ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX NEAR SHADRINSK, USSR

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1962
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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support facility, and arail-to-road transfer point (Figure 2).
An ICBM launch complex, under construction, was observed near
Shadrinsk, USSR (56-OSN 63-38E), on photography from KEYHOLE Missions
Most of the complex is
situated in a wooded area genera y port east of adrinsk, approximately
110 nautical miles (nm) east of Sverdlovsk (Figure 1).
The complex consists of two road-served launch areas
6.25 nm apart, a rail- and road-served complex
Two SA'-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM) launch sites, deployed for
defense of the ICBM complex, have been identified from KEYHOLE
photography. SAM site B-31 is located 14 nm northwest
of the complex support facility at 56-13N 63-17E.
The status of this site could not be determined from
because of poor image quality, but it appears to be complete
SAM site B-02 is located 13.5 nm
north of the complex support facility at 56-21N 63-47E and appeared
complete when observed on photography
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A rail spur extends approximately 4 nm north-northeast from a
point just east of the Shadrinsk Railroad Yards and Shops
-on the Sverdlovsk-Kurgan rail line. The spur serves the complex
support facility and terminates at the rail-to-road transfer point. The
intersection of this spur and the Sverdlovsk-Kur an rail line was faintly
visible at the end of a frame of photography from A turning
wye is located at the railroad yards.
The complex main road is awell-engineered road leading from the
rail-to-road transfer point to the two launch areas. The road distance
from the transfer point to the junction of the access road leading to
Launch Area A is 6.5 nm. The complex main road continues to the east
for 5 nm to the junction with the access road leading to Launch Area B
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Wooded areas lie generally to
the east along the Iset River. To the north the land is cleared and there
are numerous small towns and villages.
The access road to Launch Area A (56-09N 63-52E) extends approxi-
mately 1.5 nm north from the complex main road to a cleared area in which
construction activity is evident. No recognizable pattern has evolved at
this time (Figure 3).
The launch support area is located north of the complex main road
and west of the access road. This area contains about 7 barracks-type
buildings.
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FIGURE 3. LAUNCH AREA A, SHADRINSK
Launch Area B
The access road to Launch Area B (56-1()N 64-O~iE) extends approxi-
Lmately 1.1 nm north from the complex main road into a partly wooded
area.
The launch support area, located north of the
complex main road and west of the access road (Figure 4), contains approxi-
mately 11 barracks-type buildings. Two buildings located south of the road
junction probably are associated with launch support.
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COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY
The complex support facility (56-08N 63-40E) is composed of a rail-
and road-served storage/support area and two barracks areas. It is
located 2.3 nm north of Shadrinsk and is situated east of the main rail spur.
A single spur leading into the facility can be entered only from the
direction of the transfer point. This spur branches into four spurs within
the facility (Figure 5).
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Road access to the facility is provided by awell-engineered road that
continues north from Shadrinsk to the village of Mogil'skoye. Three roads
branch westward from this road into the support facility. Another road
extends along the eastern termini of the rail spurs.
The storage/support area contains 11 warehouse-type buildings and
numerous scattered piles of materials (Figure 6). Three grou s of possible
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25X1 D photography, but only two on the photography. No rai -
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through buildings are apparent.
storage/support area contains 12
barracks and 11 administrative/support buildings. An area of small
buildings under construction is located just north of the barracks area, and
a new road has been constructed since to serve this area.
The barracks area south of the storage/support area contains 12
barracks and 3 administrative/support buildings. Two warehouse-type
buildings are located in an open storage area west of the barracks. Across
the main road from. the barracks are a group of buildings and piles of
materials.
Portions of a possible security fence and two possible guard towers
are apparent along the northern and southern boundaries of the storage/
support area.
A road-served area of unidentified activity is located approximately
midway between Shadrinsk and the complex support facility along the
eastern side of the main road. This area may be a borrow pit for road fill.
RAIL-'TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT
The rail-to-road transfer point is located at the terminus of the rail
spur, approximately 1.7 nm north of the complex support facility in a wooded
area at 56-lON 63-41E (Figure 5). The transfer point is oriented with its
long axis in an east-west direction, with the rail portion lying approximately
The barracks area north of the
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KEY TO BLDG
MEASUREMENTS
A 220' X 35'
B 200' X 35'
C 170' X 35'
D 135' X 35'
E 110' X 35'
F 100' X 40'
G 90' X 35'
H 80' X 35'
J 150' X 35'
K 130' X 35'
FIGURE 6. COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY, SHADRIfVSK.
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340 feet north of the road portion and parallel to it. Both the road and rail
portion of the transfer point are approximately 2, 965 feet long. The road
and rail are connected by two perpendicular roads and one curved road.
At the transfer point at the Yur'ya. ICBM Launch Complex there is a road
immediately adjacent to the rail line;
transfer point.
On the section of the rail spur that immediately precedes the transfer
point, a possible road or railbed under construction branches slightly to the
west of the spur and then parallels it for approximately 3, 000 feet before
rejoining it at the entrance to the transfer point.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
MAPS OR CHARTS
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0156-24A, 2nd ed, Oct 59, Scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0156-25, 1st ed, Jan 59, ficale 1:200,000
(CONFIDENTIAL)
NPIC. OAK 9029, Supplement 4, PAR [Vo 724-61/KH, Shadrinsk ICBM Launch Complex; Newly
Identified, 29 Dec 61 (TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF)
NPIC. NPIC/R-1/61, ICBM Launch Comdex, Yur,yaz USSR, Jul 61 (TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF)
NPIC. NPIC/B-21/61, Operational Support Analysis; ICBM Launch Complex, Yur'ya, USSR, Aug 61
(TOP SECRET' CHESS RUFF)
NPIC. NPIC/B-41/61, Launch Area B, ICBM Launch Complex, Yoshkar-Ola, USSR, N___o_v 61
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REQUIREMENT
CIA. DDI/RR/E/R-3/62
NPIC PROJECT
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