MAYKOP MRBM COMPLEX USSR

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CIA-RDP78T05439A000300270042-7
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RIPPUB
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T
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4
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December 28, 2016
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May 18, 2000
Sequence Number: 
42
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Publication Date: 
March 1, 1964
Content Type: 
REPORT
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ILLEGIB Approved For Release 2001/03/03 :CIA-RDP78T05439A000300270042-7 Approved For Release 2001/03/03 :CIA-RDP78T05439A000300270042-7 -Copy ~~: ~" -2 Pages- .PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT- /a /83 N ~J C/R-206/64 " - March..}964 - . M-AYKOP MR-~3M:- COMP:LEX~; U-SS - ., Dec assi~ica#io-n~ review b~ N1MA/DOD_ ? Handle-: Via .This doc ment contains classified informat' ri affecting the national-security of the United States within the - rt~eoning f the espionage-laws U. 5. Coda itle }8; Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission or the re elQtion of its contents in any ma ner to nn. unauthorized person; as well as its use "in.,any manner p-ejudici 1 to dhe safety or- interest of the United States or for the benefit-of any foreign-government"to the dRtrimenf of the United States.. It is to be een only by personnel especially indoctrinated and.authorized to _ .receive .TALENT-K EYHOLE,information. It aeSUrity-must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and" .NATIONAL. PHOTOG~tAPI~kIC INTERPRETATION CENT.E . - i I . CIA - -I TALE T --KEY-H-OLE ` ccntirci - o~i,;~ WARNING - - e..~.e.e s..:..b.>~~. a.~..w.a:.o .~.~ ~.. ~.o~im..;e.. 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D TOPI SECRET RUFF ?? NPIC/R-206/64 - MP.LEX, USSR ad pattern. The pad clearings are each approx- COORDS: 44-31-15N 40-14-15E BE NO: Not available _ ASSOC AREAS: Launch Area. No 1, 9 7 nm to W; Launch Area No 2, 15_S nw to WSW. TDI NAME: Not available LOCATION: 2.6 nm ENE of Tulskaya FIRST APPEARED: Launch Site . TERRAIN: Hilly VEGETATION: I Wooded ?SECURITY: None observed PADS: Four elongated pad clearings Qapprox- imately 230` x 190') -with 480` & 490' se aration and oriented on an azimuth of 205 ? READY BLDGS: None `_ COMPONENTS: This site consists of 4 elon- gated -pad clearings arranged on a rec angular _ iinately 230' x 90'. The southern pad clearings have a 480' separation, Viand the northern pad clearings approximately 490'. Three pad clear- ings were observed in Coverage of vealed the extension of the outer addition of a fourth pad clearing. Maykop Launch Area No 1 (Kurdzhipskaya) and -Launch Area No 2 (Shirvanskaya) were not present in were observed in which time Maykop Launch Area No 1 was com- plete, and Launch- Area No 2 was in the mid- stage of .construction.. Road Yraffic between the fixed field-type site and .the 2 launch areas must travel an indirect route and pass through urban areas. -The launch pads of Maykop Launch Area No 1 are oriented on an azimuth of 170?; those of Launch Area No 2 on ~ and the pad clear- ings' of .the fixed field-type site _on 205 ?. TOE' SECRET RUFF 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D TOP SECRET RUFF NP IC /R -206 J64 None . 25X2 1 L None. Site ~ Support Facility Rail-to-Road- Transfer Point Possibly at - Maykop, 7 nm NW of launch area Other MRBM Activity Within 25 NM Radius Of Launch Area _ 2 _ TOP SECRET RUFF 25X1 D