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Approved For Release 2008/03/31: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 41 P 3008482 FM NPIC TO DIRNSA OPCEN YDHAVQC/CINCEUR CINCPACFLT FICPAC COMNAVFORJAPAN AFSCC AFSSO PACAF AFSSO ACIC AFSSO FTD AFSSO BSD AFSSO ESD AFSSO SSD AFSSO USAFE INFO FICEUR ZEM T 0 P S E C R E T CITE NPIC 8626. MISSION 4032 17-23 SEP 66 OAK 29 SEP 66 ((NOTE: TEXT THAT FOLLOWS IDENTICAL TO OAK MISSION 4032 FINAL EDITION)) 0UT59963 Ii )3 cP 30 15 49Z r~ C ---m~ 7ic J FINAL T 0 P S E C R E T Declassification Review by NGA/DoD 1 Approved For Release 2008/03/31: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 Approved For Release 2008/03/31: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 ECT I ON 4 01 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S S r 0 0 r 16 lb MISSION 4032 17-23 SEP 66 OAK 29 SEP F,6 FINAL PREFACE THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL OAK REPORT ON MISSION 40::2 AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY COM'ITTFE ON OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE iCOMORn TARGETS OBSERVED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY. THE REMAINDER OF THE COMOR TARGETS COVERED ON THIS PHOTOGRAPHY WILL RE REPORTED IN A SERIES OF OAK SUPPLEMENTS. 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 APPROPRIATE 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 OBS'-'RVED AND REPORTED FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET. 'ASS NUMPERSP SUFFIXED WITH A FOR ASCENDING AND D FOR DESCENDING, ARE LISTED FIRST' FOLLOWED HY FRAMES WHICH ARE INDICATED BY THE FRAME NUMBER WITH AN INDEX NUMBER RUNNING CONSECUTIVELY FROM THE BEGINNING OF EACH PASS -- 4/8 FOR EXAMPLE, 1EANS FRAME 4r INDEX 8? UNIVERSAL REFERENCE GRID COORDINATES FOR NEW TARGETS ARE GIVEN IN PARENTHESIS AFTER THE INDEX NUMBER TO WHICH THEY APPLY. THIS GRID IS IDENTIFIED AS UNIVERSAL GRID NO It FEB 64. SYMBOLS INDICATING CONDITIONS WHICH AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF THE TARGET ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY ARE -- C 1CLEARtt- SC @SCATTERED CLOUD COVERnr HC QHEAVY CLOUD COVERU- H QHAZEttr CS OCLOUD SHADOWur S 1 SNOWu, 0 f1OPLIQUITYur SD QSEMIr'ARKNESSur D 1 DARKNESSu, GC 9 GROUND COVERn- CF QCAf#OUFLAGEa- AND GR AGROUND RESOLUTIONu. COLOR COVERAGE IS DESIGNATED BY THE LETTER C IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FRAME NUMBERS. INTERPRETABILITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS CATEGORIZED A`= G f1GOODu, F NFAIRU- OR P @POORn. THE EXTENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE IS DENOTED HY THE SYMBOLS T fITOTALtt OR PT (PARTIALn. THE MODE OF COVERAGE IS INDICATED BY ST F1STEREOn, PS (PARTIAL STEPEOu, OR NS QNON-STFREOn. THE INITIAL SCAN OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS ACCOMPLISHED T. N A SHORT TIME AND PRIOR TO FINAL REFINEMENT OF FPHFMERIS DATA. CONSEQUENTLY, FUTURE DETAILED ANALYSIS raiAY RESULT IN MINOR ALTERATIONS. MOREOVER, RECIPIENTS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE IDENTIFICATION OF TARGETS IS BASED PRIMARILY ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINISHED INTELLIGEr!CE JUDG;':ENT. HIGHLIGHTS 1. MISSILE ACTIVITY THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE TYURATAMMMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR' IS COVERED BY 2 PASSES OF EXCELLENT CLOUD-FREE PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF LAUNCH COMPLEXES A, Er F- G- AND J AA'D PORTIONS OF LAUNCH GROUPS I- K- L- M- AND N. