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SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SUPPORT FACILITY

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78T05439A000100240111-5
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RIPPUB
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T
Document Page Count: 
5
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
July 6, 2000
Sequence Number: 
111
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Publication Date: 
April 4, 1960
Content Type: 
BRIEF
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ILLEGIB Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78TO5439A000100240111-5 Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78TO5439A000100240111-5 (Published and Disseminated by CIA/PIC) mp Pages 4 Cbpy No 45 PUhCHEB JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF Q'IM315 SUBJECT : Surface-to-Air Missile NO : PIC/JB-47/60 Support Facility DATE : 4 April 1960 LOCATION: 2 nm south of Sevastopol, USSR COORD: 44?34'N 33033'E Declassification review by NIMA/DOD SAM SUPPORT FACILITY 2 NM SOUTH OF SEVASTOPOL. MiNICARD COPY TOP SECRET CHESS PIC/JB-47/60 ,ALEKSANDROVKA BLACK SEA 33? 90~ 34? 001j O SAM SITE SAM SUPPORT FACILITY SUBJECT INSTALLATION NAUTICAL MILES FIGURE 2. SAM SITES AND SUPPORT FACILITIES IN THE SEVASTOPOL AREAS Dote of information SEVASTOPOL S,4RABUZ TOP SECRET CHESS TOP SECRET CHESS PIC/JB-47/60 REFERENCE POINT: Sevastopol RR Station acid Yards, BE No 33031'51"E. LOCATION: 2 nm south of reference point. FUNCTION: 25X1A 441*35'35"N - This support Sevastopol. !FACILITY STATUS: Complete and operational. MISSILES : Twenty-three possible canvas-covered missiles. VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT: Twenty-four tractors, 23 missile trailers, 6 possible missile trailers COMMUNICATIONS : Nore visible. OVERHEAD POWER and/or COMMUNICATION LINE: Overhea.d wire line leads to facility. STRUCTURES: Description Roof Type No Stories Dimensions (feet) Drive-through checkout/ maintenance building Base Gable 2 ;180 x 80 Wing Shed 2 80 x 30 Steam.Plant Complex 2 60 x 40 2 Support buildings -- 1 1 125 x 25 Drive-through checkout building Gable 1 65 x 35 Dri e-?t!-ir. oug'h checkout build g Shed 1 60 x 35 RevljIetted storage area -- - ;110 x 30 Revietted storage area -- - 40 x 35 Revetted storage area -- - ;40x25 TOP SECRET CHESS PIC /JB-47 /60. Oxidizer storage shed Shed 1 40 x 35 Guardhouse Shed 1 ! 40 x 25 Support building Shed 1 35 x 20 Support building Shed 1 35 x 20 .Support building Gable. 1 30 x 25 Support building Gable 1 30 x 20 Support building Shed 1 20 x 20 Other features include: One probable buried tank. Four possible packing crates, 30 feet long, -and 4-Midentified equipment located just north of the checkout/maintenance building. Four unidentified objects 20 feet long and ?feet itn diameter located in one of the revetted storage areas. SECURITY: 6 Irregular shaped security fence encloses facility.- Security fence encloses assembly and checkout area. Five guard towers. REMARKS : This facility is situated on rolling terrain. An abandoned 8-gun AA position is located at the east edge of the facility. MAP REFERENCES: WAC 250; AMS-Series N-501, Sheet NL 36-11.