SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR CHANGES AND ADDITIONS AS OF (Sanitized)

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PHOTOGRAPHtC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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SARY-SHAGAN
ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
CHANGES ,~4ND ADDITIONS
AS O F
November 1964
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction. 1
Launch Complex A ~_ 1
Launch Complex B 5
Main Housing Complex. ... 7
Site 13.............................. 7
HEN ROOST Antennas . ..... ........ ..... .. ... i5
Din .Strip ....... .. .... .. .. .. . . .. . . . .. ... . . . . 18
SAM Training Center . ~ 18
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Instrumentation Sites . ~. 19
Instrumentation Site 1 21
Instrumentation Site 2 . 21
, Instrumentation. Site 3 . 21
- Instrumentation Site 4 . .. .. 25
' Instrumentation Site S . .. 25
Instrumentation Site 6 . , 25
Instrumentation Site 7 . ... ..... .. .. ., . .. .. 25
Instrumentation Site 8 . .... . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 27
Instrumentation Site 9 . .. 27
Instrumentation Site 10 : 27
Instrumentation Site 11 27
Instrumentation Site 12 .. . . .. .. . . .. : . . . . . .. .. . .. 29
Possible Instrumentation Site i4 . 29
Possible Instrumentation Site 15 29
References .. 30
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Figure 1. Antimissile Test Center, Sary-Shagan, USSR .Facing 1
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Figure 2. Launch Complex A .. ... .. ... .... ... ... 1
Figure 3. Launch Complex A--Launch Sites 1-4 and Electronic
Sites A and B. 3
Figure 4. Launch Complex A--Launch Sites S and 6 and
'{ Electronic Site C ... ... ... .. .. .. .. .. 4
Figure S. Launch Complex B .. .. ... ... ... .. .. 5
Figure 6. Launch Area and Building. Triad at Launch
Complex B....
Figure 7. Development of HEN HOUSE-Type Structures at Site
Figure 8. Site 13, SSATC . 10
Figure 9. Layout of Site 13, SSATC. 11.
Figure 10. Locations of HEN HOUSE-Type Structures, USSR,
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Figure 11. HEN ROOST Antennas .. 17
Figure 12. Dirt Strip .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18
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Figure 14. Instrumentation Site 1 ... 22
Figure '~5. Instrumentation Site 2 . .. 23
Figure 16. Instrumentation Sites 3, 4, 5, and 6 24
Figure 17. Instrumentation Sites 7, 8, 9, and 10 26
Figure 18. Instrumentation Sites 11, 12, and Possible Instrumen-
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Several of the small structures in the airstrip
support area have changed position since clear
photography of
Missile StorDge and Checkout Area
and Electronic'Site D
Facilities remain unchanged since -
_ at these areas, both of which are active.
Approximately 22 vehicles were parked in the
Missile Storage and Checkout Area and several
probable vehicles were visible in Electronic
Site D.
Launch Sites 1 and 2 and Electronic
Site A (Figure 3)
Launch Site 1. Launch positions are more
clearly defined at Site 1 than at Site 2. Only
three of the launch positions at Site 1 are oc-
cupied. The single handstand is occupied and
appears to be partially enclosed by a lo~v re-
vetment. Four vehicles or very small structures
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This report is written in response to CIA
requirements C-SI4-81,506 and C-RR4-81,536
with Supplement 1. It supplerr~ents previous re-
ports on the Sary-Shagan Antimissile Test
Center (SSATC) and contains information on
facilities at which new developments have oc-
curred from
During this period all facilities at the Test
Center (Figure 1) were covered by generally
good to very good quality, clear stereoscopic
photography except Possible Instrumentation
Site 15. The report can be divided into two parts:
the first containing a description. of changes
observed at all facilities except instrumentation
sites, as well as a detailed description of Site
per re-
quirement; the second containing a summary
description of all instrumentation sites with
recent changes noted and with an annotated
photograph of eac}t. A detailed description of the
HEN HOUSE antenna will be included in a report
being prepared under NPIC project N-579/64.
LAUNCH COMPLEX A
Headquarters and Administration Area
No significant change was noted from-
in the Headquarters
and Administration Area of Launch Complex
A (Figure 2). On approximately 15
vehicles were parked just north and north-
northwest of the microwave tower in the same
location where vehicles were observed in_
During this period both SAM Site
C35-2 and the On-Site Support Facility were
active; equipment moved about in both areas and
several small structures were added to the
Support Facility. Photography of
reveals a landing T on the airstrip southwest of
the Headquarters and Administration Area.
