PROBABLE SAM LAUNCH AREA AND (Sanitized)KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1965
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
PROBABLE SAM LAUNCH AREA
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ONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA
MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
PROBABLE SAM LAUNCH AREA
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA
MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
.NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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 SUPPORT AREA
MISSILE CHECKOUT
AND STORAGE AREA
LAUNCH
COMPLEX A
LAUNCH
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Laugh area
Support area
Road
Railroad
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ADMINISTRATION HOUSING,
AND SERVICE AREAS
RANGEHEAD TRANSMITTING
COMMUNICATIONS SITE.
FIGURE 1. KAPUSTIN YAR VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER.
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This report has been prepared in response
to CIA requirement C-RR5-82,280, which re-
quests a detailed analysis of continuing construc-
tion at 2 areas of the Surface-to-Air Missile
(SAM) Launch Complex of the Kapustin Yar
Vladimirovka Missile Test Center (Figure 1).
These areas are a probable SAM launch area -
reported on previously/), situated northwest
been made for the purposes of this report.
study of KEYHOLE coverag
PROBABLE SAM LAUNCH AREA
The probable SAh1 launch area (Figures
and 3) was first identified in
were complete or under construction by
as shown in Figure 3. Most of
that is, some
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The area is enclosed by a single fence. 1 a-
ble 1 provides a general description, with dimen-
sions, of most of the structures in the area. Oth-
er facilities include 2 self-supporting lattice
towers a roximately 30 feet high (identified on
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ably transmission towers. I he towers are in the
southeast corner of the area, adjacent to a pos-
sible transformer yard, and are connected by a
row of transmission towers to the SAM housing
and support area. Although the irregularly
shaped structure (Figure 4 and item 1, Figure 3)
in the center of the loop road pattern appears
possibly to be electronic associated, its drive-
through capability is not-typical of any electronic
facility (except for a SAM guidance area, which
is often drive-through). The hardstands or
aprons (described previously jJ), adjacent to
each side of the irregularly shaped structure
do not present a clear image on
coverage, possibly because of the phenomenon
which causes roads and trails to'show up black
on photography of snow-covered areas. Be-
cause of their indistinctness, the hardstands or
aprons were not remeasured on the_
coverage and are shown by dashed lines in Fig-
ure -3.
The number of mounded and revetted struc-
tures and the relatively large revetment within
the loop road suggests- protection from the
use of explosives or against radiation.
tification of a possible conveyer on
_may be an indication that-the area is sti
under construction.
No launch positions could be identified at
the area. Its layout does not appear to be com-
parable to that of known prototype missile launch
sites -- that is, positions of buildings, e.g., the
probable clerestory building (item 11, Figure
3), and the position of the loop-road. The major
reason that the area has been tentatively iden-
tified as a probable SAM launch area is its lo-
cation relative to the SAM Launch Complex
launch line. The area also possibly could be a
new electronics complex. Because of the in-
conclusive evidence as to the exact nature of
the area, an unqualified analysis of the opera-
tion being carried out there cannot be made at
this time.
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LATTICED PROBABLE
TRANSMISSION TOWERS
Road
--= Trail
Fence
--- Ditch
m Building
Building under construction
Earth-mounded building
Hardstand 'apron
Revetment
l lnr numbers keyed to Table 1
Mound
loo zoo
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1 Irregularl. -hoped
-tructuro
?1 Probable totter
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Ditch
Ditch
Ditch
Re'etment
Building 'unidenti-
fied structure
Re\ctment
1(ill-1911 (height in-
definile hecau-e
of -hadott ca-t h\
item 1)
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thickne--:
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55y 10
27, \ 10
!(1 \ 10
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(outside ditnen=ion-)
111, Po--ible mounded
huildin_
11 ~in_le--ton huild-
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15 \ 15
(outside dimen -ion -)
in_. prohahl\
Clore-tors
Gahle-roofed -inile-
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1.1 -inglo--tore -hed
11; -inele--ton shed
17 (;ahlt?-roofed multi-
-tor\ huildin_
Earth-mounded huild-
in._ e
19 Probable h.uildin-'
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FIGURE 4. IRREGULARLY SHAPED STRUCTURE, PROBABLE SAM LAUNCH AREA.
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