OAK-PART IV MISSION 1018-1 26-29 MARCH 1965
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P4>fOTOGRAPHIC IHTERPRETATION REPORT
OAK- PART IV
. MISSION 1018-1 .
26-29 MARCH 1965
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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MISSION 1018-1,2b-29 MAR 65
TABLE QF~GONTENTS
PREFACE
TRACK OF MISSION ~
HIGHLIGHTS -
2
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5
MISSILES
T
NUCLEAR ENERGY - ~
18
INOEX OF GOMOR TARGETS
ATTACHMENTS
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TALENT-KEYHOLE ?M I S S I ON I e I8-,1 ~ 2b-i~9 MAR b5
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OAK - PA RT 1 V
MISSION 1 O ~ 8-1
THIS IS THE FOURTH AND.FINAL?OAK.REPORT..ON.MISSION 1818-2 ANO
PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THOSE COMMITTEE ON.OVEItHEAD RECONNAISSANCE
(GOMORI TARGETS OBSERVED ON .THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
TARGETS~ARE ARRANGED .IN THE OAK BY SUBJECT AND WITHIN EACH SUBJECT
BY GOMOR-TARGET NUMBER. TARGETS OF OPPORTIdNITY OBSERVED OURIN6
-THE OAK REPORTING PERIOD ARE LISTED NUMERICALLY UNDER THE
APPROPRIATE SUBJECT AfTER.THE LISTING OF COMDR TARGETS.
LOCATIONS OF TARGETS IN THIS REPORT ARE INOLGATEO BY :THE COUNTRY
CODE PRECEDING THE COORDINATES.
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR EACH TARGET OBSERYEO ANO~
REPORTED FOLLOM THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET. PASS NUMBERS ARE
SUFFIXED MITH~EITHER AN A FOR ASCENDING (SOUTH-TO-NORTHI OR
D FOR DESCENDING tNORTH-TO-SOUTHI. FRAMES-ARE INDICATED BY THE
LETTERS FR. THE LETTER.-F PREGEDING.FRAME NUMBERS INDICATES THE
FORMARO CAMERA, ANO THE LETTER A INDICATES THE AFT CAMERA.
UNIVERSAL REFERENCE GRID tX-Y) COORDINATES ARE GIVEN IN~PARENTHESIS
AFTER THE FRAME TO WHICH THEY-APPLY. THIS GRID IS IDENTIFIED AS
UNIVERSAL~GRID NO 1, FEB 64. SYMBOLS INDICATING CONDITIONS MHICH
AFFECT THE~APPEARANCE OF :.THE TARGET ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY ARE AS
FO140N5 .-- t ( CLEAR I , H ( HAZE) ,. t5 t~GLOI~D SHAOOii I ,. -
HG tHEAYY CLOUD COVERI,',SG (SCATTERED CLOUD COVER), SD
tSEMIDARKNESS), O (OBLI~UITYI,.S ISNONI',-PQ (POOR IMAGE`QUALITYI.
OAK RECIPIENTS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE INITIAL SCAN OF :THE
PHOTOGRAPH_ IS BELNG~AGGOMPLISHED IN A SHORT TIME A.ND PRIOR TO ~`
FIN AI. REFINEMENT OF EPHEMERAL DATA. CONSEQUENtiLY, FUTURE DETAILED
ANALYSIS.MAIf_RESULT IN MINOR ALTERATIONS. .
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MISSION 1018-1,2b-29 MAR 65
LENINGRAD AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES
? PHOTOGRAPHY MITH SNOM.GONOITIONS PREVAILING. AN ELECTRONIC SITE
SIMILAR TO THAT AT. THE SE CORNER.OF.THE- LENINGRAD NM,AMM/SAM
LAUNCH COMPLEX tS APPARENTLY UNDER GONST#tUGTION AT BOTH~THE
LENINGRAD NE ANO SM AMM/SAP! COMPLEXES.
TMENTY TARGETS MERE~OBSERVED~OURING THE OAK REPORTING-PERIOD
ANO ARE CONTAINED IN THIS OAK. A TOTAL OF 139 HERE REPORTED
AND ARE LISTED IN THE INDE-X AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS REPORT.
IN AOOITLON, 7 BONUSES HERE REPORTED. '.
A TABULAR SUMMARY RECAPITULATING SIGNI~FIGANT ACTIVITY
OBSERVED ON MISSIONS .1018-1 AND 1018-2 MILL APPEAR IN-THE FINAL
PART OF OAK 1018-2. THE FOILOMING TABLE PROVIOES~THE GATE ANO TIME
OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PASSES ON MISSION 1018-1.