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT LAUNCH COMPLEX J AND THE MODIFICATIONS BEING MADE AT LAUNCH AREAS G1-G2 AND G3-G4 ARE PROGRESSING. A TOTAL OF 23 CYLINDERS ARE LINED UP ALONG THE FENCE AT LAUNCH AREA G5-G6? THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 9 CYLINDERS SINCE 25X1 A TYPE IIIC SITE IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED AT THE TMFNI GASTELLO AND ZHANGIZ-TORE ICBM COMPLEXES' USSR. THE CURRET '"OUPT OF ICBM LAUNCHERS AT DEPLOYED COMPLEXES Gn1PARENTHESES INDICATE POSSIBLE LAUNCHERS AND ARE INCLUDED IN TOTALSn IS AS FOLLOWS AT THE IMENI GASTEO ICBM COMPLEX' USSR' A PWABLE TRANSPORTER/LOADER, CONSISTING OF A RIBBED-CRADLE 25X1 MOLNTEQ Approved For Release 2008/03/31 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 JCH TYPE IIIC 126 Q2u TYPE IIID 349 Q30u SUBTOTAL 475 Go1320 OTHER LAUNCHERS 240 Q12n TOTAL -715- Q44u 0 0 0 SITE 5. - - - - EQUIPMEApproved For ReleM. asee 2008/013131: CIK-RDP78B04558AO0016E00010004-O IN 1HE COMPLEX SUPPORT F LITY. A HIGH FREQUENCY C +!UNICATION FACILITY IS NEWLY IDENTIFI ADJACENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSING AREA OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY. _.A PROBABLE TRANSPORTER/LOADER. SIMILAR TO THE ONE OBSERVED AT SITE 5 AT IMENI GASTELLO, IS VISIBLE AT SITE 4 ANF' THE TRANSFER POINT AT ZHANGIZ-TOBE, USSR. A HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION FACILITY IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY AT ZHANGIZ-TORE. AT TALLINN, SURFACING CONTINUES ON THE ROADS AND APRONS IN THE MISSILE HANDLING AND CHECKOUT AREA. FOUR EAPTH-MOUNr'ED STRUCTURES ARE ALONG THE ROADS WITHIN THIS AREA. IN THE LAUNCH AREA, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OF UNDETERMINED FUNCTION AND APPA:ENTLY PERMANENTLY EMPLACED IS SITUATED ON AN APRON B;rTWLEN THE RAILS OF EACH LAUNCH POSITION NEAR THE NORMAL DOLLY POSITIONS. OTHER EQUIPMENT INCLUDES 5 PROBABLE MISSILE TRANSPORTERS P".RKED ON THE APRON LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NE OF THE SUPPORT AREA. 0 i 6 a 0 0 0 s 9 6 0 0 r AT THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER LAUNCH AREA At USSR, 4 GANEF MISSILES ON TRANSPORTER-LAUNCHERS ARE IDENTIFIED. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT LAUNCH AREA P. NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT THE KAPUSTIN YAR SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX' USSR. THIS MISSION PROVIDES THE BEST LOOK TO DATE OF THE SPRY-SHAGAN LAUNCH COMPLEX A, USSR, AND PARTICULARLY OF THE 2 MISSILES NEAR LAUNCH SITE 3. THE MORE COMPLETE MISSILE HAS A DARK RING CLOSE TO THE MID-POINT AND FROM THAT POINT AFT THE MISSILE IS WIDER. THE PROFILE FROM THAT POINT IS ALSO DELTA-LIKE IN APPEARANCE. REVISED MENSURATION OF THE MISSILE INDICATES A LENGTH OF 0 THE SECOND MISSILE/ivISSILF COMPONENT 25X1 IS 0 IN LENGTH AND HAS THE SAME BASIC DELTA-LIKE CONFIGURATION IN THE AFT SECTION. 2. AIR ACTIVITY AIRCRAFT SEEN AT THE KOMSOMOLSK AIRFRAME PLANT ORDZHONIKIDZE 1.26 INCLUDE AT LEAST 12 FITTED, 10 FISHPOT, 11 FLASHLIGHT' 5a FAGOT/FRESCO, 2 CAMP' 3 CAB, 2 COLT. 2 CREEK, AND 2 `-OUNn. