OAK MISSION 8003 31 JULY - 1 AUGUST

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: August 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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MISSION 8003
3'1 JULY - '1 AUGUST
N P IC/R-180/63
August 1963
This document contains classified information affecting the nationol security of the United Stoles within 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 personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to
receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and
TALENT regulations.
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MISSION 8003
PREFACE
THIS CAA!( REPORT CONTAINS ITEMS'OF INTELLIGENCE INTEREST COVERED BY
KEYHC!LE MISSION 8@03, WHICH UTILIZED THE KH-{, CAMERA SYSTEMa ITEMS
ARE ARRANGED IN TIE REPORT $Y COMDR TARGET NUMBER. LIMITED
PN:QT'rGR.APtiIC COVERAGE AND ADVERSE WEATHER CONDiTitrNS RESTRICTED THE
CUMBER OF CO,MOR TARGETS OBSERVED Tfl 18o IN At3DiTiflNv 2 BONUS
TARGETS WERE OfISERVED, INCLUDING A PROBABLE ALTERNATE NRBM LAUNCH
SITE 3 NM SW FROM ANASTASYEVKA9 USSR tSEE BONUS 3.}
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FflR EACH TARGET OBSERVED AN1?
REPORTED FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION flF THE TARGETa PASS NUMBERS ARE
SUFFIXED WITH EITHER QN A FOR ASCENDING {SOUTH-Tfl-NORTH) flR A D FGR
t3ESCENQ.IN~G tNORTH-Tfl-SOUTH}. FRAMES ARE INDICATED BY THE LETTERS
FR. UNIVERSAL REFER?NCE GRID tX-Y} CQORDINATES ARE GIVEN IN
PARENTHESIS .AFTER THE FRAME Tfl WHICH THEY APPLY. THE GRID TEMPLATE
USER iN PLi~TTING X-Y COORI}INATES iS DESIGNATED i(H-6 GRIDS
NPICITiDI..T'-$. SYMBOLS INDICATING CONDITIONS WHICH AFFECT THE
A.PPEARANGE OF THE TARGET ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY ARE AS. FOLLOWS -
C-{CLEAR)s SC iSCATTERED CLOUDS}, HC itiEAVY CLOUD.S}~ H tHAZE.)~
CS tCLOiJD SHADOW}, D {DARKNESS}, SD iSEMIDARKNESS}s fl tflBLiQUITY}~
S (SNOW), AND PQ tPtIOR IMAGE QUALITY.},.
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25X1A MISSILES
ER POINT
NPiC?Rll8fdlb3
DROVYANAYA ICBM RAIL-TO?ROAD TRANSFER POINT 5131N i3~J3E
NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE MISSION IN 25X1D
THE COMPLEX SUPPtIRT FACILITY AND RAIL?Tfl-BOAT? TRANSFER
POINT? HAZE PRECLUDES DETAILED ANALYSISo
PHt370GRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR SIGNIFICANT ITEMS, ON
ARE AS FOLLOWS ?-
25X1 D
25X1A
25X1 D
25X1A
25X1 D
25X1A
25X1 D
25X1A
COMPLEX SUPPORT 25X1D
TAURAGE MRBM LAUNCH SITE 1 55i0N ~222f~E
NQ FACILITIES flR STRUCTURES OBSERVED WHICH WERE NOT
PRESENT OR IDENTIFIED ON PREVIOUS PHOTOGRAPHYo
RAGNIT MRBM LAUNCH SITE 55P#3N 0221iE
NO STRUCTURES OR FACILITIES OBSERVED WHICH WERE NOT
PRESENT OR IDENTIFIED ON PREVIOUS PHOTOGRAPHYo
TAURAGE MRBM LAUNCH SITE 3 5505N i~2229E
Nfl..STRUCTURES flR FACILITIES OBSERVED WHICH WERE NOT
PRESENT flR IDENTIFIED ON PREVIOUS PliflTOGRAPHYe
