LAUNCH COMPLEXES A AND E AND TROOP TRAINING AND SUPPORT AREA KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1964
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
LAUNCH COMPLEXES A AND E
TROOP TRAINING AND SUPPORT
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA
MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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September 1964
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ELECTRONIC
SITE
MARSHALING
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SAM BASE
SUPPORT
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INITIAL SAM
LAUNCH FACILITIES
RANGEHEAD
RECEIVING
COMMUNICATIONS
SITE
PROBABLE
PROPELLANT
HANDLING AND
STORAGE AREA
INITIAL SAM
SUPPORT FACILITIES
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HOUSING AND SUPPORT
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RANGEHEAD TRANSMITTING
COMMUNICATIONS SITE
? Interferometer
? SA-2 SAM site
Launch area
Support area
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This report is one of a series being pre-
pared in response to requirements NSA/PO-432/
R45-64, UGMC-64, and DIAXX 64-14, and pre-
sents a detailed photographic interpretation re-
port on Launch Complex A, Launch Complex E,
and the Troop Training and Support Area of the
Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka Missile Test Center
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Launch Area A
The permanent facilities at Launch Area
A (Figure 2), including the two launch pads
and the two large earth-ramped structures,
show no new construction activity since
. Other activity is evident,
however, with the major item of interest being
an SS-4 missile exercise underway at the
in-
launch pad. Equipment present in-
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cludes an erected SS-4 missile with a total
height of approximately N feet including launch
platform, an erector with its boom still crad-
ling the missile, a 30-foot fuel trailer towed
by a YAAZ-214 truck, two 30-foot oxidizer
trailers also towed by YAAZ-214 trucks, a
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(Figure 1). Information is updated on this
facility since and
was derived primarily from KEYHOLE photog-
raphy of although
photography
and also was
utilized.
The southern earth-ramped structure is in-
active and the road to this structure has never
been hard surfaced. This area is separately
fence secured and apparently is not in use.
Support Area
The support area for Complex A (Figures
3 and 4) has continued to show expansion since
Twelve new build-
ings, including one which is under construction,
have been added in the administration and housing
section. The majority of these have been
associated with electronic facilities. Follow-
ing are building descriptions and dimensions,
keyed to Figure 4, dimensions in feet, approx-
imate:
two possible water 25X1 D 1. Probable admin/housing
trucks, one possible oxidizer transfer van, one
possible hydrogen peroxide truck, two possi-
ble medium generators, one possible nosecone
van, and at least 15 additional cargo trucks and
unidentified vehicles throughout the area.
Activity also is evident at the northern
earth-ramped structure. A crane and two un-
identified pieces of equipment are located on this
ramp and two cargo trucks and several unidenti-
fied vehicles/pieces of equipment are parked on
a hardstand to the west. Three additional trucks
are also parked in the area.
struction, multistory, 145 x 45.
2. Storage,
3. Admin/housing, 70 x 40.
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4. Section 70 x 20 added as crossbar to
building 80 x 55 to form a "T" shaped building
probably administrative in function.
5. Electronic -associated building, hip-
roofed, 155 x 35.
6. Electronic- associated building, gable-
roofed, 25 x 25.
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7. Probable electronic-associated build-
ing, trapezoidal shaped, 35 x =with . x
10 entrance.
8. Electronic-associated building, 20 x
9. Electronic-associated building, gable-
roofed, 25 x 25 with gable-roofed
extended entrance.
10. Electronic -associated building, gable-
roofed, 30 x ? with gable-roofed entrance
approximately 15 x 10.
11. Electronic-associated building, flat-
roofed
12. Electronic-associated building, flat-
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The motor pool contains at least 35 ve-
hicles and at least 18 additional vehicles are
parked throughout the area. The perimeter
fence line has not been extended to the north-
east side of the administration and housing
section.
The SA-2 site approximately 1,000 feet
northeast of the administration and housing
section was occupied when observed on ~
. The site con-
tains six launchers, two of which have missiles
emplaced. One missile is on a transporter on
the road system within the site and another mis-
sile is on a transporter which is parked just off
the ring road in the northern section of the site.