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FISHPOT AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN SEEN AT THIc pi ANT. 4. NAVAL ACTIVITY AT THE VLADIVOSTOK NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 2o2, USSR' THE FIRST FIRM IDENTIFICATION OF A G-II-CLASS SSB HAS BEEN MAD'- IN THE PACIFIC FLEET. ANALYSIS REVEALS THE PRESENCE OF A THIRD MISSILE TUBE IN THE AFT SECTION OF THE SAIL. 5. MILITARY ACTIVITY ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED DONG RANG MILITARY STORAGE AREA, WHICH IS LOCATED 4 NM NNW OF DONE nANG' NORTH VIFTNAIMP AND 7 NM SSW OF PING-HSIANG, CHINA, ARE REPORTED Iri THIS OAK. STATUS OF TARGET READOUT THIS OAK REPORTS ON 184 COMOR TARGETS AND 2 RO:iUS TAQQGETS. TABULAR SUMMARY A RECAPITULATION OF SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY OBSERVED ON THIS MISSION ANI1 NPTC CIIRRFNT MTCCTI C' I TCTT,I1-_C TC Dry -cCirrcn Ti THE FALL Approved _For Release 2008/03/31 :CIA-RDP78B04558A001600010004-0 0 0 r 0 i r 0 0 1 Amur- L 1 I vier - ?All, '-;a .~...? i L. I L- _-j I ' I' 1 LR TABLE 3 -- SOVIET MRBM AND IRAM DEPLOYMENT TABLE 4 -- SAM AND ABM DEPLOYMENT TABLE 5 -- DATE/TIME OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PASSES MISSILES TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER UR 4538N 06317E THE CENTER IS COVERED ON 2 PASSES BY CLOUD-FPEE PHOTOGRAPHY OF EXCELLENT INTERPRETABILITY. GENERALLY, THE LAUNCHERS BETWEEN 12 AND THE WESTERN END OF THE RANGE ARE COVERED BY ONE OF THE 2 PASSES. HO'WFVER, PORTIONS OF LAUNCH GROUPS K, L, M, AND H ARE NOT COVERED. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT LAU'vCH COMPLEX J AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE MODIFICATIONS TO LAUNCH AREAS G1-G2 AND G3-G4 ARE OBSERVED. THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY 1.2 NM SUUTH OF THr LARGE INTERFEROMETER CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED AS A MAJOR TRANSFORMER AND SWITCHING SUBSTATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ALTHOUGH ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE FACILITY IS COVERED ON THIS MISSION, THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 3 NEW BUILDINGS ARE SURROUNDED BY A LARGE SECURITY FENCE WHICH ALSO ENCLOSES ONE ADDITIONAL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR THE POINT WHERE THE ACCESS ROAD ENTERS THE FENCED AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS OBSERVED AT THE PROPELLANT PRODUCTION PLANT OR AT THE LARGE INTERFEROMETER. NO NEW MISSILE FACILITIES ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THE APPROXIMATE 15 PERCENT OF THE 50-NM RADIUS SEARCH AR'A COVERED. WHERE EITHER MISSILES, MISSILE-RELATED EOUIPMEr,lT, NE''! CONSTRUCTION, CHANGES IN FACILITIES, OR PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED FEATURES ARE OBSERVED AT INDIVIDUAL CENTE'1 TARGETS, THEY ARE REPORTED. OTHERWISE' ONLY PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERET'CES ARE LISTED. 46 TYURATAM LAUNCH COMPLEX A UR 4555N 06320E 25X1 25X1 ? ? 0 ? AT LAUNCH PAD Al' 1 LONG AND 1 SHORT VEHICLE/PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ARE ON THE RAILS JUST TO THE REAR OF THt PP-D AND A SHORT STRING OF RAIL CARS AND ONE OTHEp CYLINDRICAL RAIL CAR ARE ON THE RAILS FURTHEn TO THE REAR. AT LAUNCH PADS A2 AND A3, 2 LONG RAIL CARS' E!