People take a selfie at the abandoned former Soviet R12 nuclear missile launch site in Zeltini. "Those missiles could reach a radius of 2,000 km (1,250 miles)," said Ilgonis Upmalis, a former member of the Soviet military and an 80-year-old expert on Soviet military bases in Latvia. Former Soviet Army officer Vladimir Procenko shows a picture of the Soviet R12 nuclear missile near the abandoned launch site in Zeltini, Latvia, July 22, 2016. The Soviet military was deployed in 24 of Latvia's 26 regions, Upmalis said. The Zeltini missile launch site, operational during the Cold War years from 1962 to 1984 when Latvia was under Soviet rule, at one time concealed at least eight nuclear missiles in its hangars.

Source: Thanhnien News July 25, 2016 15:11 UTC