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have been added to the central guidance area
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_ Launch Site 2. This site does not appear
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photography. No equipment can be identified at
the launch positions. The object with hei t a -
parent on the single hardstand since
has disappeared. T~vo additional vehicles have
appeared in the central guidance area since
Electronic Site A. This site appears essen-
tially as it did in except that
three small structures or vehicles have been
added.
Launch Sites 3 and 4 and Electronic
Site B? (Figure 3)
Launch Site 3. The two approximately 50-
by 20-foot objects remain at positions 3 and 4.
? In the central guidance area one piece of equip-
25X1 D ment has been removed since
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The small items of equipment found on positions
1, 2, and 6 have been moved during this time.
The most significant development has been oc-
curring at position 5, where construction ob-
served as early as (but not
present in has now developed into
a rectangular revetment with inside measure-
ments of approximately 185 by 65 feet and outside
measurements of approximately 225 by 90 feet.
The revetment was constructed at the terminal
point of the position access road over the site of
the former launch position. The azimuth of the
perpendicular bisector of the reconstructed pail
is approximately 340 degrees. The revetment
composes three sides of the reconstructed pad
and possibly a short segment of the fourth. A
25X1 D loop road, constructed sometime between-
25X1 D serves the position along.
the fourth side. Uneven terrain, sloping up to
the site of the reconstructed pad, has neces-
sitated agradual buildup of the loop road.. Two
unidentified pieces of equipment or sheds can
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be seen close to the highest point of the loop
road. Close to the western inside edge of the
revetment, a circular pad (approximately 60
feet in diameter) with a small dark object in
the center has been prepared. The remaining
revetment floor had not been prepared as of ~,
- Approximately 8S feet east of the
revetment a tower-like structure and an un-
identified rectangular structure remain in the
same position. as observed in
and ,second
loop road vas constructed just west of position
6. Since a circular pad (approxi-
mately 55 fee[ in diameter) with a small dark
object in the center has appeared at the south-
east segment of this loop road. A narrow ground
scar connects this pad with position 6.
Launch Site 4. AL3 launch positions at Site 4
were occupied by small items of equipment on
ine items have been added since
and three have been removed.
One item has been removed from the central
guidance area.
Electronic Site B. I~;o significant change is
discernible in facilities at Electronic Site B
since Ten additional items of
equipment have appeared in the six areas of
activity near the western boundary since-
- During this time no apparent change
has occurred in the revetment and road construc-
tion paralleling the access road to Electronic Site
B except for the addition of a connection, pos-
sibly an earthen mound, between the access road
and the closer of the two new roads. -The revet-
ments, constructed along the southern of the tw?o
new roads by from west to
east, measure as follows: a U-shaped revetment,
170 by 95 feet; two bowed revetments, each 125.
feet long; and a lo~v revetment approximately
29~ by 255 feet.
West of Launch Site 4 on
and photography a rectangular
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road pattern was under construction with uni-
dentified activity extending from this pattern
close to position 1 of Site 4. In the center of
the rectangular road pattern ~~~hat appears to be
an earthen wall, approximately 440 feet long, has
been constructed. An unidentified narrow struc-
Lure, 130 feet long, parallels it to the west.
The small unidentified facility (not shown
on graphic), situated 2,400 feet southwest of
_ Electronic Site B and first observed on photog-
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probable electronic facility and appears essen-
tially as in with several small
additional vehicles at the site.
Launch Sited 5 and 6 and Electronic
Site C (Figure 4)
Launch Site ~. Facilities remain unchanged
In contrast
with Site 6, this site shows evidence of activity.
One vehicle is positioned back of the missile-
hold building. Four other vehicles/pieces of
equipment are observed in the area.
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Launch Site 6. No change is apparent in
facilities at the site. No evidence of activity
is observed on coverage.
