ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX NEAR SHADRINSK, USSR

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May 1, 1962
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i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii i i i i~ i ii i i~i~i~i~i~i~i~i~i~i~~il~, _ ,? Approved For Release 2001/081:~IAg~P~~04560A000200010015-0 ~/ COPY 1;'j NPIC/R?69/C-2 ~ / // 12 Pages ~~ May 1962 ~ PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX ~ /' ~ NEAR Declass Review j / ' NIMA/DoD ~ / Ii /, / / ~ q~T$B$ ?A~ ~~~ STA TfS ~, ~S OF !y ~,~til.L1CF. / 1~(( i-~ / ARMY NAVY AIR FORCE CIA / // / i / / ' / i /~.' Handle via TALENT -KEYHOLE Control Only /, ' WARNING / ~ This document contains classified information affecting the national security of the United States within / / I the meaning of the espionage laws U. 5. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its / transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use / in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by U. S, personnel especially / ~ indoctrinated and authorized to receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must ba maintained / / i in accordance with KEYHOLE and TALENT regulations. / t / i NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER / I ,~ / I ~ -~5- ~, / ,.L.._ ~?.~ ~ _ r: ~, TOP SECRET Approved / Approved For ReleaseT2U~1/08~CG1ARDP7860~~60A'0~~0010015-0 ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX NEAR SHA~RINSK, USSR NP IC/R-69/62 May 1962 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF USSR dessa O~ GOr'kiy~ oiogea ~OSTRO YO Kazan O IKAR-OLA Perm ~K~,y`hysna~ ,.Uta Khanfy Man$~y$N ? VERKHNYAY'A.SALDA SvertllOV Sk n (" ^e"'e"""' Tayshet~ ANmol na i Pav a L Anakan O Karaganea $emipaldfms~ K' Monty 29739 3-61 FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF THE SHADRINSK ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX. Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 ~Seymchan Magatlan Q Okhotsk wusxw ~VUZhno- Sakhahnsk Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 25X1 B 25X1 B 25X1 B 25X1 B 25X1A ,~ 25X1 B 25X1 B 25X1 D ~ 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1A 25X1 D Approved For Release 2~01P/08/2~~CfA-RDP78B~~560ADOD200010015-0 NPIC/R-69/62 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 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF Approv~cTFor R~I'~a'~~~001/0'812T'~~A-R'D'P78B04560A000200010015-0 1r1PIC/R-69/62 '\ ~ TO SVERDLOVSK RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT ~ COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY . EX FIGURE 2. SHADRINSK ICBM LAUNCH COMPL -2- Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF 88?1S~N - Approved For Release 20Q1/08/7~~CIi~ RDPTSBO'45~OA0~20~0010015-0 NPIC/R-69/62 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 25X1 B and then extends approximately 1, 300 feet farther to the east.- 25X1 B ?~ 25X1 B 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. Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF Approve~d`Rbr R~~a~2`~01/O~~E~PA-F~DP~>~B04560A000200010015-0 I~1PIC/R-69/62 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. Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF roP sECREr ~~~~~ ~~~~ Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RD 8 560 0 00010015-0 NPIC/R-69/62 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). Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF Approv~c~gr ReSl~s~~(T01/~~'~~A-~if$04560A000200010015-0 NpIC/R-69/62 _~ _ INPIC G-59313 Ri/82) -6- Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF Approved For Relea~~1601/~29R~~A-RBP98~~560AUb6200010015-0 NPIC/R-69/62 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 25X1 D ~ rail cars were seen parked within the facilit on the 25X1 D photography, but only two on the photography. No rai - 25X1 D 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 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF Approved FoT'Rele~~~(!D'~/08/2~~DP~~~560A000200010015-0 NPIC/R-69/62 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. - 8 - Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF 25X1 B 25X1 B Approved For ReleaseT260P/08/2~CCIA-RDP78B~~560A000~00010015-0 NPIC/R-69/62 340 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. -9- Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF Approve~d`P8r Rei~~`~01/08129E~PA-RDP~>~B04560A000200010015-0 NPIC/R-69/62 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 (TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF) REQUIREMENT CIA. DDI/RR/E/R-3/62 NPIC PROJECT JN-27/62 Approved For Release 2001/08/21 :CIA-RDP78B04560A000200010015-0 TOP SECRET CHESS RUFF Approved For Release 2001/08/21 TCi'~RD~PT~8S0~560A000200010015-0 Approved For Release 2001/08/2~~A~C~~~~04560A000200010015-0