ICBM COMPLEX, PERM, USSR LAUNCH AREAS D AND E

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2004
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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,ICBM COMPLEX, PERM, USSR
LAUNCH AREAS D ANb E.
._pERM LAUNCH AREA D
This report presents information on Launch Areas D (6)0 ancl E"(5)', Perm 3C13ACMComplex,
:.,,Nipdating that given in.WPIC/R-226/64, dated April 1964. 1/
launch h-Area D (57-45N 56.-00E) consists 'building. between the right pad and the ready-
hotpgraphy I launch` site, contaixis 30 buildings,. includipg .4
It s -Considered complete by barracks-type. buildings, one L-shaped building,
find ' 3 buildings under construction. The other
A double security e . ce, .eneompaasing-aR administration and housing section is 4,200 feet
first seen in -and cap tion, approximately 1?,170 feet southeast of the<
of a Type IID launch- site-and--&-.site-suppo 1-building. Three-bu.l4inga are located. outside ..
facility (Figure 1). It is in. a large clearing, the fenced site, adjacent 'to the actress road.
10.6 nautical milos. (nm) west-northwest of the The site support facility is divided into-two
compleX support facility. The launch area was administration -and housing sections. One'secl
area approximately-2,200 by 2,000feet, d lcloseis , south of the launch ,_lte. Thirteen buildtngb.
the site., Sixteen buildings are within the site, were visible, including five barracks-typebuild-
1ieluding an earth,banked missile-ready build- ings and one L-sfiaped building. ? Heavy cloud
in$t 700. feet behind thee- right pad, it is. canted '.iover- :precluded observing ttte eastern portion
out a.r4 about 45 ddgrees. Twoearttr-ir(& i ided, ',of this section, which contained an additional
canted',buildings are if board 6f=-each-pad, and. sit build.
four earth-motinded buildtugssare in Pine'dowg' buildings,.
I northeast of this. section. A power trace is
shelter ; is visible. F
but' the, outline of-what appears t bethe erectors sable tent foupdatlon.s. are, situated 1,900 feet
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possib>e missile _transpgrter ale on the right shaped building have been removed from~`tbts.
-pad, Clouds obscure' most of the :left pad; section About sevten pus-
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'located approxirriately 4,000 feet to the -south.
is . Part of-the. phptegraphic ai1aly~sis and most
building with a covered; entrance,, and.,-4 :,very II since- many.: details. were obscured on
small . building,.' r~boat.'eight gm i'vehicl9s ~`-photography of I Ib
and four other small buildings-are idehtifiabt6
cause of , snow covet lan . tattered clouds..
 Pad orientation
Pad separation
Missile-read* buildRig
.2 Center.,buildings
4;Canted buildings'
.2 Erectors/shelters
Y Building
1;Building
1: Building
f1 .
--- Read
Fence
--?-- -~`~abl~waj
ACMINISTRATI
AND HOUSING
' ' SECTION -
SITE SUPPORT FACILITY
4 ..Pb If ~Y"NT
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ready idirlllsi s.'
Ealdiorurded bui rl#:
r- Buildlna.undef construction
s" Cloud
Erector(shelter
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LAUNCH SITE
Dimensions irafeet (approxrnate),
Pad orientation 3!5: ` 1, 175-
3 Missile-ready buit`dings
2 Center buildings
4 Can
1 Building
1 Building
: 3130
170 xi 90
Cableway ?
-- Power
trace t
I 10 x'-40
.y0 Y. 30 t
.
,
Earth-banked missile- . ADMINISTRATION AND
ready b ~a HOUSING SECTION /
BID x, ?45
45 )K -45.
Erector/shelter I ~?.
. SITE'SUPPORT FACILITY
ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSING SECTION
DrmenSions'in feet lapproximate~
1 L-shaped building _
1 Builjj4igs'
15 Buildings
7 Buildings
x 3`-
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170 x 40
80'x 40
140 x 45'
110x30
90 x ~%C
 Launch i4rea E (57-41N 55-48E) consists
of a Type LID launch site and a site support
facility. It is in a heavily wooded area, 16.6
nm west of the complex support facility (Fig- -
ure 2). The launch area was first seen in
.and can be negated on
It
photography
Security
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fencing was
evidence of partial security--was apparent at tan
earlier date,
At. least 12 buildings are discernible within the
lau'nc2; site. An earth-banked missile-ready
building is 700 feet -behind, t le right pad. it
. 4:.
is canted outytizlid?abt ut`45 d rew-. tnrdearth=
banked, missile-ready buildings are 700 feet
beklind the left pad. One of them is in line
with the padand-the other one?is canted out-
ward about 45 degrees. Two earth-mounded,
canted buildings are inboard of each pad. There
are also four building, three of which are earth
mounded, in a line down the center, of the site.
.Each' pad contains an erector/shelter, two-
unideritified objects, and one *possible vehicle.
Only one bulfding was
on the snow-covered photography ofl
discernible
possible
buildings are situated adjacent to this facility.
The'' site support ,facility is divided into
two administration and housing sections.. One
admii4istration and housing section is 80d
feet northeast of the launch site. It co ainj
at least 19 buildings, including app? ximately
16 barracks-type buildings. The other admid-
istrationand housing section is 7,000.teet east-
northeast of the launch site. It contains approx-
imately 18 buildings, including approximately 10
barracks-type buildings -and one L=fjhaped
MildIng.
A power trace approaches the site support
facility`s from the vicinity of Launch Area B.
Part of the photographic analysis and most
of the mensural data for Launch Area E- were
since' most of the. details on the non,
stereoscopic, snow-covered photography of
were obscured"
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