GALOSH MISSILE MENSURATION FROM 'ROCKETS ON GUARD FOR PEACE' (SOVIET SOURCE)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000500160048-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: June 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
GALOSH MISSILE MENSURATION
FROM
"ROCKETS ON GUARD FOR PEACE"
(SOVIET SOURCE)
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CIA/PI Rm-1012/65
JUNE 1965
WAl N I N G
This document. contafns information affecting
the national defense of the United States,
within the meaning of Title 16, sections
793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended.
Its trnnsmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person Is
prohibited by law.
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CIA, PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION CIA/PTR-1012/65
GALOSH MISSILE I?MUSURATI OIL FROM "ROC} TS ON GUARD FOR PEACE"
(SOVIET SOURCE)
In a recent Soviet television broadcast a probable Galosh missile was
rhown :n a launch sequence. As this 1s the first view of the exposed Galosh,
:iren_?io and other mensuration will be provided in this report.
The mensuration accomplished results from an assumption that the missile
launched In the fiLmed sequence is in fact th@ Galosh, with container dimensions
-imilar to those of the Galosh seen in tiozcow. (65 feet long
i:am eter) Sneed and acceleration data portrayed in Attachment 2 is based on a
camera operating at 24 frames per second.
Attachment 1 reveal-: a mi.-,.-Ile which in some respects has similar features
t o . * . . t'ni t e % fate. sprint 1 . ' , There Is some suspicion that the missile
were fsslici while ir; the container, ?pringing out after launch.
T e container cap was blown off prior to launch of the missile, however
c:.ly : ract i on of a second elapsed between the two events. At'ter the cap was
there w_.? no evidence of a ml- _-ile nose sticking up out o1' the
cc .t _i:.er. I the i i:r.c r. i or.. are correct, the nose of the missi Le would be
ire appro::im~tc Ly~~belo the rim of the container proper.
r.ppr~~::u ately .33 . cc, n i.- after launch, the missile had traveled 120 feet,
..iicat.ng an average velocity of 1115 feet- per second (on the basis of 24 frames
rer .econi). The iota on the graph (Attachment 2) represent distance traveled
_..:'erent. movie :'ra_me. using a r(,%.-tans camera .speed, and constant pro-
. e ct _ e -'pee l for tc lev ..-ion V i e w i ng . .
camera angle. ar:d poor image quality precludes making a meaningful
accuracy ante ent . All rscn-urat i on ?.:a.- performed by the EPIC/Tecl-utical Intelli-
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