SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SUPPORT FACILITY

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78T05439A000100240104-3
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RIPPUB
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T
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5
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
July 6, 2000
Sequence Number: 
104
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Publication Date: 
March 31, 1960
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BRIEF
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ILLEGIB Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78TO5439A000100240104-3 Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78TO5439A000100240104-3 ~~ JOO 2 01 Declassification review by NIMA/DOD Nb Pages C Opy No 46 JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRF ARMY-NAVY-CIA t (Published and Disseminated by CIA/PIC) SUBJECT : Surface-to-Air Missile NO PIC/JB-40/60 Support Facility DATE 31 March 1960 LOCATION : Saratov Area, USSR COORD: 51?25'N 46?09'E Figure 1. SAM SUPPORT FACILITY 4.5 NM SSW OF SARATOV/ENGELS AIRFIELD. MINICARI C1Y 111 -'e 13 /' TOP SECRET CHESS IPIC /JB-40/60 45? 30? 46? 00? 46? 30- NOVO-SKATOVKA Ct11ARDYM ID OLG A f ' TATISHCHEVO _ ' t I ? 5 t1~` f z ti t 5 7 SARATOV - ' r NGELS- KRASNYY KVASNIKOVK ' = SHCHIK TEKSTIL / 1 Z~~ ( UZMOR'YE k KAZITSKOYE VOROSHILOVGRAD SAM SITE S O 10 SAM SUPPORT FACILITY NAUTICAL MILES I SAM TRAINING SITE PRIVOLZHSKOYE SUB JECT INSTALLATION 45' 30? KRASNOARMEYSK 46? ow 46? 30? FIGURE 2. SAM SITES AND SUPPORT FACILITIES IN THE SARATOV AREA. -2- 25X1 D Datof information TOP SECRET CHESS TOP SECRET CHESS 1IC/JB-40/60 REFERENCE POINT: Sa.ratov/Engels Airfield, BE No 25X1A LOCATION: 4.5 rim south-southwest of reference point. 51?29100"$V - 46?11'00"E 8 FUNCT ON: Tsupport facility serves SAM sites deployed for theE defense FACILITY STATUS: Mid stage of construction. MISSILES: Nor.e observed. VEHICLES AND. EQUIPMENT: None observed. COMMUNICATIONS: None observed.- OVERHEAD POWER and/or COMMUNICATION LINE: Overhead wire line leads to facility. No Stories Di mensions (feet) Drive-through checkout/ ma.ir_.tenance building Base Gable 2 E 190x 80 Wing Shed 2 80x 20 Drive-through checkout Gable 1 65x35 building Drive-through checkout building Rjevetted storage 'bldg. Gable Gable 1 R 100x 30 Rjevetted storage bldg. Gable 1 40x35 Rievetted storage bldg. Shed 1 25x25 Steam plant Gable 1 60 x 40 -3- TOP SECRET CHESS TOP SECRET CHESS 25X1 D Oxidizer storage shed Gable 1 '45 x 35 Administration bldg. Gable 1 45 x 40 Support bldg. Gable 1 ,30 x 25 2 Support bldgs. Shed 1 115 x 15 Other features include: 2 revetted horizontal tanks, ''each 1.5 feet long and? feet in diameter; an excavation for a buried Tank 25 feet in. diameter; one buried tank= feet in diameter; or.e earthen bunker 30 x 25 feet under construction; and,. a probable waste pit excavation 130 x 90? feet, connected by a ditch to the southwest corner of the facility. Iregula.r-shapedAecurity fence encloses facility. r SECURITY: 25X1 D Board fence under construction 1, 000 x 650 feet encloses missile assembly Probable peripheral light poles. 25X1 D -4- TOP SECRET CHESS