SKRUNDA HARDENED IRBM LAUNCH SITE 5b35N fd2149E
Nfl FACILITIES OR STRUCTURES DISCERNIBLE WHICH WERE NOT
PRESENT flR IDENTIFIED ON PREVIOUS PHOTOGRAPHYo
LAUNCH SITE IS IN LATE STAGE flF COtdST:RUCTIONo
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PEIPING RKT ENG TEST FAC CHANG?HSINmTIEN tCH~ 395&IN 11b08E
FACILITY CONTAINS 3 VERTICAL TEST STANDS AND ASSEMBLY
CHECKOUT BUILDINGS FUEL STORAGE AREAS A POSSIBLE LOX
PLANT AND A HOUSING ANDIOR POSSIBLE RED AREAo NO .NEW
CONSTRUCTION OBSERVED IN THE FACILITYn NCI MISSiLES~
ENGINES, TRANSPORTERSv OR OTHER EQUIPMENT flBSERVEDa
OPERATIONAL STATUS CANNOT 8E_DETERMINEDa
~ LENINGRAD, SOUTHWEST PROS AMM.COMPLEX 5943N~02918E
Nfl SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN DISCERNIBLE FACILITIES AT THE
COMPLEX SINCE MISSION EXCEPT THAT 25X1D
CLEARING CONTINUES IN THE AREA JUST WEST OF THE
CENTER LAUNCH SITE BETWEEN THE FENCE AND THE COMPLEX
SERVICE ROADa IN THE PROBABLE ELECTRONICS FACILITY
2 SMALL OBJECTS ARE EVIDENT ON TOP OF .THE TALL
UPRIGHT STRUCTURE AT THE NW LEGS MINE OBSERVED ON THE
STRUCTURE AT THE SE LEGo ONE ADI3ITIONAL BUILDINGp
CONSTRUCTED SINCE MISSION 25X1D
IDENTIFIED iN THE BARRACKS a
SOUTHWEST PROBABLE ELECTRONICS SITE ?m NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE OBSERVED SINCE MISSION EXCEPT THAT THE 25X1D
b TOWERLiKE STRUCTURES AND THE OBJECTS flN THE.RflflF
CANNOT $E IDENTIFIED ON THIS PHflTOGRAPHYm
PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR SIGNIFICANT TEMS.ON
- ARE AS FOLLOWS ??
SW PROBABLE AMM LAUNCH COMPLEX 25X1D
SW PROBABLE ELECTRONICS SITE ??
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.LENINGRAD SA'3 SAM SITE D-32 6020N 02937E
25X1 D
25X1A
25X1 D
25X1A
25X1 D
25X1A
iDENTiFiCATION ONLYs
NO MISSILES OR EQUIPMENT DiSCERNiBLEo
LENINGRAD SA-3 SAM SITE B?29A b001N 02941E
SITE iS COMPLETEm NO MISSILES OR EQUIPMENT
DISCERNiBLEo
ANASTASYEVKA MRBM.SUPP_ORT FACILITY 4834N 13538E
THE SUPPORT FACILITY CONTAINS A LARGE HOUSING SECTION
WITH APPROXIMATELY .30 BUILDINGS AND THREE SMALLER
SUPPORT SECTIONSo ONES A POSSIBLE ELECTRONICS SiTE9
CONTAINS A ROME-LIKE STRUCTURE, 2 ASSOCIATED
BUiLDINGSs 10 SMALL BUILDINGS AND IS LOCATED JUST EAST
OF THE .HOUSING SECTiON~ ANOTHER SECTION iS LOCATED
ABOUT 3:000 FT TO THE SOUTH AND IS COMPRISED tlF 4
LARGE NON DRIVE-THROUGH BUiLDINGSy 2 BUNKERED
BUIL.DIIVGSs A T-SHAPED BUILDING AND 3 MISCELLANEOUS
BUIIDINGSe A ROAD LEADS SOUTH FROM THE LATTER SECTION
TO ANOTHER POSSIBLE ELECTRONICS SITE CONSISTING OF AN
UNIDENTIFIED TALL ST_RUCTURE9 ONE.. LARGE BUILDING AND 3
ASSOCIATED SMALL BUILDiNGSs NO SEI;URITY FENCE
DISCERNIBLE AT ANY DF THE SUPPORT' SECTIONSp HOWEVER
ALL .ARE CONNECTED $Y .GOOD ROADS TD THE NEARBY SOFT
MRBM LAUNCH AREASo
' ANASTASYEVKA PROB ALTERNATE MRBM LAUNCH SITE 4832N 13531E
A PROBABLE ALTERNATE MRBM LAUNCH SITE HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED iN THE ANASTASYEVKA_MRBM LAUNCH COMPLEXa
