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PRELIMINARY OAK
A LATER OAK EDITION.
1965 JAN 4 03 52Z
4 JAN 1965
CITE NPIC 3601.
NO. 1, MISSION 1015-2, DETAILS TO FOLLOW IN
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1. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RELATES TO A PRELIMINARY REVIEW
2. COVERAGE OF THE 24 KNOWN DEPLOYED ICBM COMPLEXES AND
TYURATAM MTC IS AS FOLLOWS:
A. DROVYANAYA, OLOVYANNAYA, SHADRINSK, TYUMEN, VERKHNYAYA
SALDA AND UZHUR ARE COVERED BY HAZY PHOTOGRAPHY WITH SCATTERED
CLOUDS. GROUND SNOW COVER ALSO DETRACTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC DETAIL.
B. ITATKA IS IDENTIFICATION ONLY.
C. THE REMAINING 17 COMPLEXES AND TYURATAM MTC ARE EITHER
CLOUD-COVERED OR ARE NOT COVERED.
3. THE ENTIRE KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER
IS COVERED BY CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY. THE UNIDENTIFIED INSTALLATION
LOCATED NNE OF LAUNCH COMPLEX E HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED AS LAUNCH
AREA H. IT CONSISTS OF TWO ROAD-SERVED LAUNCH PADS UNDER CON-
STRUCTION AND A PROBABLE CONTROL BUNKER. THE UNIDENTIFIED
FACILITY LOCATED NW OF THE SAM R AND D AREA IS NOW IDENTIFIED AS
A PROBABLE LAUNCH AREA. ACTIVITY IS NOTED ON THE PADS AT LAUNCH
AREAS 1C AND 3C. CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING AT LAUNCH SITE
4C1. A NEW CLEARED STRIP IS OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF AND PARALLEL
TO THE 13,350 FOOT RUNWAY LOCATED 2.5 NM NE OF THE ORIGINAL
VLADIMIROVKA AIRFIELD.
4. APPROXIMATELY 9 0 PERCENT OF THE SARY SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE
TEST CENTER IS COVERED BY CLOUD-FREE PHOTOGRAPHY. ACTIVITY
CONTINUES AT LAUNCH COMPLEX A, SITE 3, THE PROBABLE PROTOTYPE FOR
THE TALLINN COMPLEX, AND AN INCREASE OF ACTIVITY IS NOTED AT
LAUNCH COMPLEX B.
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5. AT ANTIPINSKOYE, THE LAUNCH SITE=AND THE SUPPORT AREA
ARE COVERED BY CLOUD-FREE STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY. BOTH AREAS
CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE.
6. THE PROBABLE AMM ACTIVITY AT .NINGRAD AND THE SUSPECT
AMM/SAM ACTIVITY AT MOSCOW, TALLINN, OLENEGORSK AND ANGARSK ARE
NOT COVERED. CHEREPOVETS WAS NOT VISIBLE DUE TO DARKNESS AND
CLOUD-COVER.
7. SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER IS COVERED BY CLEAR
PHOTOGRAPHY EXCEPT FOR THE AIRFIELD. NO CHANGE IS APPARENT IN
THE TEST CENTER SINCE
8. A 100 NM RADIUS SEARCH, USING LAN-CHOU, CHINA AS THE
CENTER, WAS MADE FOR NEW SA-2 SAM SITES. NO NEW SAM SITES WERE
OBSERVED DURING THIS INITIAL SCAN. APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT
OF THE SEARCH AREA IS COVERED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF WHICH ABOUT
30/40 PERCENT IS CLOUD-COVERED OR HAZY. A THOROUGH CHECK OF THE
THREE PREVIOUSLY NEGATED SAM SITES REVEALS NO ACTIVITY.
9. FOUR SA-2 SAM SITES ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN EGYPT. ONE
SITE, UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS LOCATED 2 NM SSE OF PORT SAID AT
31-14-OON 32-19-OOE. THE OTHER THREE SITES ARE LOCATED ALONG
THE SUEZ CANAL. TWO OF THESE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND ARE
LOCATED AT 30-36-30N 32-30-20E AND 30-19-40N 32-33-OOE RES-
PECTIVELY. THE THIRD SITE, WHICH IS COMPLETED, IS LOCATED AT
30-11-40N 32-28-10E.
10. POOR QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY OR CLOUD-COVER PRECLUDE ANALYSIS
OF SOVIET AE SITES AT TOMSK, SAROVA, DODONOVO, AND THE SENSITIVE
OPERATIONS COMPLEXES AT CHAADAYEVKA AND CHEBSARA. MICKHAYLOVKA
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AND RECHITSA E NOT COVERED.
12. ON 25 DECEMBER 44 BADGER AIRCRAFT --
13 FIRM, 15 PROBABLE,
AND 16 POSSIBLE -- WERE OBSERVED AT ALEKSEYEVKA AIRFIELD. ON
30 DECEMBER 28 POSSIBLE BADGER AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED AT THE
AIRFIELD. GP-1.
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