`CH OF WHICH HAS AN INCLINED PORTION MAKING IT HIGHER ON ONE END, APE ON THE RAILS TO THE REAR OF PAD A3. FOUR OTHER, LIGHT-TONED, CYLINDRICAL RAIL CARS, POSSIRLY OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS, A CRANE, AND SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE ON THE RAILS TO THE PEAR OF '12 ONE VEHICLE/PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE El READY BUILDING AND ANOTHER IS PARKED ON THE TYUPATAM LAUNCH COMPLEX E UP 4557N 136311E NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING AT THE WEST END OF PAD El. ONE VEHICLE/PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS ON THE LOOP ROAD AT PAD E3 AND S OTHERS ARF PARUFD ALgNG THE SW LINE AT THE TYURATAM LAUNCH C LEX F UR 4601N 06305E ? THREE LONG VEHICL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE P ED OFF THE LOOP Roan FAST OF THF RTGHT SILO. Approved For Release 2008/03/31 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 TYUPAT Approved For Release 2008/03/31: CIA-RDP78BO4558A_O01600010004-0 G1-G2 -- I NuL i H 1\1i ?JUUi F- .wt_P i JU N CUNTIN; . TH!- BUILDI^1G U^ii)Ef COtw RUCTTON rOPa1ARL OF PAC) G1WhS BEN LARGELY F'ACKFILLFC. THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CIRCULAR STRUCTURE fPPLARS TO EXTEND SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TOP OF THIS BUILDING. THE !-'UILnINc UNDER CONSTRUCT?03P:' FukwARD OF PAD G2 HAS F=FF:P' PAt2TIALLY BACKFILLEt) ANn 2 CONDUITS 0 ENTER THE BUILDING FPOW, THE WEST. A COt1CRETI ARCH-ROOFEC) HUILDING HAS PEEN CONSTRUCTED FOr':F;ARL OF THE EARTH-r10UNlpED BUILnIN'C E O A 1 1 ~ ST D G F P IM ` LA ., BUILDING IS UNDER CO^ STRtJCTI,' AT A POET FOr?WARD OF' BUT SLIGHTLY WEST OFF THE Li,.:1T!1-!v.OUNNNDEO BUILOIN vvEST OF PAD G2* tiOWEVERF THE LOijG AXIS OF THIS EUfli7Ti?G S _ ORIFNTFD AT RIG!UT ANr-LES TO THT LOiv6 AXIS OF To- BUILDING AT G1. A RAIL SPUP HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ACROSS PAD r1 To 0 CONNECT WITH THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED SPURS Off" DOTI' LtUJNCf PADS. SOUTH OF THE G2 READY BUIL_DINIG- A RAIL !I PO FO l G '~O - IS 14 r, I t r LI A H PATTERt HAS FEN ('OMSTRUC rEU) . WHICH APPARENTLY 1W!ILL PROVIDE PAIL SERVICE To THIS READY U1LnIi` G. THIS NEW fU' ILNEC) CONNECTS WITH TUE PREVIOUSLY 11,11PORTFf RAIL WISHBONE PATTERN FA 17T OF THE' 0 READY BUILC!I,.G. NEB, C?ITCHI1',6 HAS DFFN OPENED AT VARIOUS POINTS WITHI ' THE LAUNCH AREA, ItJCL ,DING A WIDE AM! 'N J~-'FP DITCH ,NKH HAS PEEN nl!G PARALLEL TO ANDS 'PWFST OF THE,. RAIL SPUR SERVING THE i:UILDING FOR',W!AR-F OF PAC; 31. SEVERAL SHOOT STRINGS OF RAIL CARS ARE ON THr PAILS AT VARYCUS POINTS WITHIN THE LAUNCH AtREA. THE 4kNTRIES APE IN THEIR USUAL POSITIOI'] TO THE REAR OF TUE PADS J'Nr) THE POSSIt.3tF: MISSILEFS/COr-1PO1FNTS Ff:j6253E TYUPATAM LAUNCH GROUP L PSITE L7tt UR 6 4 135N kJ6255E THE SILO DOOR IS OPEN AND A RING AND A SMALL VEHICLE/PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ARE LOCATED ON THE APRON NEXT TO THE SILO. A POSSIBLE MISSILE TRANSPORTER IS PARKED ON THE GRADED ACCESS ROAD SOUTH OF THE APRON. