ICBM COMPLEX KARTALY, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: December 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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ICBM COMPLEX
KARTALY, USSR
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ICBM COMPLEX, KARTALY, - USSR
Launch Site A (TDI Site 1)
Launch Site B (TDI Site 2)
Launch Site C (TDI Site 3)
53-O1N 60-27E
52-57N 60-33E
52-55N 60-25E
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INTRODUCTION
The Kartaly ICBM Complex is located about
2 nautical miles (nm) west of the town of
Kartaly and about 58 nm east-southeast of
Magnitogorsk, in the Southern Urals region of
the USSR. It is situated on flat-to-gently rolling
terrain, with an average elevation of 1,100 to
1,200 feet. Although the launch sites are situ-
ated within small groves of trees, most of the
surrounding area has been cleared and is under
cultivation. There is no improved complex road
system and no well-defined road pattern is ap-
parent; existing unimproved roads and tracks
are utilized.
The complex consists of a complex support
facility and three single-silo launch areas (Fig-
ure 1). It can be negated on photography of =
and first evidence
of construction was apparent in
No surface-to-air missile (SAM)
defenses have been identified in the vicinity of
the complex.
COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY
The complex support facility (53-03N 60-
34E), located on a spur which joins the main rail
line between Magnitogorsk and Akmolinsk, con-
sists of a railhead and storage area and an ad-
ministration/housing area (Figure 2). The spur
about 7,600 feet to the southwest, to the site of
a rail-to-road transfer point. The railhead
and storage area consists of 3 parallel spurs
and a fourth under construction, 12 buildings,
and a small vehicle/equipment pool. Most of
the buildings appear to be of the warehouse or
storage type. The administration/housing area
is situated about 3,000 feet southwest of the rail-
head and storage area. It contains 7 barracks-
type buildings and 3 smaller structures.
LAUNCH AREA A
Launch Area A (Figure 3) is located about
5.5 nm west-southwest of the complex support
facility. There was no evidence of the area in
and construc-
first observed in
The area was not covered on Mission
The launch site, 985 by 810 feet, is enclosed
by a probable security fence. A 285- by 190-foot
rectangular area within the launch site, with its
long axis oriented north-northwest and south-
southeast, is enclosed by a probable board
fence.
Ditching extends along the inner northern side
of the probable board fence, and then turns
northwestward about 45 degrees and terminates
in a large spoil pile.
Only 4 buildings are visible in the vicinity
of the launch site. One large barracks-type
building is about 2,500 feet north-northeast of
the site, and 2 smaller buildings are positioned
just south of it. The other building is located
350 feet southeast of the site. There is also
an unidentified mound or structure along the
southeast side of the probable security fence.
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RAILHEAD AND
STORAGE AREA
VEHICLE/
EQUIPMENT
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Unimproved road
Track/trail
Ditch
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RAILHEAD AND STORAGE AREA
Rail spur lengths 2000'
Rail spur separations 160'and825'
1 Building 150,,x 50'
2 Buildings 1401 x 45'
2 Buildings 125' x 50'
2 Buildings 110' x 30'
1 Building 85' x 30'
2 Buildings 60' x 40'
1 Building 50' x 25'
1 Building
ADMINISTRATION/HOUSING AREA
7 Buildings 140' x 451
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170 feet, which is enclosed by a board fence or
wall. The excavation is flanked on the east and
west by low flat-topped spoil piles; the western
one is rectangular, and the eastern one square.
The immediate area around the excavation has
been cleared, and probably graded.
A group of 7 buildings is situated about
1,000 feet west of the launch site. One of
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LAUNCH AREA B
Launch Area B (Figure 4) is located about
6 nm south-southwest of the complex support
facility. The area can be ne ated on hotog-
raphy of , and
construction was first observed in
. The launch area contains a
single-silo launch site in the midstage of con-
struction. The silo is in an excavation 220 by
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these appears to be a barracks-type building. also a single building located about 900 feet
The others are smaller structures. There is southwest of the launch site.
LAUNCH AREA C
Launch Area C (Figure 5) is located about The area contains a secured site 960 by
9 nm southwest of the complex support facility. 785 feet, and appears to be unoccupied except
It was first observed in for several unidentified mounds which form no
There is a small clearing
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