base.html)
Missile Hanger as seen from the inside. http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/turisalu_... (http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/turisalu_base.html)
The hangars have been fenced off but now only rows of posts are all that is left from the wire fences
Turisalu Missile Hangar Exterior ketil (Atlas Obscura User)
Turisalu Missile Hangar Interior ketil (Atlas Obscura User)
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A missile hangar in the former Soviet base in Türisalu, this site is one of the bases where the Soviet Union had set up short and medium range missiles with nuclear warheads pointed at western Europe. This site also hosted SA-5 anti-aircraft missiles.

Aside from that, very little is known about the missile hangar, which has been abandoned for years. There are no restaurants or places to stay anywhere in the area; it is completely isolated.

The site might be demolished in the coming years as there is a proposal to establish a wind farm in the area to generate huge amounts of renewable energy.

Know Before You Go

The base is about 25 kilometers west of Tallinn, between Naage and Keila Joa.

cold war soviet history military history abandoned military ruins architectural oddities architecture
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