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At an altitude of 1518m on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines there is a now disused NATO base.
The former NATO base was built in 1956. It was used during the Cold War and remained in operation until 1995. Coded military messages were sent from here to all the other NATO bases in the Mediterranean. Allied Command Europe Highband, better known as ACE High, was a fixed service NATO radiocommunication and early warning system dating back to 1956. The system was designed to be a combined UHF troposcatter/microwave radio system, providing long-range communications in the form of telephone, telegraph and data traffic in the NATO chain of command. There used to be 49 troposcatter links augmented by 40 Line Of Sight Microwave terrestrial stations, located in nine different NATO countries from northern Norway through central Europe to eastern Turkey. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACE_High |
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It was abandoned in 1995.
Mi fa venire in mente quella sera che, nel mezzo della boscaglia che ricopre la cima dell'Aspromonte, mi apparvero le rovine spettrali della base NATO di Monte Nardello. Per fortuna a poche centinaia di metri c'era una vociante colonia di ragazzi, vicino ai quali potei trascorrere la notte senza incubi.
Ho anche un "panorama dormiente" di luglio scorso, scattato sulla cima che sta dirimpetto al Dosso dei Galli, con la vecchia stazione radio NATO che ben si nota durante la magica traversata Maniva - Croce Dominii. Che diventa ancora meglio nella versione integrale: Anfo - Baremone - Maniva - Croce Dominii.
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