Russia may have updraded nuclear weapons storage site in Kaliningrad: Satellite images
Tehran (KNA) - Russia may have upgraded a nuclear weapons storage bunker in its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad amid rising tensions between Moscow and NATO, a report suggests.
On Monday, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) published satellite photographs that apparently show the weapons bunker wedged between Lithuania and Poland has been under major renovation since 2016.
Hans Kristensen, the director of the nuclear information project at FAS, said in a blog post that the facility, situated about 50 kilometers from the Polish border, has been extended underground and given a new roof in recent months "presumably to return (to) operational status soon."
"It's a site we have been monitoring for quite some time and there have been some upgrades in the past but nothing as dramatic as this one. This is the first time we've seen one of the nuclear bunkers being excavated and apparently renovated," Kristensen said.
He, however, said that "the satellite images do not provide conclusive answers" to "questions about what the operational status of the site is."
"The features of the site suggest it could potentially serve Russian Air Force or Navy dual-capable forces. But it could also be a joint site, potentially servicing nuclear warheads for Air Force, Navy, Army, air-defense, and coastal defense forces in the region," Kristensen wrote.
Source: Press TV