M-TYPE STORAGE SITES AT SOVIET AIRFIELDS

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• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: March 1, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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M-TYPE StORAGE SITES
AT SOVIET AIRFIELDS
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MARCH 1960
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This joint photographic intelligence .report has been prepared by the
Army, Navy, and Central Intellt!enoe Agency is partial response to CIA
requirement SI/R-12/59. It is based idl ly an pbooograpbic evidence and
is concerned only with the so-called - peg )store sites
at Soviet airfields which have been -'dw object at oooai~derable interest in
the intelligence community lbr several years. It is the purpose of this
report to examine the M-type sites caUectivsly and to determine if they
have.. any characteristics in common with kne n
sites at Soviet airfields.
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Twenty-three so-called M-type storage sites have been located on
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They are associated with both tactical and long range airfields in various
parts of the Soviet Union. None of the distinguishing features of known
nuclear weapons storage sites associated with airfields have been identified
at any of the M-type sites. In the case of four airfields an M-type site
exists in addition
INTRODUCTION
The M-type storage sites associated with Soviet airfields include sites
for which no specific storage function has been identified. They have certain
general characteristics which include (1) a double-fenced area located
from one to three nautical miles from a military airfield; (2) non-revetted
storage buildings on paved service ramps; (3)a simple road network serv-
ing buildings within the site; and (4) post World War II construction.
Other than these general characteristics, the M-type sites differ con-
siderably in general appearance, size, shape, and layout. Road connections
with airfields are sometimes new and direct, and in other cases where
existing roads have been utilized,' they are indirect. All sites are road
served, and a few are rail served. All sites, with one exception, appear to
be enclosed by a double wire fence separated by a wide cleared area.
Despite the diversity of these sites, for purposes of discussion in this
report they have been divided into four groups, three of which are based
on certain similarities, primarily in size and shape, while the fourth group
includes six distinctly dissimilar sites.
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The six M-type sites shown in Table I are covered on vertical and '
oblique photography ranging in quality from very good to poor. These sites
are almost square in shape. Figure 1 is a photograph of the Monchegorsk I
site.
TABLE 1. First 0to ip of hype $ tsae skew
Location
Coordinates Distance
of Site from A/F (nm)
Traaapai Mtcs
Fwc Iltfse
pares" Date of
Co0p604s Caverats
Afrikanda
,.87, 26' N 2
t;oad
rowaiuty loo
32. 48' E
Gdov
58' 50' N 2
Road
r+ab ? y 100
27,57' E
Monchegorak
671591 N - 1
Hoed
Probably too
33. 04' E
Oainovka
44.01' N 1.6
mead
100
132.11' E
Poatavy
55"081 N I
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$0
2646'E
Shchuchin
53.35' N 1.5
Roaf
riaiably 100
24,481 E
The service road within the site is laid out in a nearly-square pattern
with an average of. nine
non-revetted gable-roofed buildings situated on
be for storage of
FIGURE 1. M-TYPE STORAGE SITE NEAR
MONCHEGORSK AIRFIELD.
paved ramps and well spaced. Two
or three of the buildings at each site
are large storage buildings while
. the remainder are quite small. Vi-
sible only at the Osinovka and Pos-
.tavy sites is a very small structure,
possibly earth-covered, which could
group have certain similarities, no
Although the storage sites in this
one site appears identical to other.
Excellent to poor quality pho-
tography, both vertical and oblique,
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covers the eight M-type sites in the second Snoop (Table 2). They are
rectangular in shape. The service road width the site #arms a long rec-
tangle with an average of nine non-ravened gbie?toofsd buildings, well-
spaced on separate paved ramps. Most of tie sites is this group have three
large storage buildings and one Lame auppon bt$.ldU Dear the entrance
with the remainder of the buildings bean; an aller oaaara W buildings.
TABLE 2. Secasd 0famp of W4 "o Mrr"a slue
Location Cooedinatea D$at.wo.
of site from A/F (q)
Briyeni 45. 58' N
29' 21' E
Chernyakhovak 54.34' N
21.48' E
Dombarovakiy 50. 47' N
59. 31' E
Kupino 54. 22' N
Tr 22' E
Limanakoye 48.43' N
30' 02' E
Orak 51* lr N
58. 3D E
8iauliai ? f .455' 54' N
.IS
27' E
Sol toy ? ? 58' 10' N
30.17' E
Ti _. wwwa rayons Dw of
91 *""No C...p." Cov+saee
RaWA a lima ioo
Mond V%ft6d&4Y 100
stood rVabably 100
114010 100
I R A N " aago ,100
tier/ $00
The Briyeni and Limanskoye sites, (are IF figure 2 for photograph of
Limanskoye site), which appear to be almost wi 1*1cal,
in this group that. have a rail spur
entering the site. The site at Sol'tay
appears to be about the same design
but has no rail spur. The other sites
in this group have the same general
features with certain minor varia-
tions in layout or number of build-
i4gs.
only ones
Good quality photography cov-
ers the M-type sites in the third FIGURt a. yr.T1--t STORAGE SITE NEAR
'group (Table 3). There is no star- L Af71lFftLD.
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dard size -or shape to these facilities, but thee am Ip m rally larger than
those in the first two groups. Figure 3 is a a" of the Voroehilov/
Vozdvizhenka site. The Spassk-Dalniy site is the *y M-type site where
only a single security fence exists.
TABLE 3. Third Oroup of i$ 4 memo4 W
Location Coordinates Distance 7- Ar~ww Do" of
of Site from A/F (em) rQW*UOwee t r66 I- coverye
Khorol East 44.28' N 2.5 item/, sow* -~
132,051 E
8paaak-Dain i y
East
Voroshi lov/
Vozdvizhenka
42. 53' N
131' 58' E
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The Voroshildv/Vozdvizhenka and Khorol East sites each have 17
non-revetted predominately large gable-soo/sd buildings. The Spasak-
Dalniy East site has only seven.
The key feature whip makes a group out of these storage sites is the
presence of several -circular structures. They are placed along the road
network on small curved aprons. There are taro each at Khorol East and
Spassk-Dalniy isast,and--four?at Voroshilov/VaaOsla. They are prob-
ably circular tanks co red with earth, for UWA4, storage of some type.
No entrances are visible. These circular dKxutaw6w could be present but
not discernible at some of the other M-type sites..
The remaining six storage sites (Table 4) date dw same general cha-
racteristics as the other M-type storage sites, but each one is unique in
layout of buildings and roads. They appear an Om d quality photography
except in the case of the Kedainiai site which is as Sar oblique photography.
TABLE 4. Fourth OnAr of 14kPrr ~rrrr
Location
Coordinates
of site
Distanon
from A/F
Is?MMMrr
Flog oaat
Caoplete
Barenovichi ?
53'041 N
2
used
100
28' 03' E
Engel's ?
51' 29' N
3
Ro. & 81
too
46.15' E
Kedainiai
55.22' N
3
Road
L'akaowo
23.57? E
Krechavitay
58.36' N
2.5
II
TO
31.22' E
Melitopol
46' 53' N
2
Ram/
loo
35. 19' E
Zaporozh'ye
East 4T' 52' N
35. 18' E
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Date of
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Buildings vary in number, size, and shape. At tt!C' lingers site there are
also several very small structures possibly Ilw storage of
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