The second stage of special construction has started in the military towns of the Eastern Command, located in the Arctic zone, the Head of the Eastern Command press-service, Colonel Alexander Gordeev, told journalists in Moscow. According to him, construction materials and the unloading of equipment has been completed in the area of Rodgers and Eastern Harbors, Wrangler Island and Schmidt Cape. The second stage includes the development of military town infrastructure. Locations for combat duty, operational readiness and supply systems will be equipped. An air field on Schmidt Cape is also to be reconstructed. The materials and equipment were delivered by the diesel-powered ships “Abakan” and “Igor Ilyinsky”, led by the ice-breaker “Admiral Makarov”.
