542nd Missile Regiment

542-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 54025

Activated 6.60 in Yasnaya (Olovyannaya), Chita Oblast, under the 124th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 47th Missile Division.

The regiment controlled site BSP-23 with 3 R-16 (SS-7) silos - alert duty from 3.65.

The regiment stood down in 1977, and was disbanded 8.12.77.

US designation 1960-1977: Olovyannaya ICBM complex (Launch site C, later launch site 3). Type IIIA silos.

Olovyannaya ICBM complex (Launch site 3) (51 01 10N, 115 57 11E):