ZNAMENSK MRBM COMPLEX, USSR FIXED FIELD SITE NO 2

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

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ZNAMENSK MRBM COMPLEX, USSR
FIXED FIELD SITE NO 2
Launch Area No 1 (TDI name: Znamensk MRBM Launch Site 1) -- Type I 54-33-OON 21-11-15E,
Launch Area No 2 (TDI name: Znamensk MRBM Launch Site 2) -- Type I 54-35-30N 21-08-45E
Znamensk Fixed Field MRBM Site No 1 (Pravdinsk SSM Fixed Field Position) 54-23-OON 20-59-45E
Znamensk Fixed Field MRBM Site No 2 (Domnovo SSM Fixed Field Position) 54-25-30N 20-53-OOE
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This report supplement.; NPIC/R-108/64
1/ and NPIC/R-844/64, 2/ which discuss the
Znamensk MRBM Complex, previously con-
sisting of two Type I launch areas and a fixed
field site, together with two probable rail-to-
road transfer points.
Fixed Field MRBM Site No 2 (Figure 1)
is located on level terrain in a wooded area
approximately 2.0 nautical miles (nm) east
of Domnovo in the Baltic USSR. The earliest
coverage of Field Site No 2 was in
On prior ~~overage of
he site was not
present,. aunch Areas No l and 2 were ob-
served as complete on
.and are located 13.0 and 13.5
nm, respectively, northeast of Field Site No
2. ~ Another field site within the complex is
located near Pravdinsk and is designated as
Fixed Field MRBM Site No 1. This site was
also first observed on and is 25X1 D
located 4.8 nm southeast of Field Site No 2.
Site No 2 (Figure 2) consists of four
launch positions arranged iri an L-shaped pat-
tern. A double semicircular road network with
cross links connects with three of the launch
positions; the fourth is situated to the. east
and connected to the double semicircular road
network by a small loop road. A good road
connecting two nearby settlements passes to
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the south of the site. At the site entrance are
two buildings probably serving as sentry build-
ings. Along this road and approximately 0.5
nm to the east is a building area containing
about a dozen buildings. The building area
has the general appearance of a possible site
support area; its buildings are quite different
from those in the nearby villages or towns.
However, the building area was present in
whereas the field
site was first apparent in
_ and no definite association between
the building area and field site can be seen on
available photography. No erectors or vehicles
were discernible at the field site on any KEY-
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HOLE mission nor is there any vehicular
traffic.
associated buildings were present; however,
only two launch positions were discernible. Sub-
sequent KEYHOLE coverage of
revealed four launch positions.
A probable rail-to-road transfer point for
Launch Areas No 1 and 2 is a Znamensk rail
yard 16 nm north-northwest of the fixed field
site. The rail siding at Pravdinsk, 3.7 nm
to the north of Field Site No 1, is also probably
utilized by the complex and a siding located 1.5
nm 'to the west-southwest is probably utilized
by Field Site No 2.
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L NPIC. R-108/64, Znamensk MRBM Complex, USSR, Feb 64 (TOP SECRET RUFF)
2. NPIC. R-844/64, Znamensk MRBM Complex, USSR, Fixed Field Site, Sep 64 (TOP SECRET RUFF)
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