![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Zhaslyk | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summary | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
|
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.