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“Fort Langland” museum was opened in 1993. In the 40 years the fort was in operation, it surveyed and registered navigation. Ships from the East Block had to sail over Danish straits to reach the Baltic Sea. Furthermore, the majority of the naval harbours of the Warsaw Treaty were in the Baltic Sea.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis in autumn 1963, the fort was of special importance. On 22nd October, Soviet merchant ships had been photographed coming out of the Baltic Sea with nuclear missiles onboard. Marine commandos sent this information to NATO and the USA. Just a few weeks earlier, American spy planes had observed nuclear launch platforms erected in Cuba. Together with the pictures from Laneland, it became clear that the Soviets intended to set up nuclear missiles in Cuba. When the Cold War came to an end, there was no longer any need for a fort, and in 1993, it was decided that a “Cold War Museum” should be built. The museum opened on 16th June 1997. It aims to prevent the Cold War from being forgotten.