CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001200020057-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: February 15, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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CITE NPIC 6474.
ANALYSIS OF THE CHEREPOVETS TALL KING AW RADAR FACILITY WHICH
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IS LOCATED 12NM NORTH OF CHEREPOVETSt USSR AT 59-19N/37-58E
REVEALS A PROBABLE "BEER CAN" TYPE STRUCTURE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT IS SIMILAR TO THOSE OBSERVED AT THE LENINGRAD AMM/SAM LAUNCH
COMPLEXES AND THE ONE NEAR THE VERKHNYAYA SALDA AMM/SAM LAUNCH
COMPLEX.
THE CYLINDRICAL CORE MEASURES 2~,FT IN DIAMETER AND RISES
35 FT ABOVE THE CIRCULAR PLATFORM WHICH IS 100 FT IN DIAMETER AND
20 FT ABOVE GRADE. THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS 55 FT. (ALL MEASUREMENTS
ARE APPROXIMATE.) THE CORE AND PLATFORM APPEAR TO BE IN A LATE
STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE FACILITY CAN BE OBSERVED IN AN EARLY
STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION
AN ACCESS ROAD AND EXCAVATION SCARRING IS PRESENT.
AT WHICH TIME
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