Sunday, February 14, 2010

Where In The World?

Since nobody got the last one, I made this one a bit easier. 

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UPDATE: Congrats to Captain Ned!  This is Rybachiy Submarine Base. 

From Global Security. 

The primary Pacific Fleet operating bases are Pavlovskoye [Pavlovsk] near Vladivostok and Rybachiy near Petropavlovsk. Petropavlovsk is home to much of Russia’s Pacific nuclear submarine fleet.

Located on the far-eastern frontier of Russia and the former Soviet Union, Kamchatka has always been of strategic importance. Home to the Pacific nuclear submarine fleet at the secret Rybachy base, the Peninsula was a closed region for many decades, until the early 1990s. Even today, a decade after the Cold War’s end, Russia continues to maintain a heavy military presence on the Peninsula, and many areas of Kamchatka remain off-limits. Located across Avacha Bay, the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is the industrial, scientific and cultural center of Kamchatka.

Rybachiy is an inspectable submarine facility under the START-1 agreement. The United States and the Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on 31 July 1991. When START entered into force on 05 December 1994, the signatories began to implement the Treaty’s complex set of intrusive inspection and verification measures. As part of START’s verification provisions, each signatory was required to declare all facilities related to ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and heavy bombers. The former Soviet Union (FSU) has declared over five dozen START-inspectable sites in all categories, including five SLBM facilities and six submarine facilities.

(10) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1946 hrs
Off-Duty + Fun With Maps

  1. It’s a Soviet/Russian submarine base; still working on the details.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 14, 2010 at 2103 hrs


  2. Bechyovinka

    Posted by GAMazy on February 14, 2010 at 2149 hrs


  3. Close.

    Posted by Owen on February 14, 2010 at 2154 hrs


  4. Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base

    http://wikimapia.org/118355/Rybachiy-Russian-Nuclear-Submarine-Base

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 14, 2010 at 2208 hrs


  5. Pavlovsk Bay

    Posted by GAMazy on February 14, 2010 at 2210 hrs


  6. Nope.

    Posted by Owen on February 14, 2010 at 2222 hrs


  7. Rybachiy Submarine Base, in Avacha Gulf (Krasheninnikov Bay)

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 14, 2010 at 2225 hrs


  8. Sorry, Captain Ned- I didn’t hit refresh before sending.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 14, 2010 at 2227 hrs


  9. Congrats to Captain Ned!  See, I told you this one would be easier.

    Posted by Owen on February 14, 2010 at 2233 hrs


  10. Congrats, Ned.  I was looking on the wrong continent.

    Did we ever get an answer on the last one?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 15, 2010 at 1043 hrs


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