CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001200030075-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: March 16, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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A CONTINUING ANALYSIS OF THE UGOLHdYY LAUNCH AhLA REVEALS
FEATURES THAT ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF BOTH A MRBM AND IRBM SITES.
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THE TWO BUILDINGS LOCATED INBOARD OF EACH LAUNCH PAD AND THE
CENTRAL CONTROL BUILDINGS ARE SIMILAR IN POSITIONING TO THOSE AT
THE MAJORITY OF THE SOFT IRBM LAUNCH AREAS. ONE OF THE FOUR DRIVE-
IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUR LAUNCH PADS IS
SMALLER SUGGESTING THAT IT MAY BE UTILIZED BY A MISSILE DIFFERENT
FROM THAT HOUSED IN THE OTHER THREE BUILDINGS. THE SIX LARGE
FUEL/OXIDANT TANKS FOUND AT MRBM LAUNCH AREAS ARE NOT PRESENT AT
UGOLNYY ALTHOUGH THESE ARE PRESENT AT LEBEDIN NR 3 AND KROLOVETS
NR 2 IRBM LAUNCH AREAS.
BY THE FACILITY ITSELF. THE SEPARATION OF THE LAUNCH PADS WHICH IS
SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE NORMAL FOR A MRBM BUT LESS THAN THAT OF AN
IRBM IS BELIEVED TO BE BY DESIGN RATHER THAN AS A RESULT OF TERRAIN
IRREGULARITY. THE SOUTHERNMOST LAUNCH PAD IS ORIENTED 90 DEGREES
TO THE OTHER THREE PADS AND THE ERECTOR ON IT APPEARS SMALLER THAN
THOSE AT THE OTHER THREE PADS. IN SUMMARY, BECAUSE THE LAUNCH AREA
DISPLAYS A COMBINATION OF FEATURES CHARACTERISTIC OF BOTH MRBM AND
IRBM SITES, NPIC BELIEVES THAT IT HAS A DUAL FUNCTION AND IT WILL
BE CARRIED IN NPIC LISTINGS AS A MRBM-IRBM LAUNCH AREA.
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