STATUS OF SOVIET SINGLE-SILO MODIFICATION PROGRAMS, USSR (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000400010117-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 117
• Publication Date: February 1, 1976
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
STATUS OF SOVIET SINGLE-SILO
MODIFICATION PROGRAMS, USSR
(8-27 JANUARY 1976)
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STATUS OF SOVIET SINGLE-SILO MODIFICATION
PROGRAMS, USSR 25X1
i. 'rnls report upuates l'vi xeporc Jana
includes the modernization and conversion activity observed
in the USSR on KEYHOLE photography 25X1
Table 1 lists specific complexes and the 25X1
number of groups involved in modernization or conversion.
2. Modernization was completed in the K Group at the
Perm SSM Complex Modernization 25X1
was completed in the F Group at the Teykovo SSM Complex 2.5X1
Modernization was also completed 25X1
at ICBM training site 61 at Teykovo -not shown 25X1
in Table 1.
Conversion to Type IIIF Silos
3. Conversion was completed in the B Group at
Dombarovskiy SSM Complex Con- 25X1
struction continued in the C Group. Conversion was completed
in the A Group at Kartaly SSM Complex 25X1
Conversion to Type IIIG Silos
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4. Conversion was completed in the F Group at
Pervomaysk SSM Complex com con- 25X1
version continued at Kozelsk SSM Com lex 25X1
Derazhnya SSM Complex was not observed on 25X1
At Tatisc evo SSM Complex 25X1
only two launch sites 111 the 1. Group were identifiable wnere
silo conversion was reported underway 25X1
] However, an increase in the amount o construction 25X1
materials was observed at the ICMB rail-to-road transfer
point in the silo materials receiving area 25X1
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Top Secret RUFF
Table 1. Status of Soviet Single-Silo Modification Programs
No of Groups
Originally Deployed
Modernization to
SS-1 1, Mod 2/3(IIID)
Drovyanaya 5
Gladkaya 6
Olovyannaya 9
Perm 8
Svobodnyy 6
Teykovo 8
Totals 42
Conversion to SS-1 8(111C to IIIF)
Aleysk 5
Dombarovskiy 10
Imeni Gastello 8
Kartaly 7
Uzhur 10
Zhangiz-Tobe 8
Totals 48
Conversion to SS-19 (111D to IIIG)
Derazhnya 6
Kozelsk 11
Pervomaysk 6
Tatishchevo 12
Totals 35
Conversion to SS-17 0111D to IIIH)
Yedrovo 1 1
Totals
11
No of Groups No of Groups No of Groups
Modified Being Modified To Be Modified
5 0 0
6 0 0
9 0 0
6 2 0
6 0 0
6 0 2
38 2 2
0 1? 4
2 1 7
0 1 7
1 1 5
1 1 8
0 7
4 6 38
3 3 0
0 2 9
5 1 0
0 1 11
8 7 20
2 0
2 0
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Conversion to Type IIIH Silos
5. No additional launch site conversion activity has
been observed at Yedrovo SSM Complex 25X1
Conversion to Undetermined-Type Silos
6. No launch site conversion activity has been observed
as yet at Kostroma SSM Complex However, silo 25X1
construction materials were identified at the silo materials
receiving area F_ I 25X1
PIN-005/76, Status of Soviet
Single-Silo Modification Programs, USSR (5
December 1975--7 January 1976), Jan 76
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