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 LOA I 25X1 TYUPATAM LAUNCH GROUP L OSITE L8U UR 4611N 16307E 25X1 0 THE SILO DOOR IS CLOSED AND A RING IS L C O ATED ON THE 25X1 S TYURATAM LAUNCH GROUP L OSITE L9 UR 4558N 06396E THE SILO DOOR IS OPEN AND A G 25X1 RIN IS LOCATED ON TfIt AF' fJ EXT 0 THE SILO 0 . 25X1 TYURATAM LAUNCH GROUP M (SITE M3M UR 4602 N 06306E 25X1 lox] 0 TYURATAM LAUNCH GROUP psi OSITE N2-N13ri OR 46: 4N i b257E BOTH SILO DOORS ARE OPEN. AT N2' A RING IS 25X1 ON THE APRON NEXT TO THE SILO AND 3 SMALL VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE PARKED NEAR THE SILO. AT N3, THE Rli4 IS POSITIONED OVER THE SILO APERTURE. TWO VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE PARKED END TO END AT THE SILO AND 3 0 OTHER SMALL VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE LOCATED ON THE APRON. ONE OTHER VEHICLE/PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS PARKED JUST OFF THE APRON EAST OF THE SILO, OTHt. 6 RS ARE ON THE LOOP ROAD BETWEEN N2 AND N3, AND APPROXIMATELY 6 OTHERS ARE AT VARIOUS POINTS IN AND A n r%i T THE . _ _ _. _ ? TYURATA'A MAIN SUPPORT RASE UR 4538N g6317F EXPANSION OF THE MAIN SUPPORT BASE HAS CONTI NUED AT RELATIVELY STEADY PACE SINCE IT WAS FIRST IDENJTIFIED. ALTHOUGH FEW SIGNI CANT CHANGES ARE APPARENT, THE OVERALL GROWTH HASEEN CONSIDERABLE. CONSTR&ION CONTINUEc A'r V, oiri,c nnTe,Tt^ -r...-...... BASE, Approved For Release 2008/03/31 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 '25X1 25X1 I 6 0 i r r i 0 0 6 0 i 0 SVOt~OG, Approved For Release 2008/03/31 : CIA-RDP778BO4558AO01600010004-0 THE LAUm- I 11-ti NCH COMPLEAS OBSERVED ON ONE PASS OF EREO PHOTOGRAPHY. HOWEVER, ONE FRAME IS ALMOST COMPLETELY CLOUD COVERED AND THE OTHER IS HEAVILY CLOUD COVERED. N4.NE1 -v91S44L FACILITIES ARE OBSERVED IN THE CLOUD-FREE PORTION OF THE SEARCH AREA COVEREn BY OF THE 30 LAUNCH SITES IN THE COMPLEX 17 OF WHICH A'E TYPE IIID, ONLY LAUNCH SITES 8 AND 22 AND A PORTION OF THE RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT ARE INTERPRETABLE. THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE OF LAUNCH SITE 22' A TYPE IIID SITE, CANNOT BE DETERMINED. A POSSIBLE MISSILE IS ODSERVE_ IN FRONT OF THE MISSILE-READY-BUILDING AT SITE 8. LAUNCH SITES 4, 21, AND 30 ARE IDENTIFIED ONLY. SVORODNYY ICBM LAUNCH SITE 4 IDENTIFICAT ON ON Y. UR 5158N 12806E SVORODNYY ICBM LAUNCH SITE 8 UR 5202N 12805E A POSSIBLE MISSILE IS IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT MISSILE-READY BUILDING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SITE. ONE VEHICLE IS OBSERVED ON THE ACCESS ROAD NFAR THE SVORODNYY ICBM LAUNCH SITE 21 UR 5157N 12759E IDENTIFICATION ONLY. SVORODNYY ICBM LAUNCH SITE 22 UR 5159N 128a2E ON ME A CFSC ROAD. CONSTRUCTION STAGE IS UNDETERMINED. THE BUILDING NEPR THE ENTRANCE TO THE SITE PROBABLY IS COMPLETE. CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARF ORSCERV77D SVOBODNYY ICBM LAUNCH SITE 30 UR 51304 12751E IDENTIFICATION ONLY. ZHANGIZ-TORE ICBM COMPLEX UR 4912N 08109E TEN OF THE 19 TYPE IIIC SITES AT THIS COMPLEX. THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY, AND THE TRANSFER POINT ARE COVERED ON A SINGLE PASS OF CLEAR, GOOD INTERPRETABLr7, STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS TOTAL INCLUDES 1 NEWLY 0 M 0 IDENTIFIED SITE IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION DESIGNATED SITE 19. IT IS LOCATED