GROZNYY MRBM LAUNCH COMPLEX, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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GROZNYY MRBM LAUNCH COMPLEX,
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GROZNYY MRBM LAUNCH COMPLEX, USSR
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LAUNCH AREA NO 1 (TYPE I)
COORDS: 43-08-OON 44-55-15E
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Groznyy 2, 4.3 nm to NNE.
Groznyy 3, 11.5 nm to ENE.
TD[ NAME: Sunzhenskoye
LOCATION: 6 nm NE of Sunzhenskoye
FIRST APPEARED:
TERRAIN: Hilly
SECURITY: None
cated 3,400' N of the most northerly pair of pads.
The area contains six barracks-type bldgs (145'
x 45').
Rail-to-Road Transfer Point
Probably Nazran located 8.2 nm to launch area
by local road.
Other MRBM Activity Within 25 NM
Radius of Launch Area
PADS: Four circular pads approximately 150'
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READY BLDGS: None discernible
Site Support Facility
TECHNICAL SECTION: None observed
ADMINISTRATION & HOUSING SECTION: Lo-
MAPS: AMS, N501 NK 38-02
USATC-200, Sheet 0325-7A
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ASSOC AREA: Groznyy 1, 4.3 nm to the SSW.
Groznyy 3, 9.7 nm to the ESE.
TDI NAME: Nesterovskaya
LOCATION: 4.5 urn SW of Nesterovskaya
FIRST APPEARED:
Launch Site
TERRAIN: Hilly VEGETATION: Wooded
SECURITY: None
PADS: Four circular pads approximately 150'
in diameter with 420' separation and oriented
345? and 350?
READY BLDGS: Only one discernible of a drive -
through type approximately (180' x 60').
Site Support Facility
TECHNICAL SECTION: Road network adjacent
to and on NW side of launch site.
ADMINISTRATION & HOUSING SECTION: Lo-
cated approximately 2,500' NNE of launch site.
The area contains 4 probable bldgs of undeter-
minable size.
Rail-to-Road Transfer Point
Probably Nazran located 7.8 nm to launch area
by local road.
Other MRBM Activity Within 25 NM
Radius of Launch Area
MAPS: AMS, N501 NK 38-02
USATC-200, Shoots 0325-2A and 0325-7A
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ASSOC AREA: Groznyy 1, 11.5 nm to the WSW.
Groznyy 2, 9.7 nm to the WNW.
TDI NAME: Achkhoy-Martan
LOCATION: 4.5 nm W of Achkhoy-.Martan
FIRST APPEARED:
'T'ERRAIN: Hilly VEGETATION: Wooded
SECURITY: None
COMPONENTS: The launch site contains a
mounded control bunker circumvented by a loop
road that serves two launch positions 225' apart,
a probable portal silo, and an unidentified struc-
ture located in the NE quarter of the launch site.
The access road enters the launch site on a 285?
azimuth. No security fence is discernible about
the launch site.
Site Support Facility
TECHNICAL SECTION: None
ADMINISTRATION & HOUSING SECTION: Lo-
cated 5,000' NE of launch site. A haze precludes
an accurate count and mensuration of buildings
within the administration and housing section.
However, portions of at least 10 bldgs are dis-
cernible.
Rail-to-Road Transfer Point
Probably Ordzhonikidzevskaya located 10 nrn to
launch area by local road.
Other MRBM Activity Within 25 NM
Radius of Launch Area
MAPS: AMS, N501 NK 38-02
USATC-200, Shoot 0325-7A
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