PRECISE LOCATIONS OF HERRINGBONE SAM SITES IN THE MOSCOW AREA

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• Publication Date: December 1, 1959
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PRECISE LOCATIONS OF
HERRINGBONE SAM SITES
IN THE MOSCOW AREA
PPC/JR-30/59
DECEMBER 1959
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This Joint Photographic Intelligence Report has been prepared by
the Army, Navy, and the Central Intelligence Agency in partial response
to Army SRI 422-1-57. Since a number of comprehensive reports on the
Moscow SAM system already provide detailed information on the opera-
tional capabilities and functions of individual sites, it is the intent of this
report to provide only more precise location and certain mensural data
pertinent to the individual herringbone launching sites which had been
located No attempt has been made in this report to
predict the locations of sites not found on photography.
Photography used in the preparation of this report includes TALENT,
all of which were used
both to confirm locations of sites found in other sources and to locate
sites previously unidentified. It should be noted that the location map
used in this report provides only a general location of the sites discussed,
whereas the tabular material provides detailed, accurate positioning data.
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type surface-to-air missile (SAM) launching sites in the Moscow area. It
specifically provides accurate geographic coordinates for each SAM site
and its accompanying Yo-Yo radar and certain pertinent mensural data
for each site. the precise locations of 26 launch
-sites have been verified on the basis of aerial photography and are dis-
cussed herein. Two other sites which appeared on photography could not
from all aerial photography prior to covering the herringbone- 25X1A
be precisely located. Their tentative locations are also included in this
report. 0
Data discussed in this? report are presented primarily in a tabular
form. While the location map depicts the general location of the sites
which have been identified and located, the precise location, certain
mensural data, and source material used in the study of each site are set
forth in tabular form. In addition, photography of two sites, with accom-
panying line drawings, is included to illustrate the methods employed
in locating points of reference for the mensural data presented.
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Of the 26 surface-to-air missile sites precisely located
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mission included good coverage of the southwest and northeast quadrants
of the two concentric rings of SAM sites around Moscow comprising the
launching facilities of the B-200 system. Cloud cover precluded obtaining
photographic evidence of at least three other sites which are probably
located in the inner ring northeast of the pity, and which have not yet been
photographed. Four other sites were located in the outer ring southwest
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four remaining sites precisely located were photographed by
- on aerial flights around Moscow. In addition, two other sites 25X1A
This report consolidates and summarizes certain information obtained
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were identified from photography but haze and obliquity of the
photography, together with a lack of sufficient collateral material,
precluded giving precise locations to these sites.
The points of reference used for the coordinates and measurements
were located geographically by matching photographic detail to map
detail and/or World War II photography. When available, Soviet maps
were used to match detail, since the portr~al of vegetation and drainage
thereon proved more accurate than on the majority of U. S. maps. The
resultant coordinates were then adjusted from the Pulkovo to the European
Reference Datum.
Because of the necessity for locating launch sites at fixed intervals,
however, the configuration of a number of sites was affected by terrain
features and drainage patterns to the extent that they could not be con-
structed symmetrically. In these instances the center of the launching
area was determined by locating the third control bunker from the Yo-Yo
radar end of the launching area and constructing a line through that bunker
perpendicular to the center service road. Where the center service road
also deviated from the typical pattern, it was projected as if it were a
normal pattern and the perpendicular was constructed through the third
control bunker. Figure 3, a photograph of Launch Site C-20, together
with Figure 4, a line drawing of the same site, illustrate this situation.
The two sites which could not be precisely located are probably
Launch Site E-01, inthe vicinity of 56?28'N/37?42'E, and Launch Site
C-35, in the vicinity of 56?12'N/39?30'E.
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III. SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OF HERRINGBONE SAM LAUNCH SITES IN
THE MOSCOW AREA
The precise location, mensural data requested in Army SRI 422-1-37,
and source material are' presented in the table on the following two pages.
In addition to the standard designation system for the Moscow SAM sites,
two previously used designation systems have been included in the table
to facilitate convenient use.
