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Missile Base

The Cold War may well be over, but what happened to Switzerland’s defences against the former threat from the East? Well most of Switzerland’s Cold war hardware has been decommissioned but a former missile base in Menzingen (Mens-in-gen), near Zug (zoog), has bucked the trend and transformed itself into a military museum. Swiss Radio International’s Sally Mules went along to find out more.

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