PINSK MRBM COMPLEX, USSR FIXED FIELD SITE

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

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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PINSK MRBM COMPLEX, USSR
FIXED FIELD SITE
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Launch Arca No ] (TDI name: Ivanovo MRBM Launch Site) -- "L',ype I 52-10-4CiN 25-47-OOE
Launch Area No 2 (TDI name: Motol MRBM Launch Site) -- Type I 52-12-45N 25-44-45E B
Pinsk Fixed Field MRBM Site ('CPI name: Lychkovtsy 551'1 Nixed Hold Position) 52-15-OON 25-21-45E
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"1-his report supplements NPIC/K-99/64, 1/
which discusses the Pinsk MRBM Complex,
which previously consisted of two Type I MRBM
launch areas.
'he Pinsk Fixed Field MRBM Site (Figure 1)
is located in a heavily wooded area at an approx-
imate elevation of 230 feet, 2.0 nautical miles
(nm) north of Lychkovtsy in the Belorussian
SSR. Pinsk MRBM Launch Area No 1 is 12.5
nm to the southeast and Launch Area No 2 is
'x4.2 nm to the east-southeast. The rail yard
at Ivanovo, 10 nm to the southeast, is the prob-
able rail-to-road transfer point for Launch
i~reas No 1 and 2 and for the field site. It con-
tains 15 tracks, a roundhouse, and shops. "1 he
field site is connected to the remainder of the
~'~RRBM complex, and to the rail yard, by primary
and secondary, probably all-weather roads.
"hhe fixed field site can be negated in early
which time the basic road networ. k and the four
p+~dlike clearings were present but in a rough
form. The Pinsk complex had been long es-
tablished at this time, Launch Area No 1 being
completed in-and Launch Area No 2
being completed in- One small possi-
ble structure or object was also present in a
clearing between two of the padlike clearings
at this time. When next observed, again in late
the site showed no
change.
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site was again covered in-
and although haze and
clouds precluded a detailed interpretation, it
was possible to determine that the padlike
clearings had been enlarged and improved and
that a possible tent camp and several possible
buildings had been constructed. When next
covered, in early
- the site showed continued expansion,
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with the four padlike clearings being distinct
and appearing complete; a tent camp had been
established and several buildings/tents erected.
When last observed, in
-the site showed no expansion or im-
provement and did not appear changed but haze
and cloud shadows preclude a detailed interpre-
tation.
"Ihe site (Figure 2) is situated alongside one
of the roads of the local road network and con-
sists of four padlike clearings in a west-north-
west/east-southeast line 1,575 feet long. The
clearings are separated into two pairs 490 and
^ feet apart. The approximate dimensions
of the clearings, starting with the weste
feet, and the last whi triangular in shape,
The azimuth of the
clearings is .approximately 235 degrees, which
is close to the 225-~legree~ azimuths of Launch
Areas No 1 and 2. Located to the rear of the
northernmost clearin~5 is a probable tent/build-
ing 120 by 30 feet. Approximately 1,160 feet
northeast: of .he censer of the site is an area
containing an undetermined number of tents/
tent bases. Located in this same area are
several small clearings, one containing a small
possible building or structure whose size is un-
determined, and one containing four unidentified
objects .
Two unidentified objects are located in two
small clearings betw~_~en the easternmost pair
of padlike clearings. Between the westernmost
pair of padlike clearings is a clearing containing
two unidentified objects and a small possible
building or structure whose size is undeter-
mined. Also, adjacent to one of these padlike
clearings are :wo unidentified objects. No se-
curity fence is evident around the site and no
erectors or activity have been observed on the
padlike clearings.
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