AN ASSESSMENT OF EIGHT STORAGE INSTALLATIONS IN THE USSR AS REGIONAL GUIDED MISSILE STORAGE/SUPPORT FACILITIES

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AN ASSESSMENT OF
EIGHT STORAGE INSTALLATIONS
STORAGE/SUPPORT FACILITIES
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REGIONAL GUIDED MISSILE
IN THE USSR AS
Declass Review
by NIMA/DOD
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The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the
National Photographic Interpretation Center, since the photographic interpretation
included represents only a small portion of the total informational input; however,
the National Photographic Interpretation Center provided photographic interpre-
tation, publication, reproduction, and dissemination support.
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This memorandum, prepared by the ORR Task Force on Long Range
Ballistic Missiles, summarizes the evidence and presents conclusions
relating to eight possible missile storage/support installations in
the western and central =R -d ed. u-non -n liminary research
on these areas utilizing and collateral
information. The- conclusions of this memoran um are necessarily
preliminary in nature because of the limited data available. It is
being published at this time because of the significance of timely
identification and location or facilities providing logistic support
for operational Soviet missile sites.
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AN ASSESSMEW OF EI(iST STORAGE INSTALLATIONS
IN THE USSR AS FLT3IONAL GUIDED MISSILE STORAGE/SUPPORT FACILITIES
Recent Information strongly indicates that eight large
storage installations in the USSR observed in
photography are associated with the Soviet guided missile effort.
Although these installations have been suspect for some time, direct
evidence of missile activity is now available for the first time on two
of these installations, located in the western USSR near
and ~erebkov+o- Because of the similarity of the facilitieshatleeach
of these eight locations, it is believed that all of them probably have
the same basic function. The association with known missile installations,
the size and location of these storage installations, and the number
and size of the buildings within the installations, strongly suggest
that these installations are regional missile storage/support
facilities.
Four of the installations located near the western USSR border are
probably related to the DOWN and perhaps shorter range ballistic missile
deployment. Three installations in the interior of the USSR, situated
in regions with known ICBM sites, are probably related to the ICBM
program. Similar facilities in support of the ICBM program may exist
in other areas of known ICBM deployment, such as the Tomsk-Novosibirsk
area.
has located or confirmed the
presence of arge unidentified storage/support facilities at eight
widely separated locations in the western and central USSR.
(See Figure 1.) These facilities are at the following locations:
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Novaya Mezinovka
Mikhaylenki
Zherebkhovo
Toropets
Tambov
Surovatikha
Glazov
53?31' S-26055' E
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55?43' N-43?54'E
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33AN southwest of Minsk
30IM southwest of Zhito:m-ir
60154 northeast of Kishinev
36J 4 east of Velikiye Luki
191M south of Tambov
401 south of Gor' kiy
2514 southeast of Glazov
1511 southeast of Sverdlovsk
Most of these facilities appear to be divided into three distinct
areas, designated on the basis of their apparent functions as "operations"
area, "support" area, and "possible special weapons storage" area.
In general, the operations and support areas of these installations are
siffiilar in number and arrangement of buildings. (See Figure 2.) Shapes
of the operations area vary, probably due to terrain, but each of these
areas is approximately 450 acres in size and is secured by a double-
fence. These operations areas contain a group or large, unrevetted
storage buildings served by an unusual rail-trench trans-loading system,
and also are probably connected by a road system- In addition, there is
a separate area containing several revetted storage buildings. The
grouping of the storage buildings along the central trench is basically
similar, but at four of the installations the buildings are "in-line"
(see Figures 3 and 6), while at the other four they are "off-set"
(see Figures 4 and 6).
Five of the facilities appear to have "special" storage facilities
located 1.5 miles away from the main area, while a sixth has the same
type of special area located 8 miles away. These special areas are
isolated, but their layout is marked by two large and unusual cruciform
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FIGURE 4. STORAGE INSTALLATION WITH ??OFF-SET?? BUILDING ARRANGEMENT. Sketch of the
S rovatlkho Operations Area.
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buildings located at oppos i te~ I ?aN.t I area. These buildings are
approximmtelry 3,500 feet spar' ""ate -entr aace to these areas is generally
located mid-way along a road - ;. 1! 19.6 the two cruciform buildings.
