Destroying munitions at the former Pape airfield
You can also find seven or eight craters in the forested dunes around the area. Some are full of water, and local livestock sometimes use these as drinking holes.
At one place near Pape, you can still see the mast of a ship out in the sea. It was once a target for Soviet military flights. You can also find seven or eight craters in the forested dunes around the area. Some are full of water, and local livestock sometimes use these as drinking holes. The craters appeared in 1987, when the Soviet military blew up piles of munitions from World War I and World War II, as well as out-of-date munitions of the Soviet military itself. It is said that the explosion was so massive that the windows broke at the Jūrmalciems Cultural Building that is more than 10 kilometres away.
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The Pape airfield was used for arms training in Soviet times, with bombs being dropped on specific targets. The facility is owned by the regional local government and is not used. There are sunken ships and targets in the sea. |
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