SOVIET ICBM SITE ORIENTATIONS

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CIA-RDP78T05439A000500090087-6
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9
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December 28, 2016
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February 7, 2001
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87
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Publication Date: 
June 8, 1965
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MEMO
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ILLEGIB Approved For Release 2001/03/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000500090087-6 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2001/03/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000500090087-6 HANDLE: VIA TALENT-KEYHOLE :ONTROL SYSTEM ONLY MEMORANDUM T' .- - Chairman, Deployment; Working Group, GMAIC SUBJECT: Soviet ICBM Site iientations - - REFERENCE: GMAIC Requirement GMAIC DWG 37-5! (NPIC Project 1121-~5) 1. This memorandum is in answer to your requirement which requests azimuth orientations from true-north for all d,-:ployed SovietICBM sites. 2. PhotDgraphy used on this project was selected from those tiiapions having the a:ost complete orbital paraTneter datit, but in some instances, other than optimum missions were used'. - 3. All azimuths are given exactly as colcputed and are considr:req to and IIID whici: are considered to be accurate v--'thin plus/minus 5 deg eea, None of the yDe IIIC and IIID sites are.complete and a final signat4re pf these sites r-.3:r indicate a .different pate' orientation. 4. The following criteria were used in determining site orierytat ons s and are depicted in figure 1. ----~ Type I A sites - A perpepdicular to the long axis of the 9!Qbable guider}ce facility. Type I B sites - The azimuth of the center rail of the wiLhpofe. All '?ype II sites - The long'.axis of the launch pad and/or $h4 access roads. Type I1TAjand IIIB - A perpendicular to a line drawn through toe the three silos. Type IIIC - A perpendicular to a lint: drawn through the s f tp cigd t'.110 centers of the flanking fla-,-topped earth mounds, Type IIID - The long axis of the levrl access to the silo,.; 5. For _aynch sites B at Drovyannaya, Eu&I G at Svobodr>3ry the reo*procal of the azimuth is also given because in these :stances the control hoer was constructed on the -northern side of a line connecting the silos,, At sill other sites of these types the control bunker t?asjconstructed on the. gut~hern side of a line connecting the silos, Declass Review by NIMA/DOD LM-.Y 1-~- jj L1.-%!-~ :,_M a-icsalic~ eo :a,-tx:ia., and nr r Fry' HANDLE VIA ':4,LENT-KEYHOLE CONTROL SYSTF-M ONLY :ONTRCL ,aYSI C[.1 C11LY TCS-b690-65' 6, At some Type IIIC and IIID sites insufficient identity of s te_,- orientation criteria precludes determinationtof orientation. T This pro~ect,1s considered to be complete. Enclosures: 1 4tne ci rawng 4+4ating of i1e Orientations Distribution: 1-10-GMAIC/DWG (w/epc 22.Araa-/SFAD Lw/o enc) 2j-fDIAXX-3A_. /enc "24?~AXX-3C wAenc ]4..Dir/T:PIC (w/o enc) 12-PAG/ i;PTC (w/o enc) 13-IPO/PAG/NPIC (w/o enc) :~4-S&TD/PAG/NPIC (w/enc) 15-CIA/PID/NPIC, (w/enc) 16-06/NP'IC I( w/0 enc ) 1T-?CSD/-" PIC (v/enc ) l3-D1Axx-k ({i o enc) 19-NSA/LO/ (w/o enc) 20-AFNTE-M w/o enc) 21.OPNAV 929T (w/o enc) 25X1A Colonel, USA Photographic Analysis, NPIC ? - HANDLE VIA TALENT-KEYHOLE CONTROL SYSTEM ONLY. 25X1 D Approved For Release 2001/03/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000500090087-6 Approved For Release 2001/03/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000500090087-6 ~i UFF BITE ORIENTATIONS site Aleysk I IIIC IIIC IIIC Dombarovskiy T-T-Tq c ! . ii~id zrpvyanwa Gladkaya Imeni Ggstello A is B D F rA G2 zII~ G6II~ A Ili) ; I B ID D ITA y llll; IIIC IIIC Enc to TCB-8690-65 25X1 D Peru Plesetsk A B C D F, E G H Shadrinsk Bvobodry - - Enc to TCS-43690.?5 25X1 D