SMORGON IRBM COMPLEX, USSR LAUNCH AREA NO 3

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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September 1964
USSR
SMORGON 1RBM COMPLEX,
LAUNCH AREA NO 3
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SMORGON IRBM COMPLEX, USSR
LAUNCH AREA NO 3
Launch Area No 1 (TDI name: Smorgon Launch Site I) -- Type III 54-31-45N 26-17-30E BE
Launch Area No 2 (TDI name: Smorgon Launch Site 3) -- Type III 54-36-15N 26-23-15E BE
Launch Area No 3 ('I'D[ name: Smorgon Launch Site 2) -- Type IV 51-26-15N 26-I8-15E III,
Smorgon Fixed Field Site (TDI name: Smorgon SSM Fixed Field Position) 54-34-45N 26-21-
LAUNCH
AREAS
RAIL-TO-ROAD
TRANSFER POINT,
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26?25'
TO MOLODECHNO
AND MINSK
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26?40'
TO
BU DSLAV
AIRFIELD
Railroad, double track
- Road
1 2 3
hotog- is given in the referenced report. Launch Area
updates that portion of NPIC/R- 4.3 nautical miles (nm) southwest of Smorgon,
106/64 1/ concerning Launch Area No 3. Infor-
in the Belorussian SSR (Figure 1).
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Launch Area No 3 lies in the center of a
small, heavily wooded area at an approximate
elevation of 650 feet. The surrounding terrain
is hilly and rolling. An improved probably
all-weather road connects the area directly with
the probable complex rail-to-road transfer
point, 3.5 nm to the northeast, and with Smor-
gon. The probable rail-to-road transfer point
is a railyard 0.8 nm southwest of Smargon along
the main line connecting Smorgon and Vilnius.
The yard is seven tracks wide and contains
approximately 20 buildings of which six are very
large warehouse types and the others are proba-
bly shops and storage. The area is also
connected by an improved road network to the
other launch areas in the complex. Launch Areas
No 1 and 2, both complete Type III areas, are
located 5.7 nm to the north and 10.5 nm to the
north-northeast, respectively. The Smorgon
Fixed Field Site is located 8.8 nm to the north-
northeast.
This launch area was first observed in
at which time,
because of the poor quality of the photography,
only the outline of the launch site, the site
access road, three buildings in the administra-
tion and housing section, and some of the road
network were discernible. The status of con-
struction could not be determined. Smorgon
Launch Area No I was in the midstage of con-
struction and Launch Area No 2 was also first
observed in the early stage of construction. The
Smorgon Fixed Field Site
No 3 was again observed and excavations for the
control bunker and two launc'i silos were dis-
cernible. New scarring was visible in the admin-
istration and housing section but no increase
in facilities was observed. Launch Area No
3 was identified as a hype IV IRBM launch area
in the early stage of construction. Construction
also was proceeding at the two soft launch areas.
change discernible was some new road scarring
in the site support facility. Launch Area No I
was in the late stage of construction and Launch
Area No 2 was in the early to midstage of con-
struction. the complex was again covered in
coverage of the area was in
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two other silos, and construction around the
control bunker were present. The site support
facility had expanded to include eight buildings.
Launch Area No 1 was now complete and Launch
Area No 2 was in the mid- to late stage of con-
struction. the fixed field site showed no changes.
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the launch site contained three launch 25X1 D
silos and a control bunker, plus three associated
buildings. The site support facility now con-
tained approxim ately 12 buildings. Launch Area
No 2 still was under construction.
was again observed, the launch site was nearly
complete. The control bunker had been covered,
the loop road was present, but some activity
was continuing around the three launch silos.
The site support facility was expanding and now
contained approximately 18 buildings. A
new receiving, inspection, and maintenance
(RIM) facility I
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was complete and contained three launch silos
with covers, a control bunker, and a loop road.
the RIM facility was under construction, as
were some buildings in the site support facility.
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LAUNCH SITE
(Dimensions in feet)
Pad orientation 225?? 5?
1 Mounded control building 150 x 70
(not visible)
1 Building
1 Building
1 Building
3 Silo covers
1 Unidentified structure
1 Building
130 x 50
115 x 45
90 x 35
60 x 50
50 x 50
40 x 20
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LAUNCH SILO
COVERS
Road
------ Trail/unimproved road
Bunker
14MMN+W. Earth-mounded building
Building
? Unidentified object
SITE SUPPORT FACILITY
(Dimensions in feet)
ADMINISTRATION/HOUSING SECTION
8 Barracks-type buildings
150 x 40
1 Building
125 x 50
1 Building
100 x 40
6 Small buildings
3 Unidentified objects
TECHNICAL
1 Building
1 Building
1 Building
1 Building
2 Buildings
1 Building
1 Building
1 Building
SECTION
150 x 40
135 x 40
80 x 70
80 x 65
75 x 30
70 x 65
65 x 30
55 x 40
RIM FACILITY
1 Missile-ready building 180 x 40
1 Building 70 x 55
1 Building 45 x 45
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Launch Area No 2 was now complete. On the
the launch site was complete, the
site support facility contained 31 structures, the
I I and the remainder of the RIM facility
contained three buildings, including the missile-
ready building.
The access road enters the launch area (Fig-
ure 2) from the north and passes through the
site support facility. It continues another 3,000
feet where it starts to rise and forms a heart-
shaped loop serving three launch silos and a
the loop is
In the center of
bunker. Also present at the launch site are three
large and one small buildings. The site support
facility consists of two sections: the admini-
stration and housing section and the technical
section. These two sections, contain 19 large
buildings, n ne `mall buildings and three uni-
dentified objects.
Located 1,260 feet west of the site support
facility north of the launch site
is the RIM facility. The RIM facility consists
of three buildings, including a missile-ready
building, a small building, and a building of
unknown function with a small structure on either
side of its entrance.
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the RIM facility are drive-in. No security
fencing was evident around the launch area or
any of its components.
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MAPS OR CHARTS
AMS. Series N501, Sheet NN 35-5, 3d ed, May 62, state 1:250,000 (UNCLASSIFIED)
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