AT 49-02N OA1-k5E AND INDICATES THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF A FOURTH LAUNCH GROUP AT THIS COMPLEX. THE SITE CONSISTS OF rN EXCAVATION IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AND A SITE SUPPORT FACILITY. THE EXCAVATION IS FIPST OBSERVED ON THIS MISSION AND NEGATED ON ~, WHEN THE SUPPORT BUILDINGS WERE PRESENT. FIVE OF THE 6 SILOS IN LAUNCH GROUP A 15ITFS 1, 2 ANr` 4-6n ARE VISIBLE. AT SITE 3, ONLY THE SITE cUPPONT FACILITY IS COVERED. ALL OF THE SILO DOORS ARE IN T`iE CLOSED POSITION AND A PRORARLE TRANSPORTER/LrADER IS POSITIONED ON THE APRON AT SITE 4. HELICOPTER PADS `IRE IDENTIFIED AT SEVERAL OF THE SITES. SITES 1;-, 11' A,:D 12 IN LAUNCH GROUP R ARE OBSERVED IN A LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE SILO DOOR IS IN PLACE AT EACH SIT, AND A HELICOPTER PAD IS IDENTIFIED AT SITE 12. EXPANSION CONTINUES AT THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY ",ND A HIGH FPF IWN(Y r()MMIIRITrATT(1RIC FArTI TTV TC n,C-k V IQENTI Approved For Release 2008/03/31 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 0 0 AT THE TD Anic C'co Dr%r MMT - A fln.sm r,i r, 'r- A. S I M I LAE, Approved For Release 2008/03/31: : CIA- RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 t OBSERVED. SURVEY LINES AND SUSPECT ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE TRANSFER POINT MAY It-..jDICATE THE FUTURE LOCATION OF AN ADDITIONAL SITE. NO NEW MISSILE ACTIVITY OBSERVED, OTHER THAN THAT REPORTED ABOVE, IN THE PORTION OF THE SEARCH AREA COVERED BY PHOTOGRAPHY. WHERE EITHER MISSILES, MISSILE-RELATED EQUIPMENT, NE" CONSTRUCTION, CHANGES IN FACILITIES, OR PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED FEATURES ARE OBSERVED AT INDIVIDUAL CONNPL'X TARGETS, THEY ARE REPORTED. OTHERWISE. ONLY r 25X1 ZHANGIZ-TORE ICBM LAUNCH SITE 1A UR 4911N a8P59E 9 A HELICOPTER PAD IS OUTSIDE THE SECURITY FENCE ADJACENT TO THE SITE SUPPORT FACILITY. 6 i 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 6 6 ZHANGIZ-TOBE ICBM LAUNCH SITE 2A UR 4917N PB 8E ANG1Z-TOBE ICBM LAUNCH SITE 3A UR 4912M '8953E ONLY THE SITE SUPPORT FACILITY IS COVERED. I HANG Z-TOAE ICBM LAUNCH SITE 4A UR 4910N P8105E A PROBABLE TRANSPORTER/LOADER. IS PARKED ON THE SILO APRON. IT HAS AN OPEN FRAMEWORK AND APPc.ARS TO HAVE A RIBBED-CRADLE MOUNTED ON A SOLID OR SEMI-SOLID CHASSIS. THE CRADLE EXTENDS REYO'.+D THt. E''D OF THE CHASSIS. A SIMILAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED AT THE RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT AT THIS COMPLEX AND AT IMENI GASTELLO ICBM LAUNCH SITE 9 UN THIS MISSION. FIVE VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE IN A NE ICBM LAUNCH SITE 5A UR 4906N 08103E A HELICOPTER PAD IS NEXT TO THE ACCESS ROAD. ZHANGIZ-TORE ICBM LAUNCH SITE 6A UR 4907N 98R57E ZHANGIZ-TOBE ICBM LAUNCH SITE 108 UR 4921N OP058E THE SITE IS IN A LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE SILO DOOR IS PRESENT AND IN AN OPEN POSITION. THE SITE IS IN A LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE SITU HZ Ar+GIZ-TOBF ICBM LAUNCH SITE 11B UR 4917N OPIObE DOOR IS PRESENT AND IN PARTIAlly OPENED POSITION. THE SITE IS IN A LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE SILO DOOR IS PRESENT AND IN AN OPEN POSITION. A HELICOPTER PAD IS