SLBM ACTIVITY, HSIAO-PING-TAO PROBABLE NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY, CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: November 7, 1977
• Content Type: REPORT

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IMAGERY INFORMATION REPORT
SLBM ACTIVITY, HSIAO-PING-TAO
PROBABLE NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY, CHINA (S)
(TSR) An SLBM popup test stand was identified at Hsiao-ping-tao
Probable Naval Support Facility, China,
The facility (Figure 1) is connected by an all-weather road to
Hsiao-ping-tao Submarine Base 3.5 nautical miles to the
south. The stand (Figure 2) is very similar in appearance to and the same
height as the test stand at Chin-hsi SSM R&D Test Complex
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(S/WNINTEL) The exact use of the stand at Hsiao-ping-tao is undeter-
mined. Although it could be used for ejection testing, another possibility
is that it will be used for training associated with SLBM loading techniques.
This type of training might include actual ejection of a dummy missile.
(TSR) Ground had not been broken for the test stand in April 1977
when the support facility was last imaged. The tube and ejection equipment
were removed from the Chin-hsi stand in July 1977. The timing of the two
activities and the similarities between the two stands suggest that the
Chin-hsi equipment may have been moved to the test stand at Hsiao-ping-tao.
(S/WNINTEL) SLBM-related equipment observed at the facility includes
the large mobile crane which had previously been at Chin-hsi and two
probably derelict ejection test dummies.
(TSR) The support facility appears to be nearly complete. Construc-
tion was begun in 1972, progressed intermittently through 1975, and
accelere.ted during 1976 and 1977. The facility consists of eight primary
support buildings, an administration/barracks building, eight small
support buildings, and at least six small storage tunnels.
(S/WNINTEL) Although the precise role of the support facility in the
People's Republic of China SLBM program remains undetermined, one function
will probably be to support future SLBM at-sea tests. Analysis is continu-
ing.
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