POSSIBLE MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS AKTYUBINSK TO TASHKENT VIA TYURA TAM AND STALINGRAD TO KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1958
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POSSIBLE MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS
AKTYUBINSK TO TASHKENT VIA TYURA TAM
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STALINGRAD TO KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA
I. INTRODUCTION
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photography in an effort to substantia/e the existence of microwave
communication links between Aktyubinsk and Tashkent via the Tyura Taro
Missile Complex, and to determine whether a microwave communication
link exists between Stalingrad and the Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka Missile
Complex. Both photographic and collateral evidence of facilities which may
comprise elements of these two links are discussed below.
25X1 D This memorandum presents an interpretation of
I I. "POSSIBLE MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN AKTYUBINSK
AND TASHKENT
Microwave communication facilities are reported to be in operation
between Moscow and Aktyubinsk, 1/ 2/ and between Tashkent and Alma
Ata. 3/ A proposed Moscow to Tashkent microwave communication system
has also been reported, 2/ but there has been little evidence from collateral
sources indicating the existence of the 750 nm link between Aktyubinsk
and Tashkent, which would comprise a part of this system.
Eight self-supporting lattice towers or guyed masts (items 1 through
8, Figure 1) spaced at intervals of 10 to 50 nm along the Aralsk/Tashkent
rail line, from the vicinity of Novokazalinsk to a point 38 nm southeast of
25X1 D Kzyl Orda, have been identified on photography. These towers
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or guyed masts could support microwave equipment and may constitute
a portion of the Aktyubinsk/TAshkent link. However, identification of
microwave dishes on towers is extremely difficult on photography of this
scale. Two other towers (items! 9 and 10, Figure 1) which could also be
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part of the Aktyubinsk/Tashkent link have been reported by ground ob-
servers ' the area north of the Aral Sea. 4/ 6/
25X1 D Thse 10 towers or masts are discussed in detail as follows
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No. 2. A possible guyed tower, 205 feet high, is located at 44? 52' NI
65033'E, two nun northeast of Kzyl Orda. No equipment .or associated build-
ing can be identified.
No. 3. A probable communication station, consisting of a fenced
area with nine guyed masts, a transmitter building, and three other
unidentified buildings, is located at Dzhusaly (45027'N/64005' E). Although
no equipment can be identified, one of the masts could be used to support
microwave equipment.
No. 4. A self-supporting lattice tower, 80 feet high, is located at
45? 40' N/63? 43' E, 18 nm east of Tyura Tam and just south of the Syr Daraya
River. No equipment can be identified and no buildings are within the
immediate area.
No. 5. An 80-foot-high self-supporting lattice tower identical to tower
No. 4 is located at 45042'N/63102' E, 10 nm west-northwest of Tyura Tam
and one nm north of the Aralsk/Tashkent rail line. No equipment or build-
ings can be identified. -
No. 6. A75-foot-highs elf- supporting lattice tower similar in structure
to towers No. 4 and 5, is located at 45?45'N/62?56'E, 8,600 feet west of
Bay Khozha, between the Aralsk/Tashkent rail line and the Syr Darya River.
NQ .equipment or buildings are noted.
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No. 7. A self-supporting lattice tower, 65 feet high, is located at
45?48' N/62?08'E, on the northeast edge of Kazalinsk, four nm south of
Novokazalinsk. This tower appears to be set or anchored in a concrete
base. No buildings are associated with the tower, and resolution of the
photography precludes any possible identification of equipment on the tower.
No. 8. A self-supporting lattice tower. 70 feet high, is located at
45?56' N/62?04' E, six nm northwest of Novokazalinsk and 5,500 feet
northeast of.the Aralsk/Tashkent rail line. This lattice tower is located
on top of a small knoll and appears to be similar in structure to towers
No. 4, 5, and 6. No equipment or buildings are noted. -
No. 9. A self-supporting lattice tower, 45 feet high, is reported
from collateral sources to be located at 47015'N/60059'E, one nm west of
Chokusu and one nm west of the Aralsk/Tashkent rail line. 4/ No equip-
ment or buildings were reportedly present at the tower or in the immediate
area.
No. 10. A self-supporting lattice tower, estimatedto be 125 feet high,
is reported from collateral sources to be located at 47?42' N/59?49' E,
approximately 14 nm southeast of Chelkar and two to three nm south of
Aralsk/Tashkent rail line. 6/ No mention is made of equipment or
associated buildings.
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AND KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA
A microwave communication system is reported to be in operation.
between Moscow and Tbilisi via Stalingrad. 3/ 5/ Two self-supporting
lattice towers (Figure 2) appear on photography covering the Kapustin
Yar/Vladimirovka Missile Complex.. These towers aauld be part of a
possible 50 nm microwave link connecting the Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka
area with the reported Moscow/Tbilisi system. Each of the towers is
indicated on Figure 2 and the following text discusses each in detail.
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No. 1. A self-supporting lattice tower, 50 feet high, is located
approximately 2,500 feet west of Kapustin Yar and adjacent to the Volga
River floodplain. No buildings are located nearby, and the resolution
of photography precludes identification of possible microwave equipment.
No. 2. A self-supporting lattice tower 40 to 50 feet high is located
six nm southeast of Kapustin Yar, between the Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka
rail line and the Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka highway. No buildings are
located nearby, and the resolution of photography precludes identification
of possible microwave equipment.
IV. CONCLUSIONS
The possiblity that a microwave link may be under construction
between Aktyubinsk and Tashkent is suggested by the presence of 10
self-supporting lattice towers or guyed masts along the section of the
railroad between Chelkar and a 'point 38 nm southeast. of Kzyl Orda.
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Paucity of coverage and limitations imposed by the resolution of
available photography precludes determination of the existence of a
possible Stalingrad to Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka microwave link. How-
ever,- the presence of two self-supporting towers in the Kapustin Yar/
Vladimirovka Missile Complex could be part of such a link.
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REQUIREMENT: Prepared in answer to RR/HTA/E/R84/58 requesting
a search for possible microwave communications serving the Tyura
Tam and Kapustin Yar Missile Complex areas.
PHOTO DATA:
MAP DATA:
WAC 235
WAC 246
CIA base map 12040, Oct 51
SOURCE REFERENCES:
1. CIA/OCR/IR. (Unnumbered), Radio Relay and Microwave Obser-
vations From the Travel Folder Program (through July 1957).(S).
(Maps and index)
2. Air, AFCIN-1A1. IR-1914-57, 25 Nov 57. (U)?
3. Air, AFCIN-1A1. IR-1134-58,. 14 Feb 58. (U)
4.' OARMA, Moscow. R-261-57, 8 Apr 58. (S)
5.
Air, AFCIN-1A1. IR-1714-57, 6 Sep 58. (S)
6.
Air, Moscow. IR-99-58, 14 May 58. (S)
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