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I C-12 (IMISE-2) (40)
C-14 (1MISE-3) (44)
C-17 (1 MISE-5-11 . (48)
C-19 (1MISW-1) (2)
C-20 (1 MISW -2) (4)
C-22 (1MISW-3) (6)
C-23 (1MISW-4) (8)
C-25 (1fv.ISW-5) (10)
C-27 (1MISW-6) (12)
C-28 (IMINW-1) (14)
C-30 (1MINW-2) (16)
E-O5 (IMONE-5)(45)
E-06 (11-1 ONE - 6) (47)
E-07 (1MONE-7)(49)
E-08 (IMONE-8) (51)
E-19 (1MOSW-1) (1)
E-20 (1MOSW-2) (3)
E-21 (1MOSW-3) (5)
E-22 (1MOSW-4) (7)
E-23 (1MOSW-5) (9)
E-24 (IMOSW-6) (11)
E-2S (1hi OSW-7) (13)
COORDINATES OF
LAUNCH SITE"
55"32'55" N /38'23* 21" E
55? 27149'N / 38? 09' 01" E
55? 18' 43" N / 37? 45' 56" E
55? 17' 5(7'N /37?36' 54" E
55"20' 31" N /371211 SS" E
55? 23' 03" N / 37? 10' 35" E
55?28'05"N/37?00'23"E
55034039'N /36"5j 35"E
55? 41' 06"N/36' 50' 03"E
55" 48' 59"N/36?52' 07'E
55?56'26"N/36'55'05"E
_56? 14' 14" N /38?34' 14" E
56? 07' 07" N / 39'42'43" E
-56? 01' 11" N / 38? 52' OV' E
55? 53' 14' N / 38? 54' 52" E
5S? 00' 37' N / 37? 30' 02" E
55? 00' 32" N / 37? 14' 27'E
55? O4' 25" N / 37? 01' 13" E
55?08'52"N/36?50'41"E
55' 21 ' 14" N / 36? 29' 23" E
55?27' 54" N / 36? 24' 27'E
E-26 (IMOSW-8) (15) 55?36'46"N/36?19'21"E
E-27 (IMOSW-9) (17) 55?44'25"N/36'16'00"E
E - 2B (1 MON W - 1) (19) 55? 52' 2-r' N / 36? 17' 48" E
E-36 (IMONW -8) (35) -56'29' 21" N /37?26' 19" E
COORDINATES OF
YO-Y-O RADAR"
CLOUDS
55?28'44"N 38'07'27'E
55? 19' 59'N / 37? 45' 1 1" E
55? 19'31"N /3737'06"E
55? 21'43" N / 37? 22' 31" E
55? 24' 04" N / 37? 1 1 ' 43" E
S5? 28' 54" N / 37? 02' 05" E
5S? 35' OPA / 36? 54' 32" E
55?41' 17'N /36?52' 11"E
55-'48- 51 N / 36? 54' 17' E
NO, PHOTO COVERAGE
NO PHOTO COVERAGE
CLOUDS
55? 53' 12" N / 38? 52' 28" E
55? 01'35" N / 3730'02" 02" E
55'01'47'N-/ 37? 14' 43" E
55? 05' 3 9" N / 37? 02' 25" E
55'09'48" N-/36* 52'06" E
55? 1?' 20"N / 36? 39' 43" E
55"2140"N/36?31'21"5
55?28'21"N/36?26'31"E
55? 37' OO" N / 36? 21' 26" E
NO PHOTO COVERAGE
55` 52' 1 V' N / 36? 19' 59"E
56?27' 55" N / 3728' 35" E
'Sources for site designators: 1st column (C-12): AIN-SAGMOB/2C2-2-58; 2nd column (IMISE-2): AIN-SAGMOB/
2C4-2-57; 3d column (40): SMR-1-56 (Army)
**See figures 3 and 5.
? ??Extreme haze and/or obliquity of photography precluded precise measurement or location. Dimensions are approximate.
""No photo coverage. Estimated coordinates are 55? 15 18"N/36'36' 55'E, assuming typical configuration of launch site.
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COLLATERAL REPORTS:
1. ATIC ATIS-EL-58-3, 9 Jul 58 (S)
2. Army SMR 1-56, 14 Sep 56 (TSC)
3. AIN/SAGMOB/2C2-2-58, 1 Jan 59 (S)
4. AIN/SAGMOB/2C4-2-57, 20 Dec 57 (S)
PHOTO DATA:
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US Maps:
WAC 154, 167
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