PROBABLE MISSILE LAUNCH AND ELECTRONICS COMPLEX 50 NM WSW OF SARY SHAGAN, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04751A000300020004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 4, 1960
• Content Type: BRIEF

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
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SUBJECT :
Probable Missile Launch
NO :
PIC/B-4/60
and Electronics Complex
DATE :
4 May 1960
LOCATION :
50 nm WSW of Sary Shagan,
USSR
LAT :
46?10'N (Approx.)
WAC :
245
LONG :
72?25'E (Approx.)
CIA. PIC/JB-76/60, Sary Shagan Support Base, 22 Apr 60 (TSC)
CIA. PIC/JB-86/60, Missile Launch Complex, 4 May 60 (TSC)
This brief, which is the result of a preliminary photographic analysis,
identifies a large road-served probable missile launch and electronics
complex approximately 50 nm (nautical miles) west-squthwest of the Sary
Shagan Support Base (see CIA/PIC/JB-76/60). The complex consists of:
a single-fenced probable missile launch site; a double-fenced installation
which may be a missile launch site or an electronics site; a network of
instrumentation sites; an area containing a drive-through building; and a
large support area. A brief description of these installations follows
(see Figure 1).
The probable launch site consists of a road-served rectangular paved
area 300 by 120 feet with the major axis oriented west-northwest/east-
southeast. A possible rail launcher approximately 30 feet long is posi-
tioned on the north side of the paved area. Two earth-mounded structures,
probably for control purposes, are located a short distance north of the
paved area.
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LATTICE TOWER
AT LEAST 150'H.
DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDING
/ 90' x 80'
INSTRUMENTATION
SITE
FIGURE 1. PROBABLE MISSILE LAUNCH AND ELECTRONICS COMPLEX.
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RECTANGULAR PAVED AREA
300 x 120
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The double-fenced installation consists of two semicircular paved
areas , a lattice tower at least 150 feet high (probably microwave), an
unidentified.structure (probably for control purposes), and a possible
radar reflector approximately across. Since a portion of this
installation is obscured by clou s, Per facilities may exist which are
not evident on the photography. Cloud cover also precludes complete
stereo viewing of many of the reported items including the most promi-
nent, the semicircular paved areas.
Only one of the semicircular paved areas is visible on large-scale
photography. It has a radius of approximately 150 feet (base length of
300 feet), and has an unusual configuration the function of which is
undetermined (see Figure 2 for one concept of this paved area). A
vertical object is positioned midway along the base of the paved area.
The second semicircular paved area, which is visible on small-scale
photography, appears to be identical to the one described above.
The instrumentation network consists of four sites, three of which
are nearly identical and are interconnected by cable. These three sites
are fenced and consist primarily of three or four buildings and a hard-
stand for two or three vehicles. The fourth site consists of an instru-
mentation building connected by cable to the double-fenced installation.
The drive-through building is located in an area secured by a single
fence. The building measures approximately 90 by 80 feet and has a
longitudinal monitor approximately 50 feet wide. The vehicle entrance-
way is 35 feet wide.
The support area is 2 nm southeast of the complex. It contains
housing for more than 1, 000 persons, administrative facilities, several
motor pools., and numerous other support facilities. An airstrip is
under construction just north of the support area.
In addition to the instrumentation network, an interferometer-type
site is located approximately 12 nm southwest of the complex, and is
connected to it by a good all-weather road. A long-range high frequency
communications site, with two 2-bay fishbone antennas under construction
and several mobile communications vehicles, is located approximately 16
nm west of the complex and 6 nm north-northwest of the interferometer-
type site. It is connected to the interferometer-type site by an all-weather
road.
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NOTEe Because of the poor quality of base maps of this area and
the scattered cloud cover on the photography, it is emphasized that the
geographic positioning of this complex is approximate at this time,.
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