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 at site 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 18N, 127 55 41E - control site

• silo 26K: 51 23 07N, 127 52 52E

• silo 27K: 51 24 24N, 128 03 36E

• silo 29K: 51 21 24N, 127 59 16E

• silo 30K: 51 31 09N, 127 50 59E

• silo 34K: 51 25 27N, 127 57 56E

• silo 36K: 51 18 42N, 127 52 54E

• silo 37K: 51 26 35N, 127 49 44E