POSSIBLE PROPULSION TEST COMPLEX, UFA, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200070002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/09/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000200070002-4
Approved For Release 2001/09/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000200070002-4
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PO~?IBLE PROPULSION TEST COMPLEX, UFA, . USSR
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A possible propulsion test cor1pIL.? \.
by KEYHOLE pl4rography of
is located on 'high grounj in an isola;
area 4 nautical~imil~s (nm) southca:;:
oveshchensk an appro)mately 15 ri:;
northeast of Ufa at 54-59 0
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ure 1). This complek consi is of a P().4
test area and a pose ble support area
and could provide ar important link
ing the capabilities of Soviet propu. -:.:
changes have taken place sine
first observed. Two-SA-2 5:-,',1
identified in the 'general area.
ities at the complex, it probai,iv:
with the Ufa Aircraft Engine F'1
B-26. These plants are located
10.5 'nm 'south of the complex
Chernikovsk. The large L'fa petrc?:.. k::
,,les also are located in the villa. . i ;
m south of the complex an,i ma}
association with the complex. ii:?, 3sl -; r:Fa;
serves the refineries has been extended to serve
the A~omplex, and an access road had been con-
structed from the Ufa- Blagoveshc;.-he n,;k `i i ._hway,
The possible static test area, ~~hi h_ineas
ures approximately 1,680 by is situa-
ed in a wooded area and is enclosed by a single
wire fence. The main features of the area are a
possible static test; stand of t%yo and possibly
three bays that. measures aprir oximately 200
by 80 "feet, a possible control building, and five
support buildings. Logistic support is provided
by an all-weather road and.a rail spur, both of
which connect with Ufa Aircraft Engine-Plants
A-26 and B-26. These routes also pass the
eastern boundaries of the Ufa petroleum refin-
eries, which may indicate some connection
between them and the test complex.
i le static test stand appears to be a
:situated adjacent to an apron that
on the same level as the base of the
id,. of the building that faces the apron
ix.? open. This arrangement may indi-
:t: :est stands are designated for
'fi ring,'although no burn scars -- char-
of such an arrangement -- are visible.
ximately 300 feet south-southeast of
-scble static test stand is another road-
building measuring g,40 feet squpre that
i s 4erve as a control building. Ground scars
2:e that possibly cable or pipeline connect
building with the possible static test stand.
t to w,. ve r, dense forest obstructs the line of sight
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