In Latvia began to dismantle the last Soviet base for nuclear missiles – RBC

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In Latvia began to dismantle the last Soviet base for nuclear missiles.

In the East of Latvia, work began on the dismantling of base nuclear missiles built in the Soviet times. We are talking about the elimination of a huge underground complex

according to the publication Delfi with reference to the head of the company Demontaza.lv Martynia Malnieks, it faces the challenge to dismantle the missile complex “Dvina R-12″, which is located near the city of Gulbene. Just have to disassemble mine and four underground command center.

According to Malnieks actually have to dismantle the 10-story underground concrete building. Work involving powerful excavators with hydraulic hammers and shears for cutting rebar will take about six months. The cost of dismantling is estimated at €189906.

Over the past few years in Latvia was destroyed several missile bases abandoned after the departure of the Soviet army. As pointed out by the edition of LSM, the right of the dismantling was a competition, as in the complexes of left a lot of non-ferrous metals.

Only in Latvia were at least 12 missile bases.