179th Missile Regiment

179-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 97687

Activated 11.66 in Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast, under the 27th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 1967 with 10 UR-100 (SS-11) silos in area BRK-3.

The regiment stood down 1973, and began conversion to the UR-100K missile - alert duty from 1973.

Disbanded 1994.

US designation: Svobodnyy ICBM complex (Launch Group K). Type IIID silos.

Svobodnyy ICBM complex (Launch Group K):

• silo 9K: 51 28 16N, 128 03 42E
• silo 24K: 51 30 38N, 127 58 12E
• silo 25K: 51 27 15N, 127 55 45E - control site
• silo 26K: 51 23 07N, 127 52 52E
• silo 27K: 51 24 24N, 128 03 36E
• silo 29K: 51 20 54N, 127 59 38E
• silo 30K: 51 31 09N, 127 50 59E
• silo 34K: 51 23 19N, 127 58 15E
• silo 36K: 51 19 42N, 127 54 44E
• silo 37K: 51 26 35N, 127 49 48E