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  • Castles, Forts and Military complexes,  England

    RAF Stenigot

    RAF base built in 1938, and was a part of the “Chain Home Network” during the second world war. In the beginning the radar consisted of eight tower antennae. Four transmitters and four receivers. There were used to detect incoming…

    By Abandoned 11. March 2020
  • Castles, Forts and Military complexes

    Albanian Bunkers

    Albania built approximately half a million bunkers between 1975 and 1989. The Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha feared that other countries wanted to invade Albania and overthrow him. He commanded that every municipality in the country should produce and build bunkers,…

    By Abandoned 8. July 2019
  • Castles, Forts and Military complexes,  Military,  Ukraine

    Duga Radar

    The Duga was a Soviet “Over the horizon” radar system, and was a part of the Soviet missile defence early warning system that operated from July 1976 to December 1989. The first signals (probably from a predecessor) were detected in…

    By Abandoned 3. July 2019
  • Castles, Forts and Military complexes,  Greece

    The forgotten tanks of Lesvos

    The island of Lesvos is less than 10km from the Turkish main land, and the two countries have a long history full of conflicts. Several places along the island’s coast, tanks like this one can be found, dug halfway into…

    By Abandoned 18. September 2013

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