MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CENTER AT DNEPROPETROVSK, USSR (Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: April 1, 1964
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
MISSILE DEVELOPMENT
AND PRODUCTION CENTER
AT DNEPROPETROVSK, USSR
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MISSILE DEVELOPMENT
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FIGURE 1. MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CENTER, DNEPROPETROVSK, USSR,
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 Photography of the Dnepropetrovsk Mis-
sile Development and Production Center, USSR,
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is of the best quality that has been
obtained of that installation to date. The best
previous photography of this installation was
obtained in I and a
number of changes have taken place since
that time. These include completion of three
major production buildings which add approxi-
The Dnepropetrovsk Missile Development
and Production Center (DMDPC)
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mately 390,000 square feet of roof cover;
construction in progress of an additional pro-
duction building; the building of several smal-
ler industrial, storage, and testing structures;
and an increase in size of approximately 25
percent in the secured area of the center's
test facility. The photography also re-
veals a number of details of the installation
which heretofore have not been discernible.
changes that have
taken place between
tails of the installation which heretofore have
not been discernible. The dimensions given in
this report are derived from good-quality pho-
tography by improved mensuration techniques
and may not necessarily agree with previously
published figures.
The installation consists of three contig-
uous yet distinct parts: Plant Post Box 186
on the northeast side, Plant Post Box 192
in the center, and the Test Facility on the
southwestern side (Figure 1). Each part is
separately walled or fenced and little direct
access is evident between parts. Rail spurs
enter all three areas.
is located at 48-26N 34-59E on the
southern edge of the city of Dnepropetrovsk,
USSR (Figure 1). It has been built since
World War II and was originally designed
to produce motor vehicles. It is now one
of the major installations involved in the Soviet
missile program.
DMDPC was first clearly seen on pho-
tography of and a
report was compiled based on that photog-
raphy. 1/ Subsequent coverage in
produced the best photography of
the installation that had been obtained to date.
The purpose of this report is to describe
Plant Post Box 186 constitutes the major
part of the Dnepropetrovsk Missile Develop-
ment and Production Center and accounts for
about half of the total acreage of the instal-
lation (Figures 2 and 3). This facility con-
tains a powerplant, 18 major production build-
ings, and numerous smaller administration,
storage, and miscellaneous structures. A rail
spur enters the plant area from the west, and
branches of this spur serve most of the build-
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OVERALL OVERALL
LENGTH WIDTH
(FT) (FT)
PLANT POST
BOX 1~2
ROOF
COVERAGE
(SQ FT)
376,700
165,600
136,300
156,100
133,225
63,000
196,650
160,275
86,700
124,200
339,375
535,350
441,000
357,100
68,750
356,025,
194,250
114,000
70,000
725,000
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725 x 550
480 x 345
580 x 235
590 x 280
365 x 365
280 x 225
690 x 285
740 x 275
510x 170
360 x 345
975 x 385
1245 x 430
1225 x 360
880 x 455
275 x 250
830 x 490
520 x 480
400 x 285
310 x 290
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ings. The entire area is surrounded by a wall
which has main entrances on the north and east.
Several changes have taken place at this
plant area has been extended approximately
1,300 feet westward along the rail line to en-
close an additional seven acres which will
probably be used for storage purposes. Some
light-colored earth scarring was
The wall around the
in this
but the enclosing wall was first seen
on photography o This part
of the plant was cloud covered during an in-
tervening photographic mission of
the addition appeared to be nearing comple-
tion with some work possibly remaining to be
done on the roof. One monitor is evident on
the northern end of the roof, and other moni-
tors will probably be constructed on the re-
maining portion.
A third significant change is the con-
struction of a production building (item 3),
measuring 590 by 280 feet, in the southern
portion of the plant area. A small patch of
light-toned earth scarring seen at the site on
photography of
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may have represented initial construction ef-
forts. Photography of II revealed
the rectangular outline of the foundation, and
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Another change since Q is the
construction of an addition (item 1A, I-igure
3) to the large final assembly building (item
1) in the western part of the area. This ad-
dition measures approximately 480 by 345
feet, and the 165,600 square feet of added roof
coverage represents an increase of more than
40 percent in the roof coverage of the final
assembly building. Construction began on
this addition some time after
Haze and heavy cloud shadow ob-
scured the site on photography of
preventing a determination of the construc-
tion status at that time, In
Plant Post Box L92 is located between
Plant Post Box 186 and the Test Facility along
the south side of the main rail line running
through the complex (Figure 4). the main
part of this area is walled and contains one
large final assembly building (item 8, "igure
4) and seven smaller production buildings. A
contiguous walled/fenced area on the south-
east contains one small industrial building
cure nearing completion. Its roof structure
.consists of two rows of three wide monitors,
parallel to the long axis of the building. The
outside roof edges appeared indefinite, indi-
cating that construction may be incomplete.
Several smaller storage and miscellane-
ous buildings have also been constructed since 25X1 D
their total roof coverage, however,
is small, representing a relatively insignifi-
cant addition to the plant. Significant roof
coverage added at the plant since= is 25X1 D
321,700 square feet, giving the plant 4,799,600
square feet,
and several miscellaneous buildings. In ad-
dition, a number of other buildings, several
of which are of recent construction, are scat-
tered outside the secured areas on the south
and east and may also be associated with
this plant.
