SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX, SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX, SHUANG-CHENG-TZU
MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA
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SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX, SHUANG-CHENG-TZU
MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA
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This report is in response to CIA require-
ment C-S14-81,844, which requests an update
of NPIC report R-701/64, 1/ to include graphics
and mensuration based on KEYHOLE _
of the SAM Complex
at the Shuang-cheng-tzu Missile Test Center
(Figure 1).
The measurements derived from this mis-
sion are accurate on
horizontal measurements and
on the height measurements.
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The SAM launch complex (Figure 2) con-
sists of two mirror-image, separately secured
SAM launch sites, a SAM housing and support
area, and the downrange instrumentation facili-
ties. The two SAM launch sites are approxi-
mately 5,785 feet apart, center to center.
SAM LAUNCH SITE A
SAM Launch Site A is the southern of the
two sites, and has a normal fan-configuration
road pattern with an average pad separation of
approximately
Dirt road
Trail
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NAUTICAL MILES
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There has been no apparent change in the
permanent facilities of this site; however, there
has been some change in the amount of equip-
ment located on site. On KEYHOLE photography
FIGURE 1. SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER (SCTMTC), CHINA.
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three of the
launch positions were occupied, the central
guidance area was occupied with approximately
8 vans and one probable guidance radar, and the
revetted hardstand contained approximately 12
pieces of unidentified equipment.
On KEYHOLE photography of-
- the launch positions were all unoccupied;
6 POSSIBLE
the central guidance position was occupied with
2 rows of 4 possible vehicles or vans and an
unidentified piece of equipment or vehicle; and
the revetted hardstand contained approximately
8 vehicles 40 feet long, approximately 6 vehicles
35 feet long, approximately 6 vehicles =
long, and approximately 6 other smaller vehicles
or objects.
VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT t 65' X 80'
ON HAROSTAND
APPROXIMATELY
26 VEHICLES/OBJECTS
ON HARDSTAND
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140' X 55!,
65' X 30'
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POSSIBLE PIECE
OF EQUIPMENT
SAM LAUNCH
SITE B
Road
Unpaved road
Fence
Revetment
SAM LAUNCH
SITE A
POSSIBLE EQUIPMENT
OR VEHICLE
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SAM Launch Site B has a normal fan-con-
figuration road pattern with an average pad
separation of approximately 205 feet.
Apparently the fan-configured roads are
not being utilized. Two earthen revetments
are located within this site and the revetment
walls extend across two of the permanent inner
service roads.
One of the two revetments is located ap-
proximately 250 feet north-northeast of the
guidance area and is semicircular, with a
diameter of approximately 90 feet. The height
of the revetment wall is approximately
The second revetment is located approximately
250 feet south-southeast of the guidance area
and is generally semicircular, with a diameter
of approximately 65 feet. The revetment wall
is approximately nigh. Both of these re-
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vetments are served by a common, unpaved road,
approximately= wide, that goes through the 25X1 D
site in a north-south direction. The revetments
are approximately 480 feet apart, center to
center.
This site was robabl unoccupied when seen
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tion of one possible piece of equipment located
in the central guidance area and approximately
six small possible vehicles or pieces of equip-
ment located in the revetted hardstand.
There has been no significant change in
the permanent facilities at this site since
KEYHOLE photography of
reveals no changes in either the downrange
instrumentation facilities or the SAM housing
and support area.
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