KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER USSR PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA AND MISSILE RECEIVING AND CHECKOUT AREA

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• Publication Date: April 1, 1967
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONt4i REPORT
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA
MISSILE TEST CENTER
USSR
PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY
AND CHECKOUT AREA
AND
MISSILE RECEIVING
AND CHECKOUT AREA
Declass Review by NIMA/DOD
APRIL 1967
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PREFACE
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This report is one of a series prepared under NPIC Project 11211/66, in re-
sponse to CIA requirement C-D15-82,975, which requests detailed line drawings,
to scale, of selected elements of the Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka Missile Test
Center (KY/Vlad MTC, Figure 1). The basic layout of the selected elements
contained in this and other associated reports was compiled from high-reso-
lution photography. Individual reports will be updated periodically upon com-
pletion of the series, in order that changes may be reflected as they are ob-
served on subsequent photography.
The precision target plots included in this report are mathematically recti-
fied projections of the area. Plots are compiled by utilizing precision mensura-
tion instruments, and image interpretation is performed with the aid of stereo-
scopic viewing equipment. Identifiable image points are measured and their
coordinate values mathematically transformed by computer. This transforma-
tion corrects for camera and attitude (pitch, roll, and yaw) induced distortions,
but does not correct for displacement due to ground relief and object height.
The horizontal and vertical dimensions included in these reports are accu-
rate to within plus or minus 5 feet or plus or minus 5 percent, whichever is
greater.
These target plots represent the most accurate data compiled to date, but
the user is cautioned to exercise care in scaling distances or determining azi-
muths from these plots, because relief can introduce errors in distance and
alignment.
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PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA,
AND
MISSILE RECEIVING AND CHECKOUT AREA
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These 2 areas, because of their proximity and general construction chronolo-
gy, have been combined in this report.
Probable Missile Assembly and Checkout Area
The Probable Missile Assembly and Checkout Area (Figures 2 and 3), which
can be negated in
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probably complete prior t
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larged to its present configuration during the period
This area, located 6 nautical miles (nm) northwest of the Complex C Oper-
ations Area is a double-fenced, rail- and road-served area consisting of 20 major
buildings, 8 rail-served and 9 drive-through type, and several smaller structures.
The rail line serving the area enters the south side of the installation, ad-
jacent to the road entrance, and terminates near the northern security fence.
Three rail spurs, 2 on the east side and 1 on the west side, branch off the rail
line, in the south-central portion of the installation. The 2 spurs on the east
side of the rail line terminate in an open-sided building. The western rail spur
terminates in a drive-through clerestory building. Two additional drive-through
buildings are located adjacent to the west side of the clerestory building. These
2 buildings are not rail served.
A small support area is located immediately north of these buildings, con-
sisting of an administration building, a heating plant, a small drive-in building,
and 2 support buildings.
Several rail spurs branch off the rail line in the north-central portion of the
installation, where they provide service to a group of 5 parallel buildings on a
loop road pattern. The 2 eastern buildings are drive through, in addition to
being rail served. Two of the center buildings are in line, with a rail spur going
through the southern building and terminating in the northern building. The
road enters opposing ends of the buildings but does not interconnect the. two.
The westernmost building in the group of 5 buildings is served by 4 rail spurs
which terminate inside the building. An earthen embankment is located along
the east side of the building. A drive-through, high-bay building is located on
the rail line between this group of buildings and the previously mentioned
support area.
The newer portion of the assembly and checkout area consists of a rail-
and road-served building located in the northwest corner of the installation
and 5 large, drive-in buildings located in the southwest corner of the area.
Three of the 5 buildings are isolated by an earthen embankment. Buried heat
lines connect the newer areas with the centrally located heating plant.
Missile Receiving and Checkout Area
The Missile Receiving and Checkout Area (formerly thel
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FIGURE 2. PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA, KY/VLAD MT.
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FiGURE 3. RECTIFIED PLOT, PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA.
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ITEM DESCRIPTION DIMENSIONS (FT)
1 2 DRIVE-IN BUILDINGS
2 3 DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDINGS
3 GATEHOUSE
4 OPEN-SIDED BUILDING
5 HIGH-BAY BUILDING
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8 BUILDING
9 BUILDING
10 PROBABLE BURIED TANK
11 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
12 HEATING PLANT
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b
13 DRIVE-IN BUILDING
14 DRIVE-IN BUILDING
15 BUNKER
16 DRIVE-IN BUILDING
11 BUILDING
18 DRIVE-IN BUILDING
19 DRIVE-IN BUILDING
20 2 DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDINGS
21 HIGH-BAY BUILDING
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The Missile Receiving and Checkout Area (Figures 4 and 5), located 4.5 nm
northwest of the Complex C Operations Area, is a double-fenced rail- and road-
served area with 14 structures of varying size and function. The area can be
compared with the Missile Receiving and Checkout Area at the Plesetsk Missile
and Space Center because of similar size and function of the rail-served, high-
bay building and an adjacent multistory building. Several other miscellaneous
features appear to be similar.
The largest structure at the installation is a rail-served, high-bay building
on a loop road pattern in the southwest corner of the installation. A tall tower
is located near each corner of the building. A second large, multistory building
is located immediately west of the high-bay building. A loading platform occu-
pies the major portion of the northwest side of this building. Five small struc-
tures and an earth-mounded structure parallel the northwest security fence.
Two large excavations are located in the northwest corner and south side of
the installation, respectively. Additional structures at the installation consist of
a gatehouse and an administration building, located near the entrance to the
area, a heating plant and associated facilities located near the center of the
area, and several additional support structures.
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REQUIREMENT
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NPIC PROJECT
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