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This northernmost of the SSM launch com-
plexes, Launch Complex E (Figure 5), has
had no appreciable changes since
The complex continues to be double fenced with
guard towers at the corners. A newly identified
bunker is located north of the launch pad. It
measures 115 by 65 feet at the base and 80 by 30
feet at the top. This bunker was previously iden-
tified as a new building in NPIC/R-156/63. 1/
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Six electronic vans and a possible FAN SONG
radar are in the central guidance revetment.
Six additional probable missile transporters and
six additional vehicles also are parked within
the site. Two possible transporters, two possible
electronic vans and six additional vehicles are
located outside the site to the southwest. No
equipment is present in the three hold revet-
ments. No apparent change was noted in the
SA-2 housing and support area just across the
road from the site to the north.
One new 140- by 45-foot, single-story,
gable-roofed building has been added along the
entrance road into the missile assembly and
checkout area west-northwest of the housing
section. Eighteen vehicles were parked in this
area, including a probable missile transporter
approximately= feet long with a possible
missile- feet on it. The bed of the prob-
able transporter is approximately feet wide.
There also is a large flatbed truck, approximate-
ly .feet long, parked near the large assembly
and checkout building. The bed of this vehicle
measures approximately feet. Two
vehicles approximately
by0feet and three trucks or vans approximately
20 by 10 feet are parked nearby. In addition,
10 vehicles were parked on a hardstand out-
side the entrance to the area.
There has been no apparent change in the
size or configuration of the launch pad, the
support buildings near the pad, or the support
buildings at the complex entrance. A small
structure is located in an excavation approx-
imately 400 feet north of the pad. This can
now be seen to be a probable terminal room
which would have been located under the firing
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point if a second launch pad had ever been
constructed.
A small object, possibly a small missile
or rocket, is present in an erected position
on the apron adjoining the northern corner of
the launch pad. It stands approximately=
feet high. A second object, possibly an erector
or servicing platform, has a circular hooplike
configuration at the top. No height measurement
could be obtained on this object. These two
objects are connected by a possible cable. An
unidentified object giving a bright reflection is
located near the eastern edge of the depression
between the launch pad and apron. Eight ve-
hicles, the largest measuring - feet,
are located throughout the complex.
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checkout tent/building measuring approximately
125 by 30 feet. There also are three vehicles
parked in this section.
West of the barracks area is a large motor
pool with six new small buildings. There are
at least 100 vehicles parked in the motor pool,
including 12 which are missile transporters/
erectors, or cranes. 't'here are also two new
probable vehicle storage/maintenance buildings
with concrete aprons south of the motor pool.
The buildings measure approximately 125 by 60
feet and 150 by 60 feet. Dispersed throughout
the area are five other separate groupings
of vehicles and tents. The large vehicles are
possible transporters/erectors or cranes.
There are two probable-SCUD exercises
taking place in the area. One (Item A, Fig-
ure 6), a probable assembly/warhead mating
exercise, has two A-frame cranes, one erected,
a probable SCUD missile on a probable ZIL-
157 semitrailer. The other probable exercise
(Item B) consists of a probable fueling exercise
with a probable SCUD missile on a semitrailer,
a possible fuel transporter, a possible oxidizer
transporter, and a possible water truck.
The Troop Training and Support Area
(Figures 6 and 7), located approximately one
nautical mile (nm) north-northwest of Launch
Complex A support area and approximately
3.3 nm southwest of Launch Complex E, has
had continuing expansion of permanent facilities
since Twenty-seven
buildings, including seven presently under con-
struction, have been added to the support por-
tion of the area. These include 16 two-story
barracks buildings measuring approximately
150 by ' 40 feet, a new messhall measuring
approximately 360 by 45 feet, and 10 smaller
one-story.. buildings. The greatest increase in
building construction was between-
During this period five of the bar-
racks buildings were erected and four were under
construction. One building measuring approxi-
mately 170 by 60 feet,. one 80 by 25 feet, and
an addition measuring 100 by 40 feet to an
existing building also were erected. The
large area of tent bases to the north has one
section occupied with 32 pyramidal tents and
five vehicles. There also is an area just north
of the barracks where there are six rectangular
squad-type tents, two utility tents, and a larger
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