SOVIET CRUISE MISSILE COASTAL DEFENSE FACILITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: May 1, 1977
• Content Type: REPORT

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Summary
Report
SOVIET CRUISE MISSILE
COASTAL DEFENSE fACIIITiES
SR-025/77
MAY 1977
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Soviet Cruise Missile Coastal Defense Facilities
An analysis of Soviet naval cruise missile antishipping coastal defense facilities made
reveals the deployment of a balanced force
that seems to place considerable reliance upon a predominantly mobile concept and one
that is augmented by a selected number of hardened cruise missile launch sites.
The mobile concept is centered around seven centralized or primary support facilities
(Figure 1*). The SEPAL system, a mobile cruise missile system, is deployed from the
facilities. It uses the SS-N-3b cruise missile or a possible variant of the missile (Figure 2).
Although the coastal defense forces first achieved a degree of mobility with the SSC-2b
(SAMLET) missile system, the basic deployment doctrine remained tied to fixed launch
positions. As the SEPAL replaced the outdated SAMLET, less reliance was placed on the
fixed positions. The majority of the SAMLET positions were deactivated and allowed to
deteriorate. In the Pacific Fleet area there are three centralized support facilities, one each
at Ryurik, Korsakov, and Petropavlovsk. These facilities provide coastal defense support to
an area extending from Ryurik, which is east of Vladivostok, to Korsakov on the Gulf of
Aniva at the southern end of Sakhalin Island and on to the Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy
area, which is on the southeastern side of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Ryurik and Petropavlovsk are old SAMLET facilities while Korsakov is a relatively new
facility identified in late 1975. Korsakov was apparently constructed as a replacement fbr
llalnaya SAMLET Support Facility and its launch sites, which were deactivated around
late 1973. At Ryurik and Petropavlovsk the missile checkout and storage facilities are in
separately secured areas, whereas at Korsakov all functions are collocated. All of the
facilities have adequate vehicle storage for at least eight translaunchers and sufficient space
to accommodate all support equipment.
The units at Ryurik and Petropavlovsk have occasionally conducted SEPAL training
exercises within one of the old SAMLET launch areas; however, no training has been observ-
ed at Korsakov. With the road network available to these facilities, training could be con-
ducted almost anywhere within the immediate area. An example of this was seen in late
1974 at Ryurik, when six SEPAL translaunchers were parked in an offroad position in what
appeared to be a possible training exercise.
In the Baltic Fleet area there are two centralized support facilities, one at Ventspils and
the other at Donskoye. Both of'the facilities were previously associated with fixed SAMLET
launch sites which have been allowed to deteriorate. The Ventspils facility has more than
adequate space for vehicle and airframe storage. A new eight-bay vehicle storage building
similar in size to those seen in the Pacific Fleet area used for storing translaunchers is under
construction. Field training exercises using SEPAL equipment have been observed at
launch sites bulldozed in sand dunes on the beach.
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North
North
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Black Sea
Black Sea
Black Sea
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At Donskoye considerable expansion was seen within the facility. The expansion consist
of the addition of three arch-roofed storage bunkers and an eight-bay vehicle storage
building under construction. The building is the type used for translauncher/transporter
storage.
In the Northern Fleet area, a support facility is at Mys Kekurskiy and two hardened
launch sites are on Kildin Island. The Mys Kekurskiy facility is an old SAMLET complex
consisting of a support facility and a launch site. Only the support facility has been retained.
Several arch-roofed structures and support buildings have been added to the checkout and
storage area. Within the facility is a vehicle storage building that could accommodate the
SEPAL translauncher. However, neither the SEPAL translauncher nor the missile
transporters have been seen
On Kildin Island, approximately 55 nautical miles east-southeast of the Mys Kekurskiy
tacility, are two hardened coastal defense sites. These sites are equipped with the twin-tube
Kresta I launcher. Each launch position is connected directly to an underground missile
handling and storage facility.
