Kapustin Yar Air Base

Kapustin Yar is a military airfield near the town of Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, serving the Kapustin Yar military training ground, founded in 1946. Until the 1990s, the airfield had the code name "Picture", previously – "Constitution". There is an active bombing range operated from this air base.

Russia is developing a medium range missile named Oreshnik at this base. In October 2025, Ukraine claims to have destroyed with a drone one of thee being test fired from this location