STATUS OF SOVIET SS-9 TRAINING SITES

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05698A000100010036-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: June 1, 1977
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
Summary
Report
STATUS OF SOVIET SS-9
TRAINING SITES (S)
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SR-035/77
JUNE 1977
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Status of Soviet SS-9 Training Sites (S)
(TSR) Conversion construction at the training silos at five of the six SS-9/SS-18 ICBM
complexes has been suspended. These training silos are at the Aleysk, Dombarovskiy, Imeni
Castello, Uzhur, and Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complexes. Environmental netting had been
placed over three of these training silos. At the Kartaly ICBM complex training silo, conver-
sion construction was progressing at a slow pace.
Aleysk ICBM Complex (S)
(TSR) Preconversion construction was seen at training site 14X when 25X1
rails had been constructed behind the silo door. Initial conversion construction was seen on
when the area in front of the silo was excavated. The silo door had not been removed 25X1
and no further activity had been see 25X1
Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex (S)
(TSR) Preconversion construction at training site 33X was observed
the silo door was open. Initial conversion activity was observ
the exhaust deflector, the silo door, and the silo liner had been remove from the i o.
netting material was extended over the portion of the silo which was originally
covered by the silo door, perhaps to prevent people or objects from falling into the silo. A
rigid framework supported the netting (Figure 1). No additional conversion construction ac-
tivity had been observed at this site
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Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex (S)
(TSR) Initial conversion construction was observed at training site 21X 25X1
the silo door had been rolled back and the exhaust deflectors and the silo liners had 25X1
been removed. Removal of the IIIC silo components continued Netting 25X1
material was observed draped over the entire silo headworks (Figure 21 ~ a hole in 25X1
the netting was observed; however, no apparent attempt has been made to repair this open-
additional conversion construction activity had been observed at this site 25X1
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Uzhur ICBM Complex (S)
(TSR) Initial conversion construction was observed at training site 19X 25X1
The silo door was being dismantled and the exhaust deflectors and the silo liner had been
the IIIC silo headworks had been removed and the IIIF silo walls had been 25X1
constructed and backfilled. All construction ceased and no further activity was observed as
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Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex (S)
(TSR) Preconversion construction at training site 22X was observed
when the silo door was open. Initial conversion activity was observed on
the silo door was being dismantled and the area in front of the silo had been excavated. By
~he exhaust deflectors and the silo liner had been removed. The IIIC silo headworks
was still intact and an environmental cover was over the silo hole. No further conversion
construction activity had been observed at this site
Kartaly ICBM Complex (S)
(TSR) Initial conversion activity was observed at training site 2
the door was open and the area in front of the silo had been excavated.
IIIC silo headworks had been removed, and the silo wall for the IIIF silo had been
erected. here was no apparent change to the silo; however, the con-
struction crane remained at the site.
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List of Conversion Factors by Classification
MILLIMETERS
0.0394
INCHES
KILOGRAMS
2.2046
POUNDS)AVOIR.)
CENTIMETERS
0.3937
INCHES
POUNDS(AVOIR.)
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
LONG TONS
FEET
0.0003
KILOMETERS
LONG TONS
1.0160
METRIC TONS
YARDS
0.9144
METERS
METERS
3.2808
FEET
METERS
0.0005
MILES(NAUTICAL)
METERS
1.0936
YARDS
KILOMETERS
3280.8400
FEET
KILOMETERS
0.6214
MILES)STATUTE)
KILOMETERS
0.5400
MILES(NAUTICAL)
LITERS
0.2642
GALLONS
MILES(STATUTE)
1.6093
KILOMETERS
LITERS
0.0063
BARRELS(POL)
MILES(NAUTICAL)
6076.1154
FEET
LITERS
0.0010
CUBIC METERS
MILES)NAUTICAL)
1.8520
KILOMETERS
GALLONS
3.7854
LITERS
MILES(NAUTICAL)
1852.0000
METERS
GALLONS
0.1337
CUBIC FEET
GALLONS
0.0238
BARRELS(POL)
GALLONS
0.0038
CUBIC METERS
BUSHELS
0.0352
CUBIC METERS
CUBIC FEET
7.4805
GALLONS
CUBIC FEET
0.1781
BARRELS)POL)
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
BARRELS)POL)
158.9873
LITERS
SQUARE YARDS
0.8361
SQUARE METERS
BARRELS)POL)
42.0000
GALLONS
SQUARE METERS
10.7639
SQUARE FEET
BARRELS)POL)
5.6146
CUBIC FEET
SQUARE METERS
1.1960
SQUARE YARDS
BARRELS)POL)
0.1590
CUBIC METERS
SQUARE METERS
1.0000
CENTARES
CUBIC METERS
1000.0000
LITERS
SQUARE METERS
0.0002
ACRES
CUBIC METERS
264.1721
GALLONS
SQUARE METERS
0.0001
HECTARES
CUBIC METERS
35.3147
CUBIC FEET
ACRES
4046.8564
SQUARE METERS
CUBIC METERS
28.3776
BUSHELS
ACRES
0.4047
HECTARES
CUBIC METERS
6.2898
BARRELS)POL)
HECTARES
10000.0000
SQUARE METERS
CUBIC METERS
1.3080
CUBIC YARDS
HECTARES
2.4711
ACRES
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