ZHMERINKA MRBM COMPLEX, USSR

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1964
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ZHMERINKA MRBM CC)MPLEX, USSR
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LAUNCH AREA NO 1 (TYPE II)
COOKDS: 49-09-15N 28-12-15E
ASS ~ 1 mermka No 2, 5.1 nm to WNW;
Zhmerinka No 3, 9.8 nm to NE
TDI NAME: Gnivan Launch Sitc
LOCATION: 7.7 nm NNE of Zhmerinka
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CONSTRUCTION STA"hUS: Complete
Launch Site
`I'ERRt1IN: Level VEGE"i~A'1'ION: Wooded
SECURITY: Single fence
PADS: hour elongated pads (200' x 80') with 550'
separation and oriented 200?. Small bldg (size
undetermined) inboard of each pad. An object
appears on each pad
READY BLDGS: hour drive-in (185' x 55' ).
CON`T'ROL BLDGS: "i'wo (130' x 50' ).
Site Support Facility
'1 LCf INICAL SLC"LION: Ladder-type road pat-
tern to the rear of the westernmost pair of launch
pads with 3 or 4 objects approx 60' x 10' parked
alongside one road.
ADMINISTRATION & HOUSING SECTION: Lo-
cated 2,180' NNE of launch site. Contains 13
bldgs--2 possibly for vehicle maintenance and
storage, (one bldg 185' x 70' and one bldg 160'
x 55' facing a concrete apron), -I bldgs 130' x
40', 2 bldgs 210' x 50`, 2 bldgs 115' x 40', one
b1ds7 15S' x 60', and 2 smaller bldtts.
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Located 6.0 nm SSW of launch aria at junction
of road and rail line between Brailov and Zhmer-
inka. Rail siding also serves SAi~'I support fa-
cility and is connected to site by direct roads
rhrough Brailov. This rail line connects Zhmer-
inka, Gnivan, and Vinnitsa.
LAUNCH AREA NO 2 (TYPE II)
COORDS: 49-10-30N 28-04-45E
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\SSOC AKEA: Zhmerinka No 1, 5.1 nm to ESE;
/,hmerinka No 3, 12.3 nm to NE
TDI NAME: Zhmerinka Launch Site
I ,OCATION: 8.0 nm NNW of "Zhmerinka
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Launch Site
~{.~ERRAIN: Hilly VELETA"LION: Wooded
Si;CURITY: Single fence
PADS: Four elongated pads (200' x 115') with
540' separation and oriented 200". Small bldg
Other MRBM Activity Within 25 NM.
Radius Of Launch Area
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(size undetermined) inboard of each pad. An
object is present on each pad.
READY BLI~GS: Four drive-in type (approx
190' x 60' ). Alongside the easternmost ready
bldg (on~overage) are two objects or
structures (s ize undetermined).
CONTROL BLDGS: Two (150' x 50').
Site Support Facility
l ECf INICAI_. SECTION: Approx 1,225' NNW' of
launch site is double loop road with 4 or 5 ob-
jects approx 60` x 10' alongside. A short dis-
tance N of this section is an excavation contain-
ing one bldg 'a0' x 30' .
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ADMINIS"I'1tA1'ION & HOUSING SEC"1~ION: I_,o-
cated approx 2,600' NE of launch site. Contains
a0 bldgs--one bldg 190' x 70' alongside a puss
concrete apron, 7 bldgs 140' x 40', and 2 smal-
ler bldgs.
inka. Rail siding also serves SAM support fa-
cility and is connected to launch area by direct
roads through Brailov. "Phis rail line connects
Brailov, Lhmerinka, and Vinnitsa.
Other MRBM Activity Within 25 NM
Radius Of Launch Area
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Rail-to-Road Transfer Point
Located 5.8 nm SSE of launch area at junction
of road and rail line between Brailov and "Lhmer-
LAUNCH AREA NO 3 (TYPE IV)
COORDS: 49-17-30N 28-20-15L-'
ASSOC AREA: Lhmerinka No 1, 9.8 mn to :iW';
lhmerinka No 2, 12.3 nm to SW
'rDI NAibIE: Vinnitsa Launch Site
LOCATION: 17.5 nm NNE of Ghmerinka
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CONS"1'RUCI~ION S7 A"1~US: Complete-
Launch Site
TERRAIN: Level VEGE"1'A1'ION: Wooded
ShCURI"I Y: Single fence
CUM1'ONLN"1 S: I Ieart-shaped loop road encom-
passing amounded control bunker and serving
two launch silos 225' apart and a third silo 260'
51=: of the westernmost launch silo. An unidenti-
FIGURE 3. ZHMERINKA MRBM LAUNCH AREA NO 3.
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tied structure is visible which strongly resem-
k~1es the other three positions. 1'he access road
enters the site on an azimuth of- The covers
of the positions are closed and each has an un-
identified object close by. A small structure
whose size is undetermined is located alongside
the NE side of the access road.
Site Support Facility
111hV1INISTRA"PION & HOGSING Sl_:C'I"ION: Lo-
cated 2,975' SE of launch site. Area contains
1.1 bldgs--2 bldgs 135` x 50', 2 bld~s 170' x 60',
;3 bldgs 125' x 50', one bldg 160' x 60', and 3
.smaller bldgs.
Rail-to-Road Transfer Point
Probably Vir itsa rail yard 7.7 nm SE ofla.unch
area, which s 1.0 tracks wide and has shop and
warehouses. Launch area connected to town by
good roads.
Other N~~~26M Activity Within 25 NM
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