SA-2 SAM WITH UNUSUAL CONFIGURATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2012
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SA-2 SAM SITES WITH UNUSUAL CONFIGURATIONS
KEYHOLE photography of 1961 has revealed two types of SA-2 SAM
sites with configurations that differ from that of typical link, daisy, fan,
and star sites. One is the skull type (Figure 1), of which five sites have
a been identified -- two near Khabarovsk, USSR; two near Spassk-Dal'niy,
USSR; and one near Chorzow, Poland. The second type is the chevron,
which has been identified only in the Leningrad (USSR) area. 1/ A
forthcoming NPIC publication dealing with the SAM defenses around Len-
ingrad will present details on the chevron configuration. However, a
drawing of a typical chevron site is included in this report (Figure 2).
At the skull-type sites, the outer service road forms an elongated,
skull-shaped pattern. The launch revetments are arranged in a semi-
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FIGURE 7. TYPICAL SKULL-TYPE SA-2 SAM
LAUNCH SITE.
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FIGURE 2. TYPICAL CHEVRON-TYPE SA-2 SAM
LAUNCH SITE.
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circle around the guidance area at the center of the site. At four of the
five sites the access road joins the outer service road at a right angle.
The skull-shaped outer road pattern possibly reduces the reloading-
cycle time. The configuration of these sites indicates a flow pattern in
which the missile transporters would move from the access road into the
firing area to unload the missiles, then move outward to the outer service
road, and return to a storage point to reload. This arrangement would
permit the vehicles to be outside the firing area after the missiles are
unloaded at the launch revetments, thus eliminating interference with
launch operations from interior vehicular traffic.
The five skull-type sites, each of which appears to be completed,
are probably used for point defense of their respective areas. Details
on the sites follow.
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FIGURE 4. SKULL-TYPE SAM SITE SOUTHWEST
OF KHABAROVSK.
PROBABLE
MISSILE-
HOLD SHED
FIGURE S. SKULL-TYPE SAM SITE NORTH-NORTH-
EAST OP KHABAROVSK.
Sites Near Khabarovsk, USSR
Of the two skull-type SAM. sites near Khabarovsk, one is 13 rim south-
west of the city, at 48-19-20N 134-52-OOE, in a wooded area on the south
bank of the Amur River (Figure 3). The site is connected by an access
road to the Khabarovsk-Kazakevicheva road. The skull-shaped outer
service road and the inner service roads are visible (Figure 4). Two
operations support buildings are located along the east side of the access
road, and a probable missile-hold shed is on the west side. No hold
revetments are apparent at the site itself.
The second site is 7.3 nm north-northeast of Khabarovsk, at 48-35-
30N 135-09-OOE. Although part of the site is cloud covered, enough of
the outer service road can be seen to permit the identification of the site
as a skull-type SAM site (Figure 5). A probable missile-hold shed is
southwest of the site. Cloud cover precludes further interpretation.
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AIRFIELD
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED
SA-2 SAM SITE
NEWLY IDENTIFIED
SA-2 SAM SITE
RAILROAD
ROAD
FIGURE 6. LOCATION OF SKULL-TYPE SAM SITES NEAR SPASSK-DAL'NIY.
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Sites Near Spassk-Dal'niy, USSR
One of the skull-type SAM sites in the Spassk-Dal'niy area is 27 nin
south-southeast of the city, at 44-11-ION 133-05-1OE, adjacent to Cher-
nyshevka Airfield (Figure 6). A probable missile-hold shed, south of the
site, is connected to the site by a road (Figure 7). No hold revetments
are apparent. Cloud cover and haze preclude further interpretation.
The second site is 32 nm east-southeast of Spassk-Dal'niy, at 44-
21-30N 133-30-40E, in a wooded area at the end of an access road bran-
ching from the Dostoyevka-Pokrovka road. The six launch revetments
and the guidance revetment are visible (Figure 8). Two ground scars
along the east side of the access road indicate the possible constructio
of a missile-hold shed. No hold revetments are located at this site.
SA-2 SAM SITE
I RAILROAD
ROAD
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Site Near Chorzow, Poland
This SAM site is at 50-33-40N
19-01-15E, in a heavily wooded area
17 nm north-northeast of Chorzow, a
centrally located town in the Kato-
wice industrial area (Figure 9).:The
outer service road forms a modified
skull shape (Figure 10), possibly
governed partially by the terrain.
Three hold revetments are located
along the outer service road. The
six launch revetments and the guid-
ance revetment are visible.
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MAPS OR CHARTS
Khabarovsk -- ACIC. Pilotage Chart, PCL-204-D, 1st ed, Aug 57, scale 1:500,000 (C)
Spassk-Dal?niy - ACIC. Pilotage Chart, PCL-291-A, let ed, Feb 57, scale 1:500,000 (C)
Chorzow - ACIC. Pilotage Chart, PCL-232-A, 1st ed, Nov 56, scale 1:500,000 (C)
DOCUMENTS
REQUIREMENT
CIA. DDI/RR/E/R-54/61 (TSR)
NPIC PROJECT
JN-262 /61
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