Zhaslyk (airfield)
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| Location | 9 km northeast of Zhaslyk, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||
| Time zone | +5 () | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 423 ft / 129 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°03′16″N 57°32′52″E / 44.05444°N 57.54778°E | ||||||||||
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Zhaslyk was a airfield of the Soviet Armed Forces located 9 km north-east of Zhaslyk in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. In English-language sources it is designated Beleuli North.[1]
It was built in the mid-1980s to serve the “Eighth Chemical Defense Station” located near Zhaslyk, intended for testing chemical weapons and means of protection against them.[2][3] The test site was operated by military personnel from units stationed in Nukus: a chemical testing regiment (Military Unit Number (V/ch) 44105) and a center for the development of means of protection against chemical weapons (military unit 26382).[4] For aviation support of the test site, the 287th separate test aviation squadron (Antonov An-26 aircraft, Mi-8 helicopters), based at the Nukus Airport, was used.
References
[edit]- ^ "Beleuli North - Russian Airfield Index". www.weathergraphics.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.; Galima Bukharbaeva (21 February 2005). "РЕПОРТАЖ ИЗ УЗБЕКСКОЙ ТЮРЬМЫ". Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
- ^ Риза Хасанов (September 12, 2022). "Остров заражения. Как СССР испытывал биологическое оружие на животных и людях посреди Аральского моря". Новая газета (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-02.
- ^ "Uzbek Prison Brutality". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ politcom (2022-07-02). "ПРОТЕСТЫ КАРАКАЛПАКОВ В УЗБЕКИСТАНЕ. ЧТО ЗА ЭТИМ СТОИТ?". Политком (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-02.
- "DAILY SNAP MAY 5 1992 | CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov)". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- Buryukov, V; Karpov, V; Chemical-Defense Facility's Safety Precautions Defended, "Trud," April 15, 1992