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Pydna is a former
Pydna
Former United States military installations in Germany Installations of the United States Air Force in Germany Music venues in Germany {{rocket-stub
Pydna is a former American
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missile base in Kastellaun, Germany named Wueschheim Air Station.
Nuclear-equipped MGM-1 Matador, MGM-13 Mace, MIM-14 Nike Hercules
The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but ...
and BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile
The Ground Launched Cruise Missile, or GLCM, (officially designated BGM-109G Gryphon) was a ground-launched cruise missile developed by the United States Air Force in the last decade of the Cold War and disarmed under the INF Treaty.
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s were stationed here.
It now hosts Nature One
Nature One is one of the largest European open air electronic music festivals, featuring many renowned DJs from Germany and all over the world. In significance it is not as big as Mayday nor as old, having started three years later than the M ...
, a famous open-air electronic music festival.
Festival facilities now use the same bunkers that were once home to 64 Ground-Launch Cruise Missiles (GLCM) (BGM-109), Tactical Nuclear Missiles, under the operational control of the 38th Tactical Missile Wing of the United States Air Force.
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Pydna
Former United States military installations in Germany Installations of the United States Air Force in Germany Music venues in Germany {{rocket-stub