A sal 1 er, rectangu._ar drive-' -.t;,420 , served by a loop road, is
located just off the main Lra->r - cr.e. rand -- near the midpoint and the
entrance to the area. (See 1 Although these may be used for
special weapons storage, it bas tw,-* . possible to ascertain their
precise function.
Novaya Nezinovka and 2tw-"m*Ar taw earn facilities that ar
these special s sass not been observed in
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have Be special areas at tlas SWO-OMMIL hale _ It should be noted that a
cruciform building was oboerv'.4 + I r: atruetion in near
Dolon Airfield (5O?j4'35-79O1l-' I11. a"tilt unidentified sites at
UssuriTsk/VozdvizhenkAL *irtial.I ii .r. ` or. i-2 31?55' 8) and Obozerskiy SE
Airfield (63?2..' I-40?22'ii) M,3a %-mw sear resemblance to these special
areas. However, these 1 sta.i at s _r~w eggiarently do not include the
extensive storage/support taeilta:+r 4hee -ved at the eight locations
discussed above. As these lasf.stlasre are associated with airfields,
rather than ) ( or MC M st mmaw V t i i ties, they may store special
weapons for air-to-sua?face mi s. ::,es e t cessational bomber delivery
systems.
All eight of the install st t =a.. are ra,i.l-served, but the special
storage areas located nearby na*+ ,?7 rand service .
Five of the install tioas bow* AM sites located sufficiently
close to afford protection io? ttm s. facilities. (See Figure 6.)
In some instances, it appears tt.a? !!ye SAM sites were constructed
especially for the storage inzta1st:a.e, while in some other cases
important targets in the i 4.1str area of the support facility appear
to share the protection provided by the local SAM defense.
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PAOBABrZ Rona AM r'( TION.OiF
Although it is Impossible to deteksims UM =oft Fels at tMse
installations in the Soviet missile prog ran, Um owfrse strcoS1Y
indicates they perform a missile runatioa wine MW be ra4gSainal aissile
support/storage rat Lilties. Tde acts ial ti c%ioms pse!rsasa at these
installations may consist of one or =mrw at taw 9bs3 miss sativities :
1. Receipt, processing and checkout of alssiles
in transit fraxm production plants to liawach Silas.
2. Periodic maintenance and rseycliag or alamiles returned
from launch sites.
$. Warhead processing and storsgs.
Tlae Novaya IML-zinovka installation, which was the first one of these
types to be observed by pbotogrsph , probably is the regional
center for k [ sites in sin and LIthusmla- 91be 'Baropets
installation probably serves the l__: sites located to eastern
Estonis and Latvia. Thee Mlrlbaylonkl and Zboxm0ftowo ins?a11ations
probably serve as regional support facilities for the P isites in
the western Ukraine.
Or the tour storage installations located in the interior of the
USSR, three may be related to known ICS1 sites. The proximity of the
Donok inatALi i motion to the Verkhnyaye Saida ICS[ site, the (Ti s+ov instal-
lation to the Yur'ya ICBM site, and the eurovatlhha installation to both
the Yosbkox-Olin and the Sostra?a icai sites, suggests a regional ICS[
support role for these facilities. Although the '! bow storage instal-
lation is not in the vicinity of any presently identified missile
facilities, it is possible that a s =12ar relationship between 1lsmbov
and other missile installations may become apparent as our knowledge
of the Soviet missile program increases. The recent identification of an
ICS[ site at Itatkca suggests the possibility of a support facility
in the Tcmakc-IIovosibirskc area.
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FACILITY CHARACTERaTiCS
Facility
Probable
As sociation
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special
storage
SAM
Site.
ICBM
MRBM
OFF-SET
IN-LOW
1. Novaya
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Me zinovka
2. Milchaylenki.
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3. Zherebkovo.
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4. Toropets
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5. Tambov
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6. Surovatikha
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7. Glazov
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8. Donok
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CIA/HTA HTA/JM-9/58, No a tie : cvfLa St. rage Instal ation,
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9. ARMY PIB-189/60, Storage Area, Surovatikha, USSR,
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11. GMAIC SS 1G2G26, 1 Sep. 60, Soviet Surface to Surfae
!fissile Deployment, T/S II
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