OAK - PART IV MISSION 4017 29 APRIL - 3 MAY 1965

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• Document Page Count: 63
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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OAK - PART IV
MISSION 4017
29 APRIL - 3 MAY 1965
Handle Via
Control Only
Declass Review by NGA
May 1965
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MISSION 40171.29 APR 3 MAY.65
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TRACK OF MISSION
HIGHLIGHTS
MISSILES
AIR FACILITIES
NAVAL ACTIVITY/PORTS-
ELECTRONICS/COMMUNICATIONS
MILITARY ACTIVITY.
COMPLEXES
ATTACHMENTS
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MISSION 4017.29 APR - 3 MAY 65
OAK - PART IV
MISSION 4017
THIS IS THE FOURTH OF FIVE OAK REPORTS ON MISSION 4017 AND
PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THOSE COMMITTEE ON OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE
(COMDR) TARGETS OBSERVED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
TARGETS ARE ARRANGED IN THE OAK BY SUBJECT AND WITHIN EACH SUBJECT
BY.COMOR TARGET NUMBER. TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY: OBSERVED DURING
THE OAK REPORTING PERIOD ARE LISTED NUMERICALLY-UNDER THE APPRO-
PRIATE SUBJECT AFTER THE LISTING OF?COMOR TARGETS. LOCATIONS OF
TARGETS IN THIS REPORT ARE INDICATED BY.THE COUNTRY-CODE PRECEDING
THE COORDINATES.
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR EACH TARGET OBSERVED AND
REPORTED FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION OF THE. TARGET6 PASS NUMBERS ARE
SUFFIXED WITH THE LETTER D FOR DESCENDING (NORTH-TO-SOUTH). FRAMES
ARE INDICATED BY THE LETTERS FR FOLLOWED BY THE FRAME NUMBER AND
AN INDEX NUMBER RUNNING CONSECUTIVELY.FROM THE BEGINNING OF EACH
PASS -- FR 4/8 FOR EXAMPLE, MEANS FRAME 44 INDEX 8. UNIVERSAL
REFERENCE GRID (X-Y).COORDINATES ARE GIVEN IN PARENTHESIS AFTER
THE INDEX NUMBER TO WHICH THEY APPLY. THIS GRID IS IDENTIFIED
AS UNIVERSAL GRID NO. If FEB 64. SYMBOLS INDICATING CONDITIONS
WHICH AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF THE TARGET ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY ARE
AS FOLLOWS -- C (CLEAR), H (HAZE),. CS (CLOUD SHADOW), HC (HEAVY.
CLOUD COVER)e.SC (SCATTERED CLOUD COVER), SD (SEMIDARKNESS),
0 (OBLIQUITY), S (SNOW), PQ (POOR IMAGE QUALITY)...
OAK RECIPIENTS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE INITIAL SCAN OF THE
PHOTOGRAPHY IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED IN A SHORT TIME AND PRIOR TO
FINAL REFINEMENT OF EPHEMERAL DATA. CONSEQUENTLY, FUTURE DETAILED
ANALYSIS MAY RESULT IN MINOR-ALTERATIONS.
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HIGHLIGHTS
A NEWLY. IDENTIFIED SITE, DESIGNATED F109.IS LOCATED
AT 56-12N 092?06E.
SITE F5 IS NOW A CONFIRMED SITE.
A,NEWLY IDENTIFIED PROBABLE SINGLE SILO SITE IS
LOCATED AT 56-13N 092-00E. IT IS DESIGNATED-G4.
ERECTORS ARE PRESENT ON ALL 4-LAUNCH PADS AND MISSILE
EXERCISES ARE APPARENTLY.UNDERWAY ON EACH OF.THE PADS.
4. KURGANCHA MRBMLAUNCH SITE 1
ERECTORS ARE VISIBLE ON EACH LAUNCH PAD AND
APPROXIMATELY. 50 VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE
LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE LAUNCH SITE. FIVE FAGOT/FRESCO
ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THE LAUNCH AREA. THESE AIRCRAFT
HAVE BEEN IN POSITION SINCE AT LEASTI -BUT WERE
NOT IDENTIFIABLE.
ERECTORS ARE VISIBLE ON EACH LAUNCH PAD AND 17
VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT
THE LAUNCH SITE. NO CHANGE. IN THE 5 BEAGLE AIRCRAFT
PARKED WEST OF'.THE SITE.
6. KAPUSTIN.VAR LAUNCH COMPLEX B
A:POSSIBLE WINGED OBJECT APPROXIMATELY
IS NEWLY.OBSERVED ON THE SOUTH PAD OF LAUNCH AREA B1.
AT LAUNCH AREA B39 THE MECHANISMS UNDER THE OVERHEAD
TRAVELING CRANE APPEAR TO BE IDENTICAL TO
CRUISE-MISSILE LAUNCHERS SEEN ON ECHO-CLASS SUBMARINES.
