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UER Forum > Archived World > Soviet Nuclear Missile Silo, Lambarte (Misa), Latvia (Viewed 335 times) grauztiLv  Location: Riga Gender: Male Grauzti.lv Latvian abandoned places are there  |  |  Soviet Nuclear Missile Silo, Lambarte (Misa), Latvia < on 8/25/2010 2:17 AM >   Hello world, We payed a visit to one of the most spectacular Soviet military facilities ever built in our country. The silos ( there are a total of 4 ) you will see in below pictures were housing the same R-12 type ballistic missiles, that caused the Cuban crisis back in 1962. Just a quick fact to catch your attention - they were 22meters /72 feet in length and weighed whopping 50 tonnes. To house them, they built a 3 story underground base with 4 silos about 30meters/100feet deep. The layout, without much of a surprise - is "X" like. As of this moment the landscape of this place has changed beyond recognition, thanks to metal scraper's effort. Not only that they dismounted every single steel piece of the base, which basically means tearing it apart, they also contaminated to nearby area with sewer waters from the depths of the silos ( see the photo with water close-up ). Arguably, it may contain highly toxic nitric acid, which was used as an oxidizer for the rocket thrusters. So the photos below is what it used to look like a little more than half a year ago. Usually this place is flooded, but this time we had the opportunity to actually walk through the silos and their corridors. Lower levels were still inaccessible though... We had to wear high rubber boots not to get our feet wet. At that point the metal scrapers had already started their thing (note the hole in the silo dome ). The remarkable things that were still there then - huge electric motors responsible for moving the dome of the silo and the elevator used to get to the bottom of the silo. Click to enlarge: Dome covering the silo. The big hole is a greeting from "our best friends". A shot made from the hole above. This is how flooded the place was. And this is the time when the water level was the lowest. 1st floor. The cross section of the "X" like corridors. Note the little walls in the water, that form something like canals - they were meant for all the wiring and tubes. Normally you would have metal plates on them as a floor. Also there are a lot of wiring fixtures on the walls, which probably means that this place was a gold mine for scrapers with all that wiring still in place. The silo that was not ruined yet. We got in using the hatches on both sides. The red colored hatch on the bottom of the photo led to the elevator. The actual diameter of the silo was far more greater than it looks like in this photo. Compare with an average guy. See what I mean? The rockets themselves were only 2m/6.5feet in diameter. Looking at this photo made me wonder how did that rusted bridge endure our weight ( there were 3 of us ) The electric motor, responsible for moving/opening the silo dome. The second photo reveals some of the inner parts in remarkably good condition. Needless to say that this motor was one of the few left due to it's weight ( they ripped the concrete ceilings in other rooms so they could use the crane to lift it ). Same thing, but on the other side ( there were two for each dome ) - use the chap in the background, to see how big the thing was. This makes me think, that people who built this place werem't exactly sure about the safety of all the highly flammables and explosives located throughout the base, otherwise they would not install the same kind of blast doors, that they were using for bomb shelters in the interior section of the base. This illustrates just how badly polluted this place is. And this is not your usual hometown sewer water - you can actually see that the white stuff had formed something like a film over the surface. We were afraid to touch our boots afterwards. Especially, when there was a rumor going on, about the vapors of this stuff being hazardous as well, with us not having any protection at all. The map of the facility made by one of our friends. The rooms in the middle were on surface level, while the silos and corridors were underground. He also has a lot of photos of the surface level and they can be found at: http://www.flickr..../72157594469877183 You may visit us - http://www.grauzti.lv ( English translation is a work in progress. ) You may join us - On http://www.faceboo...lv/140050536024016 You may follow us - http://twitter.com/Grauzti_lapa [last edit 8/25/2010 2:22 AM by grauztiLv - edited 1 times] ***The administration of Grauzti site ( Latvian abandoned places are there www.grauzti.lv ) *** Twitter : @grauzti_lapa Facebook : facebook.com/GrauztiLv Youtube : grauztilv Bunker : bunkurs.lv Home : grauzti.lv Guerrillaexplorer066  Location: London, UK  |  |  Re: Soviet Nuclear Missile Silo, Lambarte (Misa), Latvia <Reply # 1 on 8/26/2010 6:39 PM >   Great stuff, shame the pictures are so teeny tiny. Can't really see the potential gorgeousness you're serving up. Website FB Superlocrian  Location: Austin, TX Gender: Male  |  Re: Soviet Nuclear Missile Silo, Lambarte (Misa), Latvia <Reply # 2 on 8/26/2010 6:54 PM >   wow! that sucks about the scrappers, but its still an incredible place. that water looks pretty bad, hope the possible stuff in the air didn't cause you guys any harm! grauztiLv  Location: Riga Gender: Male Grauzti.lv Latvian abandoned places are there  |  |  Re: Soviet Nuclear Missile Silo, Lambarte (Misa), Latvia <Reply # 3 on 8/27/2010 4:58 AM >   @bukowski_jr actually I intended quite the opposite. Click the thumbnail once, it will go to the hosting site. Click the photo and will open up in full resolution which is quite high * I wonder if mod could make "Click to enlarge" bold. I guess you cant really see it @Superlocrian Well, our lungs are still in place and none of us developed any forms of cancer. I guess we're all good. But, yes, you are absolutely right that place was ( there is not much left now ) very impressive. 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