In the Black Sea Fleet area, the centralized storage facility is at Sevastopol and two
hardened launch sites are at Balaklava. Only one of the three old SAMLET launch sites at
Sevastopol has been retained; it has been converted into a probable training site. This facili-
ty differs from the other cruise missile support facilities in that it does not have an onsite
missile storage capability. It receives its missile support directly from the nearby Sevastopol
Naval Missile Storage.
The Black Sea Fleet was the first of the fleet areas to use the hardened site concept. The
major difference between the Kildin Island sites and those at Balaklava is that the latter has
an offsite support facility approximately 1 mile to the rear while maintaining an onsite mis-
sile storage capability.
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List of Conversion Factors by Classification
MILLIMETERS
0.0394
INCHES
KILOGRAMS
2.2046
POUNDSIAVOIR.)
CENTIMETERS
0.3937
INCHES
POUNDSIAVOIR.)
0.4536
KILOGRAMS
INCHES
25.4000
MILLIMETERS
SHORT TONS
0.9072
METRIC TONS
INCHES
2.5400
CENTIMETERS
METRIC TONS
1.1023
SHORT TONS
FEET
0.3048
METERS
METRIC TONS
0.9842
LDNG TONS
FEET
0.0003
KILOMETERS
LONG TONS
1.0160
METRIC TONS
YARDS
0.9144
METERS
METERS
3.2808
FEET
METERS
0.0005
MILESINAUTICAL)
METERS
1.0936
YARDS
UNITS
OF VO LU
M E
KILOMETERS
3280.8400
FEET
KILOMETERS
0.6214
MILESISTATUTE)
lF VOU HAVE MUL
TIPLY BY
TO OBTAIN
KILOMETERS
0.5400
MILESINAUTICAL)
LITERS
0,2642
GALLONS
MILESISTATUTEI
1.6093
KILOMETERS
LITERS
0.0063
BARRELSIPOL)
MILESINAUTICAL)
6076,1154
FEET
LITERS
0.0010
CUBIC METERS
MILESINAUTICAL)
1.8520
KILOMETERS
GALLONS
3.7854
LITERS
MILESINAUTICAL)
1852.0000
METERS
GALLONS
0.1337
CUBIC FEET
GALLONS
0.0238
BARRELSIPOL)
GALLONS
0.0038
CUBIC METERS
BUSHELS
0.0352
CUBIC METERS
UNIT
S OF ARE
A
CUBICfEET
7.4805
GALLONS
lF YDU HAVE MUL
TIPLY BY
TO OBTAIN
CUBIC FEET
0.1181
BARRELSIPOL)
SQUARE CENTIMETERS
0.1550
SQUARE INCHES
CUBIC FEET
0.0283
CUBIC METERS
SQUARE INCHES
6.4516
SQUARE CENTIMETERS
CUBIC YARDS
0.7646
CUBIC METERS
SQUARE FEET
0.0929
SQUARE METERS
BARRELSIPOL)
158.9873
LITERS
SQUARE YARDS
0.8361
SDUARE METERS
BARRELSIPOL)
42.0000
GALLONS
SQUAflE METERS
1 0 7639
SQUARE FEET
BARRELSIPOLI
5.6146
CUBIC FEET
SQUARE METERS
1.1960
SQUARE YARDS
BARRELSIPOLI
0.1590
CUBIC METERS
SQUARE METERS
1.0000
CENTARES
CUBIC PJIETERS
1000.000()
LITERS
SQUARE METERS
0.0002
ACRES
CUBIC METERS
264.1 721
GALLONS
SDUARE METERS
0.0001
HECTARES
CUBIC METERS
35.3141
CUBIC FEET
ACRES
4046.8564
SQUARE METERS
CUBIC METERS
28.377Ei
BUSHELS
ACRES
0.4047
HECTARES
CUBIC METERS
6.2898
BARRELSIPOL)
HECTARES
10000.0000
SQUARE METERS
CUBIC METERS
1.308()
CUBIC YARDS
HECTARES
2.4711
ACRES
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