ICBM COMPLEX ALEYSK, USSR

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CIA-RDP78T05929A000200010031-4
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RIPPUB
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T
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4
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December 28, 2016
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April 23, 2007
Sequence Number: 
31
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Publication Date: 
September 29, 1964
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REPORT
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Approved Fpr Release 2007/041; ICBM COMPLEX 2. CONTINUED ANALYSIS 0~j ALEYSK, USSR REVELED A NEWLY IDENTIFIED ICBM COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 2 NM WEST OF ALEYSK. THE COMPLEX CONSISTED OF A CO1,1PLEX SUPPORT FACILITY, CONFIRMED LAUNCH AREAS "A" AND "B", AND PROBABLE LAUNCH AREAS "C" AND "D". THE LAUNCH AREAS ARE THE SINGLE SILO TYPE. ACTIVITY AT THIS COMPLEX WAS OBSERVABLE AS EARLY ASII 3. THIS MISSION REVEALS THIS COMPEER CONSISTS OF A COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY, AND FIVE SINGLE SILO LAUNCH SITES. THE COMM'IPL.EX SUPPORT FACILITY IS SERVED BY A TWO PILE RAIL SPU 'T'._-: AILRO~ D AT a.LEYSK. THIS FACILITY, WHICH IS STILL UNDER CONS'TRUCTIO`, Coic"ITAII\TS APPROXIMATELY 10 BUILDINGS. GROUND SCARRING FOR THE EXTEND ION Or TIE RAIL SPUR IS OBSERVED IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY. THERE IS ALSO GROUND SCARRING FOR FIVE (5) SHORT RAIL SP(JRS OFF THE COM4MPL-7X RAIL SPUR, ABOUT 2.7000 FT SOUTH .OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY. LAUNCH AREA "A" IS LOCATED ABOUT 1.3 NM WEST-SOUTH6 SST OF THE M T1= SUPPORT FACILITY. THE SITE IS IN A PIIID-STAGE OF CO S'T UCTIO . A CO - 29 SeptemUer 196# Approved For Release 200710412p : CIA-RDP78TO5929AO00400010031-4 I 29 September 1964 Pa`ej STRUCTION RAMP APPEARS TO EXTEND TO THE SILO WHICH IS UNDER CON- STRUCTION WITHIN A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. LAUNCH AREA "B" IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.8 NM NORTHWEST OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY. TEE SITE IS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONSISTS OF A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. DETAILS ARE OBSCURED WITH- IN THE EXCAVATION. LAUNCH AREA "C" IS NOW CONFIRMED. THE AREA IS LOCATED 4 NM NORTH OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY AND IS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUC- TION, AND THERE APPEARS TO BE A SILO UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. LAUNCH AREA "D" IS NOW CONFIRMED. THE AREA IS LOCATED 6.3 NM NORTH-, WEST OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY. TOE SITE IS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONTAINS A SILO UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. A NEWLY IDENTIFIED LAUTC: 'E" IS LOCATED 10.7 NM NORTHWEST OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY', THE SITE IS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUC- TION AND CONSISTS OF A SILO UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. THIS AREA IS NEGATED IN ALTHOUGH THE LAUNCH SITE WAS PRESENT IN HOTOGRAPHIC Aoor vae For. Rele 2t1 i ICBM COMPLEX ALEYSK, USSR 52-29N 82-43E UPI Approved For Release 2007/04/23: CIA-RDP78TO5929AO00200010031-4