SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITE

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78T05439A000100260079-7
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
T
Document Page Count: 
5
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
January 23, 2001
Sequence Number: 
79
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
March 1, 1960
Content Type: 
BRIEF
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ILLEGIB Approved For Release 2001/03/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000100260079-7 Approved For Release 2001/03/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000100260079-7 LMaaaw ui Declass Review by_ NIMA / DoD 003617 No Pages 4 Copy No 4 r JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF ARMY-NAVY-CIA (Published and Disseminated by. CIA/PIG) SU13JECT : Surface-to-Air Missile Site NO : PIC/JB-14/60 DATE : 1 March 1960 LOCATION: 11.5 nm NW of Stalingrad, USSR COORD: 48?51'N 44?19'E Figure 1. SAM SITE 11.5 nm NW OF STALINGRAD. MINICAR9 DOPY Approved For Release -A mi?A 5439A00010026 7 S - 3' BO L'5HAYA ROSSOSHKE FIGURE 2. SAM SITES AND SUPPORT FACILITIES IN THE STALINGRAD AR A. Date of information TOP SECRET CHESS YERMAN KRASN0ZRMEVSK 0 SAM SITE SAM SUPPORT FACILITY SUBJECT INSTALLATION aa' 30' ay' oo' I 25X1 D Approved For Release 200 11Rf/03 Et D9PW 439A000100260079-7 TOP SECRET CHESS PIC/JB-14/60 REFERENCE POINT: STALINGRAD RR STA and SHOPS, NORTH, BE No 48042148" N - 44?31'22" E. LOCATION: 11.5 nm northwest of reference point. FUNCTION: One of a group of sites deployed for the defense of Stalingrad. SITE STATUS: Complete and operational. LAUNCH FACILITIES: Six launch revetments with six launchers emplaced. MISSILES: One missile on launcher. Five missiles in hold revetments. 25X1 D ELECTRONICS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT: FRUIT SET radar with ten associated vans and/or trailers positioned in large revetment at center of site. Probable SPOON REST radar with associated generator trailer located just south of operations area. IFF interrogator not visible. OVERHEAD POWER and/or COMMUNICATION LINE : Overhead wire line leads to site. TRANSPORTING EQUIPMENT: Six ZIS-151 tractors and missile trailers located in hold revetments. Five prime movers, six sets of bogie wheels, and three van trailers located in vehicle parking area. Approved For Release 2001703/9q~TRLP78TV5439A000100260079-7 SUPPORT AREA: Structures Description TOP SECRET CHESS PIC/JB-14/60 Guardhouse Administration 3 Barracks Support building Support building Possible transformer building Support building Support building Support building Support building Water tower Building under construction Roof Type No Stories Dimensions (feet) Shed 1 15 x 15 Hip 2 170 x 60 Hip 1 55 x 40 Shed 1 80 x 15 Gable 1 25 x 25 Shed 1 20 x 15 Gable c. 1 25X1 D Gable 1 Gable 1 Gable 1 . 25X1 D -- - 25 dia. -- - 30 x 15 Other features include 12 tent support bases and one probable earthen mound. 25X10 SECURITY: Irregular-shaped board fence encloses operations area. Security fence, 1, 900 x 1, 400 feet, encloses site. REMARKS : Site is.situated on relatively flat terrain in a predominantly agricultural area. A SAM support facility 12.5 nm to the east serves the site. Approved For Release 2d063MC FJ7$05439A000100260079-7