Several changes of significance have taken
place at Plant Post Box 192 since
An extension of the large walled
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TEST
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500 x 140 70,000
175 x 150 26,250
150 x 100 15,000
560 x 120 67,200
320 x 120 38,400
600 x 195 57,000
550 x 125 68,750
1270 x 490 622,300
475 x 115 54,625
425 x 85 36,125
OTHERS 200,000
TOTAL 1,255,650
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feet to the west adds approximately six acres
to the plant. This enclosure and a small
building within it have been constructed since
A production building (item 4) has been
added in the northern part of the plant. This
building has also been constructed since
revealed steady progress; spoil from the large
hole was being piled across the road to the
South.
ing foundation rising slightly above ground
level was visible in the center of the excava-
tion. Additional excavation and construction
were also evident in a larger rectangular area
surrounding the foundation. 'I hese features in-
dicate that a single large rectangular struc-
ture may be constructed at this site and that
the part of the structure over the foundation
presently visible will require an unusually
heavy supporting base.
A small gable-roofed storage building (item
3) has also been constructed in the same area
since II Buildings added
or presently under construction add more than
110,000 square feet to the plant, resulting in
a total roof coverage of 1,255,650 square feet.
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very hazy, revealed this building in the mid
stage of construction. On pho-
tography, it appeared complete, although the
indistinct edges of what appeared to oe two
monitors extending the length of the roof indi-
cated that some work remained to be done.
a building was under
construction (item 2) west of the large final
assembly building (item 8). The excavation
for this structure had been started when the
plant was first seen on photography ofd
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The DMDPC Test Facility is located im-
mediately west of Plant Post Box 192 (Figures
5 and 6). It is surrounded by a triple security
fence and appears to have little direct road
access to the other two areas of the plant. A
rail spur enters the Test Facility from the
north and serves several of the buildings, but
does not appear to extend to any of .he test
stands. The major components of the facility
consist of three large vertical test stands
(items 1, 2, and 3, Figure 6) and numerous
support structures in the northern halt of the
area and a number of smaller structures con-
nected by a system of overhead pipelines in
the southern half.
'l he installation appears to be active as
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at the bases of two of the stands. The mark
at one stand (item 3) is cone shaped with the
apex of the cone appearing to center on the
stand. This would indicate that the stand has
a single test position. The mark at the other
stand (item 2) is irregular in shape and appears
to have emanated from one side of the stand
rather than from the center; this indicates the
presence of more than
blast mark is present
(item 1) on the
one test position. No
at the third test stand
photography.
took place during the
period are worthy
of note. First, the secured area has been in-
creased in size by approximately 25 percent
by the fencing of an additional area on the
north-northwestern side of the facility. Except
for an open ditch in the western corner, no new
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LENGTH WIDTH
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ROOF
COVER AGE
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1.600
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145
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5800
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230
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13,900
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600
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145
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, 700
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120
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270
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16,2(10
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185
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7,400
12
170x70
11,900
13
100 x 30
3,000
14
125 x 45
5,625
15
70 x 30
100
16
110 x 45
4,950
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130 x 85
(1050
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235 x 55
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150x20
3,000
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Railroad
Road
Fence
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construction or development has taken place in
the newly enclosed area. Second, a large rec-
tangular structure (item 4), measuring 145 by
90 feet, has been constructed at a relatively
isolated site on the western edge of the test
area. Indications that this structure may still
be under construction are that it is difficult
to determine the shape of the roof and that an
open ditch extends from the structure to a
building (item 10) in the center of the facility.
Overhead pipelines of undetermined function
appear to extend from the roof of this struc-
ture, downward to the ground to the north and
south. These pipelines extend for short dis-
tances and have indefinite terminal points;
this also suggests incomplete construction and/
or intended further extension. A shallow exca-
vation extends beyond the building on the south
and southwest.
Two other features of the test facility, not
new but discerned for the first time on
other terminal points of the pipelines system
are vague. One pipeline extends beyond the
triple fence on the western side of the facility;
another appears to go underground between
the outer and inner fences on the south; one
enters a long, low structure (item 20) in four
distributaries; and others branch out to groups
of small structures. The function of these
overhead pipelines is difficult to determine; no
expansion bends are evident, and no supply
source such as a water tower, fuel tank, or
steam plant is discerned. Several large tanks
are present in the area, but no direct con-
nection to these tanks from the overhead pipe-
line system is visible. Although the diameter
cannot be measured accurately, the large shad-
ow cast by the pipelines and the possible sup-
ports indicates a large flow capacity.
A long, low structure (item 20) in the south-
central part of the facility was seen more
clearly on the photography.
It has indefinite, somewhat rounded edges which
may indicate bunkering. Lines of the overhead
pipeline system were observed entering one
side of this building in four places, and on the
opposite side four small dark areas where snow
has melted may represent the effects of one
of a variety of causes such as liquid spillage,
blast, or heat exhaust. An open ditch extends
from the northeastern corner of the structure
to the edge of the nearby ravine.
photography, are a system of over-
head pipelines and a structure (item 20) of
indefinite shape in the
the facility.
south-central part of
The system of overhead pipelines connects
most of the structures in the northern half of
the test area. Only one of the pipelines is
seen near the test stands; this line appears
to connect to a building (item 9) between two
test stands (items I and 2). The locations of
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