SCUD MISSILES, YEN-TAI NAVAL STORAGE AREA, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000400010041-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: September 1, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
SCUD MISSILES, YEN-TAI
NAVAL STORAGE AREA, CHINA
SEPTEMBER 1974
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SCUD MISSILES, YEN-TAI NAVAL STORAGE AREA,
CHINA
1. A SCUD A missile and one probable SCUD A missile were identified at Yen-tai Naval
Storage Area China, However, the
missiles have been at this facility collocated with G-1 SSB ballistic missile submarine launch tubes
This identification, with other evidence, suggests the Chinese
may have received the SCUD missile from the Soviet Union for use in the G-1 SSB.
2. The Chinese G-Class SSB was assembled at Luta Shipyard between 1962 and 1964. In
1968 the ship underwent sail modification at Lu Shun Shipyard and its SS-N-4 missile launch tubes
were removed. The tubes were then moved to Yen-tai Naval Storage Area where they were first
observed in November 1968.
3. The Yen-tai storage facility, on the east edge of Yen-tai, consists of an open storage area
approximately 100 by 75 feet partially secured by a wall. The SCUD missiles were positioned adjacent
to the G-1 SSB launch tubes (Figure 1). One missile was full ex osed and a robable missile was
observed extending from its crate. The fully exposed missile
the standard 25X1
SCUD A missile Additional equipment in the area consisted of four probable 25X1
CSA-1 sustainers, five unidentified crates, and seven other pieces of equipment.
4. This is the first time the SCUD missile has been observed uncrated at the Yen-tai facility.
The SCUD crates measured 35.0 by 5.0 feet** (Figure 1, inset). The missile will fit into the crate
without the raised portion shown in the drawing.
5. The only other SCUD missile equipment identified in China consisted of two SCUD missile
transporters observed at Nan-ching Naval Institute National War College in November
1971. The collocation of the SCUD A missiles with the G-1 SSB launch tubes since November 1968
and the presence of SCUD missile transporters at the naval war college indicate that the SCUD missiles
observed in China are naval associated and were originally intended for use in the G-1 SSB. The
SS-N-4 SLBM, originally designed for the Soviet G-1 SSB, became operational in 1960. It is believed,
however, that prior to the SS-N-4, the Soviet Union had modified a SS-1B (SCUD A) missile for
use in the modified Z-class SS.1
25X1
25X1
1. DIA. ST-CS-08-159-72, T70-08-06, Soviet Submarine Weapons System Study Series (U) Volume XI, Z
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