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During the time of Peter the First, the first artillery battery was built here to repel attacks from the sea on Tallinn. Ports, railway facilities and other coastal battle stations were built. Many of the fortifications are still standing today and some of them are also accessible. Of the over 40 kilometers of tracks, 2.4 km are still usable today. There was also an officers' mess and a prison camp on the island.
After World War II, the Soviet Union built the largest mining factory in the entire Warsaw Pact on the island. Depot 2748 was secured with a double fence and was almost 10 hectares in size and was a restricted military area until 1991. To this day, as a result of the arms industry, many soils are heavily contaminated with oil and heavy metals. After Estonia's independence, the Red Army left the island. The mines were stored on concrete platforms in the middle of the forest and were transported by narrow-gauge railway.
One of the highlights on the mining island was the command post and bunker of an S-125, later S-300 rocket battery, which was built there in 1963. The S-300s have a range of 150 km and are still used by the Russian army today.
They were designed to defend against fighter aircraft and cruise missiles.
A battery usually consisted of a fire control radar and two starter vehicles.
Each starter vehicle was equipped with a guided missile container containing 4 missiles.
After World War II, the Soviet Union built the largest mining factory in the entire Warsaw Pact on the island. Depot 2748 was secured with a double fence and was almost 10 hectares in size and was a restricted military area until 1991. To this day, as a result of the arms industry, many soils are heavily contaminated with oil and heavy metals. After Estonia's independence, the Red Army left the island. The mines were stored on concrete platforms in the middle of the forest and were transported by narrow-gauge railway.
One of the highlights on the mining island was the command post and bunker of an S-125, later S-300 rocket battery, which was built there in 1963. The S-300s have a range of 150 km and are still used by the Russian army today.
They were designed to defend against fighter aircraft and cruise missiles.
A battery usually consisted of a fire control radar and two starter vehicles.
Each starter vehicle was equipped with a guided missile container containing 4 missiles.
