These seaplane hangars are unique shell concrete structures, which demonstrate engineering 20 years ahead of its time. The Post-War Years On January 24th, 1945, the secret decision No 010 of the ESSR National Economy Council granted the military a 14.2 ha premises in the area located on Küti and Noole streets. From then on until the end of the 1980s, the whole territory was under the control of the Baltic Shipping Administration and other Soviet military contingents. In addition, the roadstead fleet was based at the harbour. For decades the area remained closed off for regular citizens. In 1951 a new pier No 36A was constructed on the former piers No 36 and 37 which were built during the time of hangar construction for the purpose of shielding the water area from north winds. In 1962, Professor Heinrich Laul of the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute published, ,,Reinforced Concrete II", where he discusses Tallinn's seaplane hangars as unique construction
al-Qaeda, upon the United States. The terrorists hijacked airplanes and intentionally crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Due to the possible terrorist threat the USA invaded Iraq in 2003. It was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom in which a combined force of troops from the United States, alongside the United Kingdom, and smaller contingents from Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations. On 13 December 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by the US forces at a farmhouse in ad-Dawr near Tikrit in Operation Red Dawn. In 2005, the Central Intelligence Agency released a report saying that no weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq. Saddam Hussein was hanged on the first day of Eid ul-Adha, 30 December 2006, despite his wish to be shot
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