IT iS LOCATED IN A FOREST AT 48-32?i5N 135-31?45E$
3 NM SW OE ANASTASYEVKA, 5e5 NM SW OF LAUNCH AREA 1
AND 17.3 NM ENE OF KHABARNOVSKo
7HE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF_THE LAUNCH SITE IS GENERALLY
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SIMILIAR TO THAT OF THE FIXED-FIELD TYPE NsRBM LAUNCH
AREA tSAGUA LA GRANDE 1l SEEN IN GUBAa iT CONSISTS
OF 4 PROBABLE ELONGATED LAUNCH CLEARINGS ALIGNED IN A
N4ilSE f3iRECTION AND ARRANGED ON A SOA9EWHAT RECTANGULAR
ROAD PATTERNo NO IDENTIFIABLE EQUIPMENT OR SUPPORT
BUILDINGS ARE EVIDENT AT THE LAUNCH SiTEo THE
G?NST:RUGTION STAGE OF THE LAUNCH SITE CANNOT BE
DETERMINED, HOWEVER THE PROBABLE LAUNCH PADS WERE
GIEARED _AF-TER AN UNIDENTIFIABLE
OBJECT IS OBSERVED ON 3 OF THE PROBABLE LAUNCH PADS
AND A PROBABLE CONTROL .POSITION iS ASSOCIATED WITH AT
1~EAST TWO-PADS. NO SECURITY .DISCERNIBLE AROUND THE
LAUNCH SITE.
USATG SERIES 2009.SHEE7 0284?22A~ 2D ED9 JAN 63e
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AIRFIELDS
25X1 D
25X1 D
25X1 D
TIKSI AIRFIELD 7i41N 12853E
AIRCRAFT -- ONE PROBABLE CUBS ONE PROBABLE GABS 4
PROBABLE TRANSPORTS AND APPROXIMATELY .15 SWEPT-PIING
FIGHTERS FOUR PROBABLE TRANSPORTS AND 7
PROBABlE.F1GHTERS ~.
NO APPARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES SINGE MISSION ~ 25X1D
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25X1A
ASPIDNOYE AIRFIELD 692iN ib134E
i5s4J00 X 650 FT NlS GRADED EARTH RUNWAY WITH
APPROXIMATELY 2,800 FT OVERRUN AT SOUTii END.OF.RUNWAY.
PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND CROSSOVERS 70 WEST ARE ALSO OF
GRADED EARTH. VERY LIMITED FACILITIES POSSIBLY.
LOCATED IN SETTLEMENT ON UNNAMED POINT OF ...LAND i.5 NM
WNW OF AIRFIELD.
AIRFIELD IS PROBABLY UNSERVICEABLE DURING SUMMER
MONTHS ,DUE TO MUD AND DRAINAGE ACROSS .TAXIWAY AND
RUNWAY.
AIRCRAFT ~? NONE OBSERVED.
GORKIY AIRFRAME PLANT ORDZHONIKIDZE 21 56241N 414352E
NO CONSTRUCTION ACTIViTYp AIRCRAFT4 OR COMPONENTS
IDENTIFIED IN THE PLANT AREAo
KHABAROVSK AIRFIELD NORTHEAST 483iN 13510E
ND APPARENT CHANGE. IN FACILITIES SINCE. 25X1D
AIRCRAFT ?? 2 PROBABLE CLEATp 4 PROBABLE BULL, 12
PROBABLE CAMEL, 3 PROBABLE BEAGLES 2 PROBABLE CAB, 3P1
UNIDENTIFIED STRAIGHT WING {INCLUDING ONE IN FLIGHT
OFF NE ENO OF RUNWAY)..
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NAVAL ACTIVITY
KRONSHTADT NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 5959N 412947E
VESSELS ?? ONE PROBABLE CRUISER, b m ? POSSIBLE
DESTROYERS, A NUMBER OF UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS BERTHED
SIMILARLY AND AT SAME PLACE AS THE 5 MEDIUM St1BMARINES
25X1D OBSERVED ON MISSION AND
NUMEROUS MINOR SURF L .
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PROBABLE ALTERNATE MRBM LAUNCH SITE, ANASTASYEVKA, USSR.
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