SEARCH OF THE 950-NM IMPACT AREA OF THE KAPUSTIN YAR MISSILE TEST RANGE, USSR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200040186-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 186
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SEARCH OF THE 950-I~~ IMf~AC'I' AREA OF THE .
KAPUSTIN YAR MLSSILE TE.S'T R /A~~NGE, USSR
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The 950-nautical-mile (nm) impact area of the Kapustin Yar Missile
Test Range (KYMTR) situated on the western periphery of the Sary Shagan
Antimissile Test Center (SSATC~, was s~arc~ed extensively. .None of the
type of electronic facilities previously seen on-KEYHOLE photography in
the 1,050-nm impact area was detect~i. ~ ?.Although the results of this
search .were predominantly negative, scale. of the KEYHOLE photography
is not believed to be the limiting factor. Rather, it is believed that such
iastrurnentatioa facilities either are not present or are mobile. For
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no additional data can be supplied on t~ microwave towers on the basis
of the more recent photography. ~:
No major installations were detected in the. KYMTR 950.nm impact
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area. Vehicle tracks leading to and exterdding between small scars, which
have no identifiable pattern, suggest that the sites are occupied on an
"as required" basis. No permanent facf~lities such as housing or similar
support adjuncts were observed.
The 950-nm impact area is connected by poorly developed roads to
both the Sary Shagan area and Base 4 (Kzyl-Dzhar). These roads, however,
have neither the well-developed pattern nor the signs of frequent usage
of those in the 1,050-nm impact area.
The road network centered on Lhhambul, or Zone F, 1/ connects
with Sary Shag~n, Kzyl-I7ahar, and Mointyr Frorr~l Dzhambul earthen roads,
which show signs of vehicle usage, connect with _ Instrumentation Sites
8, 9, and 10. ~ From Instrumentation Sites 8, 9, and 10, a common road
leads eastward and then southward to Launch Complex A of the SSATC.
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Older roads from include poorly developed earthen roads that
lead northward to Kzyl-Ihhar and a good earthen road that leads eastward
to tl~e rail line at 1VZointy.
I~b antenaas or other instrumentation facilities were observed at
It appears, therefore, that the relationship of Dzhambul to the
Sary Shagan oo~nplez is of a minor nature.
No instrumentation facilities were detl~cted at the road intersection
between Launch Complexes A and B of the_ SSATC. It is believed that the
activity at this important road junction can be explained in terms of the
fact that this is the junction of the principal access roads to Launch
Coaaplezes A and B. KEYHOLE photography of September 1961 does not
reveal any observable change in the degree of construction at this inter-
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All areas in and near the 950-nm Ymmpact are
that aircraft have landed, were searched with
negative results. Several of the locations dD fall near airfields or air-
strips that lie outside the 950-non impact area, but except for the airfields
located near Instrumentation Sites 6 and 9 of the 1,050-nm impact area,
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