KROLEVETS IRBM COMPLEX, USSR LAUNCH AREA NO 3

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
KROLEVETS IRBM COMPLEX, USSR
LAUNCH AREA NO 3
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KROLEVETS IRBM COMPLEX, USSR
LAUNCH AREA NO 3
Launch Area No 1 (TDI name: Krolevots Launch Site 1) -- Type III
Launch Area No 2 (TDI name: Krolevets Launch Site 2) -- Type III
Launch Area No 3 (TDI name: Bereza Launch Site) -- Type III
This report, based on photog-
raphy o updates
that portion of NPIC/R-25/64 1/ concerning
Launch Area No 3. Information on the remainder
of the Krolevets IRBM Complex is given in the
referenced report. Launch Area No 3 is a com-
pleted Type III launch area located 17.2nautical
miles (nm) northeast of Krolevets and 5 nm
west of Bereza in the Ukrainian SSR (Figure 1).
Launch Area No 3 is located in a small
wooded area. The immediate terrain is level,
with an average elevation of 600 feet. A local
road network connects the area to Bereza, 5
nm to the east, which is on a. rail spur from
the Moscow-Kiyev Line and is the probable
location of the rail-to-road transfer point.
Launch Areas No 1 and 2, both completed Type
III areas, are located 11.8 nm southwest and
9.4 nm west-southwest, respectively, from
Launch Area No 3.
Launch Area No 3 was first observed in
at which time,
due to poor-quality photography, the type and
construction status of the area were unde-
terminable. At that time, the other two Type
III launch areas in the complex were complete.
In the area was
identified as a Type III IRBM launch area. The
road network, 4 elongated launch pads, 2 drive-in
missile-ready buildings, a third building similar
to the ready buildings and in line with them,
and 2 possible control buildings were visible
in the launch site. No site support facility or
nuclear warhead facility were discernible. The
next coverage of the launch area, in
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(Figure 2). The launch site consisted of 4
launch pads, 4 drive-in ready buildings (one
probable), a fifth centrally located building
similar to and in line with the ready buildings,
and 2 control buildings (one probable). The site
support facility contained 9 (one probable)
buildings. One building of undetermined function
was located between the launch site and the site
support facility. No nuclear warhead facility
was discernible.
The main access road, after passing through
the site support facility, enters the east corner
of the launch site and branches into a series of
large loops containing four elongated, soft,
launch pads approximately 200 by 90 feet. Three
of the pads are in a line and the fourth is
slightly offset. To the rear of the launch pads
are four drive-in ready buildings (one probable).
A fifth drive-in building is located in the center
of the site, separating the launch pads and
ready buildings into pairs. This fifth building
is in line with the ready buildings and may
be earth mounded. The ready buildings measure
200 by 55 feet and the fifth building measures
180 by 100 feet. The pair of ready buildings
behind the western pair of pads have their
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entrances directly facing the pads. The
entrances of the eastern pair of ready buildings
are angled approximately 45 degrees to the long
axis of the launch pads. The fifth building is
similarly angled to the launch pads. None of the
ready buildings are earth mounded. Due to the
heavy woods, one of the ready buildings is not
easily discernible and is classified probable.
LAUNCH AREA No 2
Centered between each pair of launch pads is
a control building with possible cable scars
or trails running to the launch pads it serves.
Due to the heavy woods, one of the control
buildings is not easily discernible and is
classified probable. There are several un-
identified objects or structures around each of
the western pair of pads, with an unidentified
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object on one of the pads. Slightly inboard and
to the rear of the westernmost launch pad
is a tower or pole. No objects or structures
were discernible around the eastern pair of
launch pads. To the rear of the line of ready
buildings and generally behind the easternmost
launch pad is a building 140 by 80 feet whose
function is undetermined. This building is also
angled to the long axis of the launch pads.
The site support facility lies 3,105 feet east-
southeast of the center of the launch site.
The facility contains nine (one probable)
buildings whose function is probably housing and
administration. One unidentified object is also
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visible in the facility. Neither atechnical section
nor a nuclear warhead facility were visible in
the launch area.
Although the woods in the immediate vicinity
of the launch area appear to have been thinned
out and cut back, lines and clumps of large
trees have been left around the support facility
and the buildings of the launch site. These
form an effective screen to visibility from the
road network around the launch area and enhance
the difficulty of identification from photography.
No security fencing was discernible around
the launch site or site support facility.
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FACILITY
LAUNCH SITE
SITE SUPPORT FACILITY
Dimensions in feet
Dimensions in feet
4 Missile-ready buildings
200 x 55
3 Probable housing buildings
175 x 35
2 Control buildings
150 x 80
3 Probable housing buildings
140 x 45
1 Building
180 x 100
1 Administration building
90 x 60
1 Building
140 x 80
1 Building
90 x 50
4 Unidentified objects
85 x 35
1 Probable building
30 x 30
or structures
75 x 30
1 Unidentified object
60 x 30
30 x 30
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