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TALENT-KEYHOLE MISSION 1018-1,26-29 MAR 65
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PLESETSK IGBM.GOMPLEX UR 6254N 04038E
COMPLEX COVERED ON FAIR- T~ G000-pUAIITY,-STEREO
25X1D PHOTOGRAPHY. NO APPARENT CHANGE OBSERVED SINGE MISSION
AT THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FAGILtTY~-TRANSFER
POINT,.ADMINI3TRATION AND. HOUSING AREA, LAUNCH POINTS
I-IV tSITES 1-3), IAUNGH AREAS A tSITE-4), B tS"ITE 5),
O tSITE 8)s AND E tSITE 7).. NO NIFICANT CHANGE.
25X1D OBSERVED SINGE AT-LAUNCH AREA G
tSITE 6).' NO APPARENT-CHANGE OBSERVED AT LAUNGH~AREA F
25X1D SINGE LAUNCH AREA- G tSITE 9! :WAS
CLOUD COVERED AND LAUNCH AREA H (SITE 101 NAS '
IDENTIFICATION ONLY.
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AND THE
UNIOENT-IFIED ACTIVITY 1 N~! NE OF THE ADMINISTRATION ANO
HOUSING AREA SHOVED NO APPARENT GRANGE SINGE MISSION
~ CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT THE UNIDENTIFIED
ACTIYITY.IOCATED.SN OF THE COMPLEX SUPP?RT FACILITY AT
62-54N 040-35E, HOMEVER, POOR IMAGE..pUAIITY PRECLUDES
DETERMINATION OF CONSTRUCTION STATUSo~ THE UNIDENTIFIED
AREA EAST: OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY AT 62-55N
041-24E NAS-NOT COVERED. NO ABM-RELATED INSTALLATIONS
SIMILAR TO THOSE AT SARY-SHAGANy IENINGRAO,-OR MOSCOW
OBSERVED IN THE_MESTERN HALF OF A 50-NM SEARCH AREA.
EAST-ERN HALF NOT COVERED.
YERKHNYAYA SAIDA ICBM COMPLEX BUR 5802N 06824E
THE'GOMPLEX IS PARTIALLY.GOVERED BY FAIR- TO
POOR-pUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY. THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FAGLL.ITY
25X9 ANO RAIL--TO-ROAD TRANSFER-POINT ARE IDENTIFICATION .ONLY -
ANO ~I S CLOUD CO.YERED.
NO APPARENT CHANGE OBSERVED -IN THE AUXILIARY SUPPORT-
FAGILITY OR LAUNCH AREAS A (SITE 2!, B (SITE 11~ C
25X1D tSITE 3),. O (SITE 4),. F (SITE 7!, H iSITE 9! _ANO I
(SITE 10),.SINGE IAUNGH AREAS'E'
(SITE 5), AND G {SITE 8) ARE NOT COVERED. NO
.25X1D SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINGE CAN 8E
DETECTED-IN THE UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVITY NORTH OF '.THE
AUXILIARY SUPPORT FACILITY, HOMEVER POOR IMAGE pUALITY-
PRECLUDES DETAILED INTERPRETATION.
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NO ABM ACTIYiTY NOTED IN THE CLOUD-FREE AREAS OF THE
. 5B-NM-RADIUS SEARCH AREA.
THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS COVERED BY GOOD-QUALITY:.STEREO
PHOT?GRAPHYa THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY=CONSISTS OF
A RAIlHEAO AND STDRAGE AREA AND 3 HOUSING AREAS. THE
RAILHEAD ANO STORAGE AREA CONTAINS 4 RAIL SPURS,
APPROXIMATELY 45 BUILDINGS, AND AN OPEN STORAGE AREA.
ONE~HOUSING AREA IS LOCATED SW OF THE RAILHEAD AND
STORAGE-AREA AND CONTAINS APPROXIMMATELY 48 BUILDINGS.
THE OTHER 2-ARE LOCATED EAST OF-THE RAILHEAD ANO
STORAGE AREA AND CONTAIN APPROXIMAT,EIY 25 AND 20
BUILDINGS RESPECTIVELY. AN UNIDENTIFZEO FACILITY
CONTAINING APPROXiMATELY~15 BUILDINGS I5 LOCATED NORTH
OF THE COMPLEX MAIN ROAD OPPOSITE THE EASTERNMOST
HOUSING AREA. ~-
YOSHKAR-OLA ICBM GONPLEX
UR 5633N 04801E
RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT IS A COMPLETED t_OOP-TYPE
GONTAINING~APPROXIMATELY 15 BUILDINGS.
