SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SUPPORT FACILITY 10 NM ESE OF KHARKOV, USSR

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JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
(Published and Disseminated by CIA/PIC)
SUBJECT :
Surface-to-Air Missile
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PIC/JB-58/60
Support Facility
DATE :
5 April 1960
LOCATION:
10 nm ESE of Kharkov, USSR
COORD: 49?56'N 36027'E
Figure 1. SAM SUPPORT FACILITY 10 NM ESE OF KHARKOV.
DECLASS REVIEW by NGA/DOD
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? SAM SITE
A SAM SUPPORT FACILITY
O SUBJECT INSTALLATION
FIGURE 2. SAM SITES AND SUPPORT FACILITIES IN THE KHARKOV AREA. Date of Information
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REFERENCE POINT.
Kharkov RR Station, Yards and Shops, City,
49059'25"N - 36012'22''E.
LOCATION.
10 nm east-southeast of reference point.
FUNCTION.
This support facility serves SAM sites deployed for the defense of
Kharkov.
FACILITY STATUS.
Final stage of construction and operational.
MISSILES.
Thirty-one canvas-covered missiles on trailers.
VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.
Thirty tractors, 31 missile trailers and 19 possible missile trailers.
Four van-type trucks.
One probable mobile heavy crane.
COMMUNICATIONS,
Two possible communication antennas located just east of site entrance.
OVERHEAD POWER ar.d/o.r COMMUNICATION LINE.
Overhead wire line leads to facility.
Description Roof Typ
e No Stories Dimension
s (ft)
Drive-through checkout/
maintenance building Gable
2
210 x 8
0
3 Support buildings under
construction Cable
1
200 x 9
0
Storage building Gable
1
100 x 3
0
Storage building Gable
1
45 x 3
5
Storage building Shed
1
25 x 2
5
Steam plant Comple
x
1
70 x 4
0
2 Drive-through checkout
buildings Gable
1
60 x 3
5
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Oxidizer storage shed Gable
1 45
x40
Guardhouse Hip
1 50
x40
Support building Shed
2 20
x 15
Two lightning arresters are positioned near each of the three storage
buildings e These buildings are not revetted as they have been at
other support facilities.
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One buried tank 20 feet in diameter.
One buried tank 15 feet in diameter.
Two horizontal. tanks, revetted, each in dia-
meter.
Four possible horizontal. tanks, located in groups of two, each 20
feet long by 5 feet in diameter.
SECURITY:
Irregular-shaped security fence encloses facility.
Irregular-shaped security fence encloses missile checkout and main-
tenance area.
Four guard towers.
Peripheral, light poles.
REMARKS
This facility is situated on gently rolling terrains
An antiaircraft garrison with an unoccupied 8-gun AA. position is lo-
cated just west of the facility.
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MAP REFERENCES:
WA.C 234; A.MS-Series N 501, Sheet NM 37-7.
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