Electronic Site C. No change is observed
in facilities at the southwest extremity since
These facilities consist of a
probably semiburied building (120 by 70 feet),
a tower-like structure on a concrete apron, and
several possible vehicles. Ih contrast, changes
have occurred recently at the northeast ex-
tremity of t:~is site. The tower-like structure
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25X1 D to have been
covered by an environmental shelter or scaf-
folding (approximately 125 feet high). On pho-
25X1 D tography of this shelter has
been removed, revealing that the tower-like
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positioned here since - is observed at
the southwest corner of the apron. An unidenti-
fied loop pattern, observed on snow-covered
photography of just west of the
apron, is barely discernible. A dark ground
pattern, visible since -close to the
northeast. corner of the apron, still is apparent
and remains unidentified. Several vehicles are
noted at the site.
The only discernible change in the probable
control center since occurred at
and near the modified L-shaped building. The
western extension (300 by 85 feet) to this build-
ing, which appeared almost complete by _
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roof, is too dark in tone on photog-
raphy to ascertain details of roof configuration.
The roof of the remainder of the building
. presents a mottled appearance. Activity of an
undetermined nature appeared through heavy
haze at the north portion of the base of the huild-
25X1 D ing in At that time a small light
structure and several possible overhead steam
pipes or walkways were visible there. These
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still were apparent in -
No change can be seen since
in the 50-foot dome area approximately 800 feet
northwest of the probable control center. The
two very small unidentified objects observed on
photography in the approximate
site of the TOKEN-type radar (present in_
are barely discernible on photography of
Identification of these objects has
not beer= possible on small-scale photography.
Support Ar?a
No significant change has been observed
since the latest clear coverage of-
in the Support Area, in the Assembly and Check-
out Facility, in the airstrip, or in the four in-
strumentation sites serving Launch Complex B
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Launch Area and Building Triad
(Figure 6)
Facility A. Facility A remained unchanged
since latest clear coverage of
Facility B. No significant change has been
observed since in Pads B-1 andB-2.
~'Vhat appears to be a low, narrow earthen wall
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"western road has been constructed through the
inner of the two security fences around Facility
B. A, number of vehicles can be seen in the area,
including two probable vehicles parked adjacent
to Pad B-2.
along the south lip of the loop road near. the
south-central boundary of Facility B at the point
where the scar from the triad reaches it. A
second loop road was constructed between -
(possibly under construction
--just west of the first one
and connected with it by a road 250 feet long.
The major axis of the area enclosed by the
eastern loop road measures 260 feet; that en-
closed by the western loop road 270 feet. The
Building Triad. The building triad at Launch.
Complex B remains under construction and is
now believed to be electronic in nature. The
previously reported tall dish- or disc-like object
on the roof of the large rectangular building of
the triad is now confirmed as a towel--mounted
circular dish antenna
diameter, is on the roof, encircling the tower
and probably indicating preparations for an
environmental shelter. Smaller ringlike struc-
tures (75 and 65 feet in diameter)arepositioned
on the g-ound adjacent to the northern and
southern small triad buildings, respectively.
A small object is observed on the roof of each
of the smaller buildings. Adjacent to the un-
identified structure paralleling the large triad
building is a light-colored~~ircular object (ap-
possibly an
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environmental shelter. A ringlike structure,
- in diameter, is also observed on the
ground just north of the northern small triad
building. Three generally circular excavations
are visible just southeast of the large triad
building. At the triad site are a number of small
structures, some of which are new since-
- The unusual road pattern east of the two
small triad buildings appears essentially as it
did in
MAIN HOUSING COMPLEX
The h-lain Housing Complex appears essen-
tially as in except that the Ware-
house Area just south of. the Original Housing
Area is being dismantled. From -
-10 of the 18 warehouses (each approxi-
mately 80 by 30 feet) had been removed. Since
clear photography of no discern-
ible change can be found in the tw?o plus con-
figurations midway between the Probable Range
Headquarters/Complex Control Area and the
HEN HOUSE antenna. The southern pattern
has not progressed beyond the initial construc-
tion stage.
SITE 13
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Between the report 1/ and
- the primary change of significance
at Site 1.3 occurred at the dual HEN HOL"SE-
type structures, with minor construction in the
support areas (Figures ', 8, and 9). Extensive
development w?as accomplished on the tw?o pre-
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viously observed linear structures, revealing
increased similarity in size and configuration
to the original HEN HOUSE antenna at the
SSATC Support Base. In this report they will
be referred to as dual HEN HOUSE-type struc-
tures. Each structure consists of a dual HEN
HOUSE-type antenna in various stages of con-
struction and a probable central control build-
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ing. The t~vo' dual structures appear to be
parallel and in line with a separation distance
of approximately 250 feet. The azimuths of their
perpendicular bisectors are bot
(accurate within one degree). Sometime between
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~ third such structure (Operations Area C) was
started approximately 2,160 feet north-north-
west of the most advanced $ite (Operations
5X1 D Area A). This structure is offset from the other -
two structures, with the azimuth of the perpen-
25X1 D circular bisector of the structure bein~
degrees There.
is no evidence to date of a fourth such site.