OUTSIDE THE SECURITY FENCE, NEXT TO THE ACCES` ROAD. 4fiANGiZ-TORE ICBM LAUNCH SITE 12H UR 4922N 0AIPbE ZHANGIZ-TOPE ICBM COMPLEX SUPPORT FAC UR 4a12N 081'9E TWELVE NEW BUILDINGS 02 IN EXCAVATION'NNSu ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTIOL!. FOUNDATIONS FOR 8 TANKS ARE APPARENT PT THE FAR END OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY NEAR THE TRANSFER POINT SECUPITY FENCE. A HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY UNDER 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 a? CONSTRUCTION NEAR THE HOUSING AREA CONTAINS AfTSHt-OMF ,__ANTENNk Approved For Release 2008/03/31 : CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 i 6 ? 0 0 S 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 HORIZONTI Approved For Release 2008/03/31 CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600010004-0 x wl:Ui ARRANGED IN A T-CO IGURATLON' ANI) A a~.Luntu ? 1 UNKER? ZHANGIZ-TORE ICBM RAIL-TO-ROAD TSFR POINT UP 4912N 08108E PROBABLE TRANSPORTER/LOADER IS NEXT TO THE VEHICLE TWO BUILDINGS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. A PARKING AREA. IT HAS AN OPEN FRAMEWORK AND APPEARS TO HAVE A RIBBED-CRADLE MOUNTED ON A SOLID OR SEMI-SOLI' CHASSIS. THE CRADLE EXTENDS BEYOND THE END OF THE CHASSIS. TWO SIMILAR BUT SHORTER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE IN THE SAME AREA. OTHER--S-IiILAR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE LOCATED AT LAUNCH SITE 4 OF THIS COMPLEX AND AT IMENI GASTELLO ICBM LAUNCH SITE 5 ON THIS MISSION. SURVEY LINES AND SUSPECT ACTIVITY IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE TRANSFER POINT MAY INDICATE THE FUTURE LOCATION OF AN ADDITIONAL SITE. IMENI GASTELLO ICBM COMPLEX UR 5106N A6619F THE LAUNCH COMPLEX IS COVERED ON 3 CLOUD-FREE PASSES. OF THE 22 SITES' 20 ARE COVERED AT LEAST ONCE ON STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR-TO-GOOD INTERPRETABILITY. SITE 15C IS COVERED ONCE ON NON-STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR INTERPRETABILITY. SITE 18C IS NOT COVERED. THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY AND THE RAIL-TO-ROAn TRANSFER POINT ARE EACH COVERED ONCE ON STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY OF GOOD INTERPRETABILITY. THE TOTAL OF 22 SITES INCLUDES ONE NEWLY IDENTIFIED TYPE IIIC LAUNCH SITE. DFSIG"HATED 22D? LOCATED 20 NM NNW OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY AT 51-25N 066-08,-o THE SITE IS IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONSISTS OF A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. A RECTANGULAR AND A SQUARE SPOIL MOUND. AND 2 UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WITHIN A DOUBLE SECURITY FENCE. THE SITE IS FIRST OBSERVED ON THIS MISSION AND CAN r3E NEGATED ON ALL SITES IN THE A GROUP QSITES 1-bu ARE NOW COMPLETr WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE ELECTRONIC FACILITY AT CONTROL SITE 6. A PROBABLE TRANSPORTER/LOADER. FT, IS AT SITE 5. A CANVAS-COVERED PROBABLE TRANSPORTER. AND AN UNIDENTIFIED PIECE 0'= EQUIPMENT. REMAINED STATIC ON THE LOOP ROAD AT SITE 2 ON ALL 3 SSES. HELICOPTER PADS ARE V.SI"LE AT ALL SITES IN THIS GROUP. ALL THE SITES IN THE B GROUP fQSITES 7-120 ARF NOW IN THE LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH THE ADVANCEMENT