PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OAK REPORT

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• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2002
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: September 8, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OAK REPORT
ARMY - NAVY - AIR FORCE - CIA
PREFACE
THIS IS THE FIRST OF AN ESTIMATED FIVE DAILY OAK REPORTS ON MISSION
9023 AND DEALING WITH THE HIGHEST-PRIORITY INTELLIGENCE ITEMS
APPEARING IN THE.COMOR TARGET LIST, THIS REPORT COVERS THE OAK-
REPORTING PERIOD FROM 0800 TO 1430 HOURS. 7 SEPTEMBER 1961. FOR
IDENTIFICATION. THE COMOR TARGET NUMBER APPEARS WITH EACH COMOR
TARGET REPORTED. IN ADDITION. THIS REPORT INCLUDES TARGETS OF
OPPORI'UNIV,'Y F~REAPPEAR FERENCEOS UTMOST INTELLIGENCE
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC
STATUS OF COMOR TARGET READOUT
TOTAL NUMBER OF TARGETS 208)
TARGETS 013SERVED AND REPORTED - 9 15
TARGETS NOT OBSERVED Q CLOUD COVER) 15
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TARGETS NDT COVERED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHY
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMOR TARGETS ACCOUNTED FOR -- 45
THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF MISSILE ACTIVITY OBSERVED FOR THE
FIRST TIME ON MISSION 9023 (INCLUDING PROBABLES AND POSSIBLES).
NEW
ITEM IDENTIFICATIONS
0
ICBM SITES 0
PADS INCLUDED
IRBM/MRBM AREAS 4
PADS INCLUDED 16
SA-2 SAM SITES
A-3 SAM SITES
NOTE-ALL TARGETS ARE LOCATED IN WE USSR UNLESS OTHERWISE
INDICATED Dr
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GUIDED MISSILES,
SHUANG- TZk E CHIN MISSILE LAUNCH COMPLEX
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MISSION 9023 REVEALS THE EXISTENCE OF A MISSILE LAUNCH COMPLEX, OF
UNDETERMINED CAPABILITY BUT PROBABLY NOT ICBM, LOCATED IN NINGSIA
PROVINCES AT APPROXIMATELY 41-15N 100-15E, 50 NM NE OF SHUANG-CHENG-
TZU. THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF SSM AND SAM LAUNCH FACILITIES. EACH
WITH SUPPORT FACILITIES. THE SSM LAUNCH FACILITIES (ORIENTED
GENERALLY TO THE WEST) CONSIST OF THREE LAUNCH AREAS (A, B. AND
C). AREAS A AND B HAVE TWO PADS EACH (SEE ATTACHMENT 1)s AREA Cs
PROBABLY UNDER CONSTRUCTIONI HAS ONE PROBABLE PAD. AREAS A AND C
HAVE SIMILAR DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDINGS. THE SAM FACILITIES CONSIST OF
A TEST AND TRAINING AREA (SEE ATTACHMENT 2)s WITH TWO SIX-POSITION
SA ~ SAM LAUNCH SITES AND AN AS50CIATED SUPPORT SITE, AND A 15 BY 10
NM INSTRUMENTED TEST RANGE ADJACENT TO THE EAST, THE CONFIGURATION
Or THE SAM SITES IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE FAN-TYPE SAM SITES
OBSERVED IN THE USSR. FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MISSILE LAUNCH
COMPLEX WILL BE GIVEN IN A SUBSEQUENT OAK REPORT.
2. PEIP-.. AREA (CHINA), SAM SITES (NEWLY IDENTIFIED)
MISSION 9023 REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF THREE COMPLETED SA-2 SITES IN
THE PEIPINC, CHINA# AREA. THE SITES ESE AND NORTH OF THE CITY ARE
ADJACENT TO AIRFIELDS. SITE LOCATIONS FOLLOW.
39-47-58N 116-41-55E
COMPLETED SA-2 SITES STAR TYPE, 16.2 NM ESE OF PEIPING
COMPLETED SA-2 SITE, STAR TYPE, 14.9 NM NORTH OF PEIPING
40'09-02N I1?6-18-25E
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COMPLETED SA-2 SITE, STAR TYPE, 16 NM SOUTH OF PEIPING
94-44-00N 116-23-OOE
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TWO MODIFIED INLINE IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREAS ARE LOCATED NEAR VORU.
ONE IS AT 57-49-iON 026.50 3f E s 5.5 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF VORU. THE
OTHER I S AT 57-45-40N 026-47.2OE, 4 NM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF VORU.
EACH LAUNCH AREA CONTAINS FOUR PADS AND A SMALL HOUSING AREA. BOTH
AREAS ARE IN THE WOOD.
TORVA I RBMIMRBM LAUNCH AREAS (NEWLY IDENTIFIED 3
TWO IRREGULAR IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREAS ARE LOCATED 6 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF TORVA AND 11 NM NORTH OF VALGA. THE TWO AREAS ARE 3.3 NM APART
IN A NORTH/SOUTH LINE. EACH AREA HAS FOUR LAUNCH PADS. THE NORTH
AREA, AT 57-59-20N 026-05-30E, IS PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY HAZE AND
CLOUDS. ITS CONSTRUCTION STATUS CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THE SOUTH
AEA, AT 57-56--00N 026-O4-3OEs APPEARS COMPLETE, A SMALL SUPPORT
AREA IS LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN AND SERVES BOTH LAUNCH AREAS. A
NEWLY IDENT:IFIED SAM SITE IS LOCATED 14.5 NM NORTHWEST OF THE
SUPPORT ArtAA:
CHERN?AI'HOVSK AREA, IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREA
AN IRBM/MR81 LAUNCH AREA IS LOCATED 22 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
CH.ERNYAKHOVSK. THE AREA HAS FOUR LAUNCH PADS AND A ROAD NETWORK OF
AN INLINE CONFIGURATION. THE AREA IS WOODED. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
CONSTRUCTION IN THE BUILDING AREA IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE LAUNCH
AREA NOW APPEARS COMPLETE.