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LAUNCH AREA A (SITE 1) IS A COMPLETED TYPE LIB LAUNCH
SITE. AN EARTH-BANKED MISSILE READY BUILDING IS
LOCATED BEHIND EACH LAUNCH PAD AND 3 EARTH-MOUNDED
BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED LEFT OF THE-OFFSET CENTER SERVICE
ROAD. AN EARTH-MlOUNDEO BUILDING IS LOCATED I1~L ~~RONT OF
-AND SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE RIGHT MISSILE READY
BUILDING AND
THE SITE
SUPPORT FACILITYs LOCATED JUST .SOUTH OF 7HE LAUNCH
SITE, CONSIST OF 2 SECTIONS, 1 CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY
25 BUILDINGS,-THE OTHER APPROXIMATELY 20. A SMALL
UNIDENTIFIED FENCED AREA CONTAINING I BUILDING IS
LOCATED JUST EAST OF .THE SITE SUPPORT FACILITY.
LAUNCH AREA 8 (SITE 2) CONSISTS DF A GOM-PLETED TYPE IIB
LAUNCH SITE AND A SITE SUPPORT FACILITY. AT THE LAUNCH
SITE, 1 MISSILE READY BUILDING IS LOCATED BEHIND THE
LEFT LAU_NGH PAO AND.2 BUI~[)INGS tl EARTH-MOUNDED) ARE: .
LOCATED LEFT OF-THE OFFSET CENTER SERYIGE ROAD. THE
THE.SITE SUPPORT FACILITY IS
LOCATED JUST SOUFH.OF THE LAUNCH SITE AMO CONTAINS
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APPROXIMATELY 25 BUILDINGS.
LAUNCH AREA G (SITE 3) ~60NSISTS OF A COMPLETED TYPE IIB
? ~~LAUNGH SITE AND A SITE SUPPORT FACILITY. AT THE LAUNCH
SITE, 1.EARTH-BANKED MISSILE READY BUILDING IS LOCATED
- 25X9BEHIND THE LEFT LAUNCH PAD.- FIVE BUILDINGS, 3 OF WHICH
ARE EARTH-MOUNDED,-ARE LEFT OF THE CENTER SERVICE ROAD
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THE SITE SUPPORT
FACILITY, CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 25 BUILDINGS,.=IS
LOGATED'JUST'EAST OF .T HE LbUN.CH SITE. -
LAUNCH AREA D (SITE 4) CONSISTS OF A COMPLETED TYPE IID
LAUNCH SITE ANO A SITE SUPPORT AGILITY. ~AN
EARTH-.BANKED MISSILE READY BUILDING IS LOCATED TO THE
REAR OF THE LEFT LAUNCH PAD AND A MISSILE READY.
BUILDING IS LOCATED BEHIND THE RIGHT LdUNGi~ PAD. TWO
EARTH-MOUNDED BUILDINGS ARE LOCIATED INBOARD OF AND
CANTED TO EACH OF THE~LAUNGH PADS. THREE OTHER
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EARTH-MOUNDED BUILDINGS~ARE APPROXIMATELY CENTERED
THE SITE SUPPORT FACILITY, CONTAINI.N6 APPROXINATELY:35
BUILDINGS, IS LOCATED NE. OF THE LAUNCH SITE.
LAUNCH AREA.E (SITE 5) CONSISTS OF A COMPLETED TYPE IID
LAUNCH SITE AND A SITE SUPPORT FACILITY. ONE
EARTH-BANKED AND 1 EARTH-MOUNDED-MISSILE REAOY.BUILDING
ARE TO THE REAR -OF .THE LEFT LAUNCH PAD. TWO
EARTH-MOUNDED BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED INBOARD OF ANO
CANTED: TO E'AGH OF THE LAUNCH PADS. ~ THREE OTHER
BETWEEN THE PA
BUILDINGS, IS LOCATED EAST OF THE LAUNCH SITE.
THE SITE SUPPORT FACILITY,
LAUNCH AREA F (SITE 6) CONSISTS OF A GOMPLETEO.TYPE.IID
LAUNCH SITE AND .A SITE SUPPORT FACILITY. TWO.
EARTH-MOUNDED MISSILE READY BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED '
BEHIND THE LEFT?LAUNGH PAD.AND.1 EARTH-MOUNDED READY
BU_ILOING IS LOCATED TO THE. REAR OF THE RIGHT