PROBABLE AIR-TRANSPORTABLE U/I MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE MISSILE PROGRAMS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05698A000200010024-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: October 23, 1974
• Content Type: MISC

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23 October 197?5X1
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TITLE/SIGNIFICANCE: Probable Air-Transportable U/I Missile Support Equipment that may
be associated with mobile missile programs.
COMMENT: Two pieces of U/I missile support equipment (MSE) were seen on a special AN-22
Cock hardstand at a VTA Airfield 250 nm S/W of Moscow. Near-identical pieces of MSE were
first seen in Moscow in June 1973, in an area which has tentative mobile missile program
associations. Both feces of MSE are uni uel configured, having tow-bars at either Pn~1-
The shorter MSE is 10 feet wide =25X1
The AN-22 is the only present Soviet aircraft that can accommodate 25X1
either item. These pieces of MSE might be seen at or near airfields where the AN-22 is
based or has been seen, or at any airfield with a runway 8,000 feet or lon er including
the Soviet Arctic sta in ~tix~
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Moscow Recon Target Area
Seshcha Airf field
DISCLAIMER - This is an informal communication intended for circulation within NPIC/IEG only. The conclusions are the opinion of the originator
at the time of issue. Supporting or contrasting views are welcomed, and should be directed to the originator.
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