SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SUPPORT FACILITY

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CIA-RDP78T05439A000100240116-0
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8
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December 28, 2016
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July 6, 2000
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116
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Publication Date: 
April 5, 1960
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BRIEF
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ILLEGIB Approved For Release 2000/08/04 :CIA-RDP78T05439A000100240116-0 Approved For Release 2000/08/04 :CIA-RDP78T05439A000100240116-0 l~o Pages 4 E dopy No !1 6 Declassification review by NIMA/DOD JOINT PHOTOGRAPi~IC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF ~jr} ;~3 ~1 ARMY-NAVY-CIA (Published and Disseminated by CIA/PIC SUBJECT Surface-to-Air Missile NO :PIC /JB-58/60 ' Support Facility ?- DATE `5 April 1960 LOCATION: 10 nm ESE of Kharkov?-USSR COORD: f'19?56'N 36?27'E Figure 1 . SAM SUPPORT FACILITY 10 NM ESE OF KHARKOV. MIMCARD COPY TOP SECRET CHESS PIC/JB-58/60 I ZOLOCHEV~ SAM SUPPORT FACILITY O SUBJECT INSTALLATION ~ 36? 30~ I FIGURE 2. SAM SITES AND SUPPORT FACILITIES 1N THE KHARKOV AREA. Datje of information 25X1 D i - Z TOP SECRET CHESS TOP SECRET CHESS REFERENCE POINT Kharkov RR Station, Yards and Shops , Ci 49?59'25"N - 36?12'22"E. LOCATION: 10 nm east-southeast of reference point. PIC/JB-58/60 i 25~C 1 A BE No } { T FUNCTION: s This support facility serves SAM sites deployed for th~ defense of Kharkov. FACILITY STATUS: Final stage of construction and operational.. MISSILES Thirty-one canvas-covered missiles on trailers. VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT: -:Thirty tractors, 31 missile trailers and 19 possible missile trailers. _ ?? (Four van-type trucks . _ . COne probable mobile heavy crane. - - COMMUNICATIONS Two possible communication antennas located just easy of site entrance. OVERHEAD POWER anal/or COMMUNICATION LINE: Overhead wire lire leads to facility. Description Roof Type No Stories i Dimensions (ft) Drive-through checkout/ maintenance building Gable r. 2 ~ 210 x 80 3 Support buildings under construction Gable !~ 1 ; 200 x 90 Storage building Gable 1 ~~ 100 x 30 Storage building Gable 1 ~- 45 x 35 Storage building Shed 1 ~ 25 x 25 Steam plant Complex 1 ! 70 x 40 2Drive-through checkout buildings Gable ~; 1 ~: 60 x 35 i ? TOP SECRET CHESS TOP SECRET CHESS Oxidizer storage shed Gable ~, 1 Guardhouse Hip ~ 1 Support building Shed ! 2 Y I 5 5. 8 8 e PIC/JS-58/60 45x40. 50x40 20 x 15 Other features include: Three small support buildings.. . One buried tank 15 feet in diameter. ~I Two horizontal tasilcs, revetted, each 15 feet long b~~f.eet in dia- meter. ~ Four possible horizontal tanks, located in groups of'two, each 20 SECURITY Irregular-shaped security fence encloses facility. Irregular-shaped security fence encloses missile tenance area. Four guard towers . Peripheral light poles . REMARKS This facility is situated on gently rolling terrain checkout and main- An antiaircraft garrison with an unoccupied 8-gun AA position is lo- MAP REFERENCES: WAC 234; AMS-Series N 501, Sheet NM 37-7. 25X1 D TOP SECRET CHESS TOP SECRET CHESS ~~'1!.322 Nc~ Pages 3 C~py No . 11 ~ JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIIrF ARMY NAVY-CIA (Published and Disseminated by CIA/PIC) SUBJECT ~ Surface-tp-Air Missile Site NO DATE 1~IC/JB-59/60 L';~ April 1960 LOCATION: 17 nm east of Gorkiy, USSR I ~ ?COORD: 56o17'N 44?18'E TOP SECRET CHESS y ~ y ~~~ ~~~~~~ .TOP SECRET CHESS TOP SECRET CHESS 43? 30' \ qq~ pp~ PIC/JB-59/60 NAUTICAL MILES x 25X1 D TOP- SECRET CHESS PIC/JB-59/60 E - - - 25X'~A - REFERENCE POINT: Gorkiy RR Station Yards and Shops . Main,' BE No ' 56?19'05"N - 43?56'10"E. , LOCATION: -- 17 nm east of reference point. FUNCTION: -- -- One of the sites deployed for the defense of Gorkiy. REMARKS: Scale and e - pretation Site is situ~ted on;relatively'flat terrain in cultural TOP SECRET CHESS