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AT LAUNCH AREA 2C, ANSS-4 EXERCISE IS UNDERWAY-AT
LAUNCH PAD 20-20 ALSO, A MISSILE EXERCISE .IS TAKING
PLACE ON THE NORTH PAD OF SITE 5C-1, LAUNCH. AREA'5C0
8m KAPUSTIN YAR LAUNCH COMPLEX D.
THREE?STRAIGHT-WING DRONES WITH A ~ WING SPAN
AND 25-FT FUSELAGE ARE OBSERVED_IN LAUNCH AREA 3De
9e KAPUST N. VAR LAUNCH COMPLEX EI
A PROBABLE SCUD EXERCISE IS INPROGRESS IN THE
BIVOUAC. TRAINING AREA LOCATED WSW OFTHE COMPLEX.
EXERCISE CONTAINS A TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER,
AN A-FRAME CRANE, A PROBABLE TRANSPORTER, AND 6
OTHER UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES,
10e AKHTUBINSK/VLADIMIROVKA AIRFIELDI
X 150 FT--HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE
.AND PARALLELS THE 13,350 FT
CONCRETE RUNWAY. SINCEI IA
SOD RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY-11-9360 X 320 FT, HAS
BEENADDED PARALLELING THE 2:WNW/ESE-_RUNWAYS0
ONE-PROBABLE KANGAROO ASM IS OBSERVED-IN FRONT OF THE
HANGAR--TYPE BUILDING IN THE AMM AREA,&:- A TOTAL OF 196 AIRCRAFT
WAS OBSERVED WITHIN THE AIRFIELD PROPER, INCLUDING --
BLINDER,:BEAGLE, BADGER, MANDRAKES FITTER, FI,SHPOT,
FI.SHBED, FIREBAR, FLASHLIGHT/FIREBAR,.FARMER, FAGOT/FRESCO,
CATJCUB, COOKPOT, COKE, CRATE, AND BULL.
A TALL KING FACILITY.IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED 303 NM.SSE
OF PENSARO
ONE-HUNDRED--TWENTY--FIVE COMOR TARGETS WERE
OBSERVED DURING THE OAK ;REPORTING- PERIOD .AND
ARE CONTAINED IN THIS OAK.
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MISSION 4017.29 APR ? 3 MAY 65
MISSILES
GLADKAYA ICBM LAUNCH AREA B (SITE 2) UR 5624N 09227?
IDENTIFICATION ONLY.
GLADKAYA ICBM LAUNCH AREA D (SITE 5)
LAUNCH AREA D IS COVERED ON FAIRS NON-STEREO
PHOTOGRAPHY.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE
A NEWLY IDENTIFIED SITE, DESIGNATED F10, IS LOCATED AT
56-12N 092-06E. A SECURITY FENCE, A SILO EXCAVATION, A
GRADED ACCESS, AND A CABLE DITCH LEADING TO SITE F1 CAN
BE IDENTIFIED.
SITES F1-F4 (SITES 7, 89 9, 14). AND F8 (SITE 15) CAN BE
IDENTIFIED ONLY. F9 (SITE 13) IS CLOUD COVERED.
SITE F5 (SITE 10) IS NOW A CONFIRMED SITE. THE
SECURITY FENCE IS NOT YET COMPLETE. IT CONSISTS OF A
SILO EXCAVATION? POSSIBLY CONTAINING A SILO, AND A
GRADED ACCESS PARALLELING THE OTHERS IDENTIFIED IN THIS
LAUNCH GROUP. SITE F6 (SITE 11) APPEARS THE SAME AS
SITE F5 WITH THE EXCEPTION-OF .A COMPLETE SECURITY
FENCE. THE GRADED LEVEL AND A PORTION OF THE GRADED
LEVEL ACCESS TO SILO F? (SITE 12) CAN BE IDENTIFIED BUT
DARKNESS PRECLUDES DETAILED INTERPRETATION. PORTIONS
OF SEVERAL CABLE DITCHES OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
THEY-APPEAR TO CONNECT INDIVIDUAL. SITES TO EACH OTHER
AND TO THE SUPPORT/CONTROL BUT SCATTERED CLOUDS
PRECLUDE COMPLETE INTERPRETATION.
A NEWLY IDENTIFIED PROBABLE SINGLE SILO SITE IS LOCATED
AT 56--13N 092-00E. IT IS DESIGNATED G4 SINCE IT.
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APPEARS TO BE MORE CLOSELY POSITIONED WITH THE G GROUP
THAN THE F GROUP. IT CONSISTS OF A SMALL SECURED AREA
ENCLOSING AN EXCAVATION OR GRADING ACTIVIT=Y.. LACK OF
STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITS DETAILED INTERPRETATION. NO
OTHER SITES IN THE G GROUP=ARE COVERED.
ERECTORS ARE PRESENT ON ALL 4 LAUNCH PADS AND MISSILE
EXERCISES ARE APPARENTLY UNDERWAY ON EACH OF THE PADS.
AT