Soviet missile bases for the Strategic Missile Forces were built along the entire western border of the USSR and were equipped mainly with medium-range missiles aimed at Europe. In the sixties and seventies of the XX century, such bases were one of the most secret objects - they had several security perimeters and a highly classified location on the map, and the military from the Strategic Missile Forces unit often wore the uniform of the air force.
In Soviet times, the missile forces were called the «Shield of the Motherland», although in fact it was a weapon of attack, not defense. For many fans of the USSR, the rocket troops are a symbol of the «military might of the country».
3 апр 2021