25X1 D Site 13 was not covered on Mission -
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5X1 D Partial coverage of the site from
25X1 D Mission is limited by
heavy haze and clouds with both linear struc-
tures of Operations Area A and the southern
linear structure of Operations Area B visible.
Construction continues on the probable central
control building (295 by 160 feet) at Area A,
which is positioned largely to the east of the
linear structures. Approximately two-thirds
(595 feet) of the north linear structure at Op-
erations Area A appears to have been covered
by a pitched roof at this time; possible frame-
work has been constructed in the remaining one-
- third (295 feet). The side facing westward is
light in tone, possibly indicating the open area
of the antenna face (approximately 825 feet long).
- A terminal building (85 by 55 feet) is under con-
- struction at the northeast corner of the linear
structure. Possible framework is observed
along the entire length of the southern linear
structure of Operations Area A. The northern
linear structure of Operations Area B is under
excavation; the southern linear structure was
cloud covered on this mission.
Storage activity is observed extending along
a trail approximately 660 feet west of the prob-
` able central control building at Operations Area
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A. This storage, which appeared sometime
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iinear pitched-roof structure at Area A is
almost complete except for a short segment of
the north end. .What app ars to be the antenna
face is oriented toward the west. Roofing is
just beginning on the northern portion of the
southern linear structure of Area A.
Excavation of both linear excavations of
Operations Area B is observed on this mission,
with a narrow linear strip at the base of each
excavation. Footings or excavations for footings
are present in both excavations. A terminal
buikl}ng (85 by 55 feet) is under construction at
the northeast end of the northern linear struc-
ture. The probable central control building
(approximately 280 by 125 feet) is in a relatively
advanced construction stage.
Observed under construction for the first
time? on this mission is the third dual HEN
HOUSE-type structure. Clearing, with minor
excavation, is taking place at both linear sites
at Area C. Preliminary work is noted at the
site of the probable central control building
(approximately 245 by 215 feet). In contrast
with similar buildings at Areas A and B,_ the
in tone.
On Mission work
continues on the probable central control build-
ing at Area A. The exterior of the northern
bulk of the probable central control building
at this area is positioned to the- west of the
lineax structures. This site was cloud covered
on~I~fissions No indication
of such construction was discernible on sno~v-
covered photography of
On Mission the northern
linear structure at Operations Area A appears
complete externally, with the antenna face
oriented westward. Work is apparently in prog-
ress on the antenna face, which is half dark and
half light in tone. Approximately one-half of the
southern linear structure at Operations Area :~
appears roofed and the roof would indicate that
this antenna face would also face westward. A
terminal building (85 by 55 feet) is now noted
at the southeast end of the southern linear
structttrs of Area A. Work continues on the
probable central control building at both Areas
A and B. Construction details of the two linear
structures at Area Bare not apparent because
of heavy haze; however, footings appear to have
been erected in both linear excavations. Exca-
vation continues throughout the length of the two
linear excavations at Operations Area C, with a
possible linear strip noted at the base of each
excavation. Storage near Area A has increased
since Mission ~o a length of approximately
825 felt. J
Information concerning the status of the
building triad at Site 13 can be found in Table 1.
With regard to that part of the requirement
requesting information on ground scars. in the
vicinity, one or more has been observed on
every clear coverage since and includin~.~lission
Since that time three
fairly prominent ground scars have appeared in
the vicinity of the building triad and the southern
dual HEM' HOUSE-type structure. These scars
do not appear to extend directly to the triad
buildings. On snow-covered photography of
a scar ex-
tended from a point close to the large triad build-
ing to a small facility just east of the center of
Operations :1rea B. The site of this scar w?as
cloud covered on ~,tission
but another scar vas noted close to the southern
small triad building, extending to small facilities
to the east and west. On
the first
scar had disappeared; the second scar remained;
and a third one appeared extending from a point
near the probable central control building of Area
B close to the large triad building, and continuing
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