6. C N KHQ7VSK AREA, IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREA
NOW KNOWN AS SOVETSK IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH
REA
MISSION 90e23 CONFIRMS THIS AS AN IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREA. THE AREA IS
26 NM WSW OF CHERNYAKHOVSK AND 42 NM SW OF SOVETSK. IT IS OF THE
MODIFIED INLINE TYPE WITH FOUR PADS? A SUPPORT AREA WITH SEVEN
BUILDINGS) IS APPROXIMATELY' ONE NM TO THE NE. THE LAUNCH AREA IS
ROAR SERVED. NO SECURITY FENCE IS DISCERNIBLE. THE AREA APPEARS
COMPLETED
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THIS INLINE IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREA, WITH FOUR PADS, IS LOCATED 22 NM
NORTH-NORTHWWEST OF CHERNYAKHOVSK. NO CHANGE IS OBSERVED SINCE
61 E N kHOVSK ARE A4 PO55 ?RBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREA
NOW KNO ; GVARDEYSK PUSS IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREA
54-46N 021-09E
THIS AREA CANNOT BE CONFIRMED OR NEGATED: FROM THIS PHOTOGRAPHY! AS
AN I.RBMIMRBI4 LAUNCH AREA. THE AREA, WHICH APPEARS COMPLETE# I5 7 NM
NNE OF GVARI)EYSK AND 25 NM WNW OF CHERNYAKHOVSK? IT HAS A NETWORK
OF ROADS WITH WIDEmRADIU.S TURNS4 FOUR WIDE CLEARED AREAS, AND AN
ASSOCIATED ;SUPPORT AREA* THE POSSIBLE LAUNCH AREA IS ROAD SERVED
AND SI TUAT EI) I N WOODS.
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ICBM ACTIVITY.
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THE SUSI ECT ICBM LAU
WITHIN A 60-NM RADIUS AROUND KOSTROMA REVEALED NO INDICATORS OF
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MUD K.AREA ICBM SEARCH
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THE RAIL LINES IN THE TARGET AREA COULD NOT BE SEARCHED BECAUSE OF
EITHER CLOUD COVER OR LACK OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE. A RAILROAD OR
FIRST CLASS ROAD NOT SHOWN ON US ATC 009I-5AL3 2D ED, NOV 594 IS
VISIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF OZERO (LAKE) UMBOZERO FROM
A0PRO}.IMATE:LY 67 45N TO 67-55N. NO MILITARY, SECURE. OR
UNIDENTIFIED INSTALLATIONS WERE NOTED ALONG THE SECTION OF THIS
>' ALROAD OR ROAD THAT IS VISIBLE.
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THE TARGET AREA IS COVERED BY GOOD-QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY.
A SEARCH WITHIN A 20-NM RADIUS OF RAUNA REVEALED NO MISSILE
ACTIVITY OR FACILITIES,
V. GA SUSPECT MISSILE SITE
5:-4: 026-02E
SEE ITEM ON TORVA If2BM/MRBM LAUNCH AREAS.
;i. THE FOLLOWING TARGETS WERE NOT OBSERVED BECAUSE OF CLOUD COVER.
YEMTSA-ARKHANGELSK PAIL SEARCH
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3".5 412
`.tVERODV I NSK Q MOLOTOVSK) SHIPYARD 402
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OBOZERSKAYA,-VONGUDA RAIL SEARCH
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63- 040-20t
KONOSHA-PLESE 'SK. RR MISSILE SEARCH
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61-00N 040,,110E
ISAKOGORKA-SEVERODVINSK RAIL SEARCH
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642:5N 040-`35E
CHEREPOVET ICBM SITE
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YOSHKAR-OA ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX
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C UNCH COMPLEX
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59-14N 049--29t
POLYARNYY URAL AREA ICBM SEARCH
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67-03N 0656624E
ERKHNYAYA SALDA GM ACTIVITY
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POLUNOCHNOVE SUSPECT ICBM AREA
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KOMSOMOLSK SHIPYARD AMUR 199
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14? THE FOLLOWING TARGETS WERE NOT COVERED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
CHELKAR MItSILE LAUNCH FACILITY
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sARY SHAGAK ANTIMISSILE TEST COMPLEX
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461-12N 73-48E
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Mt. RMANSK /SEVERO #ORSK NAVAL BASE
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PAPLAKA IR13M/MRBM LAUNCH AREA
56-24N 02'
PAPLAKA AR!-'-7A IRBM/M'}BM SITE
OLENYA AIRFIELD
KEDAINIAI MISSILE DEPLOYMENT SEARCH
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JELGAVA SUSPECT MISSILE SITE
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AURAOE MISSILE DEPLOYMENT SEARCH
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