SCALEBOARD FIELD SITES AT DROVYANAYA AND SARY OZEK USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: February 1, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION MEMORANDUM
SCALEBOARD FIELD SITES
AT D ROVYAN AYA
AND SARY OZEK
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SCALEBOARD FIELD SITES AT DROVYANAYA
AND SARY-OZEK, USSR
Two field-type Scaleboard launch sites have been newly identified within
the Drovyanaya ICBM and Sary-Ozek IRBM complexes. These sites, designated
Drovyanaya Scaleboard Launch Site 3 and Sary-Ozek Scaleboard Launch Site 2, are
the seventh and ei hth Scaleboard launch sites identified near the Sino-Soviet
25X1D border. Since when the sites were first visible, there has been no
evidence that the launch positions have ever been occupied. Both sites were
apparently deployed during the same time period as the other six Scaleboard
sites at Drovyanaya, Sary-Ozek, and Kremovo.
Drovyanaya Scaleboard Launch Site 3 (Figure 1) is within the ICBM complex
at 51-28-00N 112-57-OOE, 6.0 nautical miles (nm) south-southwest of Scaleboard
Launch Site 1. Launch site 3 is located in a partially wooded area astride a
secondary road leading west from the complex main road. The site consists of
25X1D nine vee-positioning points, arranged in a circle (Figure 1, diagram). The size
and arrangement of the nine vee positions and their orientations are identical
to those of Drov ana a Scaleboard Launch Site 2. Th on
and was not present in
Sary-Ozek Scaleboard Launch Site 2 (Figure 2) is located at 44-37-10N
77-56-36E, 8.7 nm north of Scaleboard Launch Site 1. Launch site 2 is in an
open area astride a trail and consists of nine vee-positioning points arranged
25X1D in a circle. The size and arrangement of the nine vee positions and their
orientations are apparently the same as those of Sary-Ozek Launch Site 1. The
25X1D site was first observed in and was not present in
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