ICBM COMPLEX ALEYSK, USSR

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CIA-RDP78T05929A000200010062-0
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8
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December 28, 2016
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April 23, 2007
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62
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Publication Date: 
October 8, 1964
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2007/04/23: CI - 000200010062-0 ICBM COMPLEX ALEYSK, USSR '2. CONTINUED ANALYSIS OF REVEALED A NEWLY IDENTIFIED ICBM COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPROX- IMATELY 2 NM WEST OF ALEYSK. THE COMPLEX CONSISTED OF A COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY, CONFIRMED LAUNCH AREAS "A" AND "B", AND PROBABLE LAUNCH AREAS "C" AND "D". THE LAUNCH AREAS ARE THE SINGLE SILO. PLEX WAS OBSERVABLE AS EARLY AS D TYPE. ACTIVITY AT THIS COM BUT WAS NOT PRESENT INJ REVEALED A NEWLY IDENTIFIED LAUNCH AREA "E" WAS LOCATED 10.7 NM NORTHWEST OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY. THE SITE WAS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. ACTIVITY WAS NOT PRESENT IN THIS AREA IN FEB 64. ALTHOUGH THE LAUNCH P SITE WAS PRESENT INI CLUDED IDENTIFICATION AT THAT TIME. GROUND SCARRING FOR FIVE (5) SHORT RAIL SPURS OFF THE COMPLEX RAIL SPUR WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2,000 FT SOUTH OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY, WHICH WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HOTOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS PRE- SILO LAUNCH AREA "F" IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE AREA WAS LOCATED 8.8 NM NORTHWEST OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY. THIS MISSION REVEALS: LAUNCH AREA "A" IS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. AN UNIDEN- TIFIED OBJECT EXTEND TO THE CENTER OF A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. THREE LARGE AND THREE SMALL BUILDINGS ARE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE SITE AND A LARGE SPOIL PILE ADJOINS THE EXCAVATION ON THE SOUTHWEST. A SMALL SQUARE WHILE COLORED AREA IS ADJACENT TO THE SITE TO THE EAST AND WEST. A SITE SUPPORT FACILITY IS LOCATED 1 NM EAST. LAUNCH AREA "B", PROBABLY BOARD FENCED, IS A U-SHAPED EXCAVA- TION WITH WHITE COLORED AREAS TO THE EAST AND WEST WITH FOUR MEDIUM SIZE AND FOUR SMALL BUILDINGS. NO SILO CORING CAN BE DISCERNED, AL- FACILITY, JUST OUTSIDE THE FENCED AREA, CONSISTS OF TWO LARGE BUILDINGS AND FOUR SMALL STRUCTURES. LAUNCH AREA "C", IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, CONSISTS OF A SILO CORING WITHIN A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. A WHITE RECTANGULAR AREA IS TO THE WEST AND ALSO A SMALL SQUARE WHITE AREA TO THE EAST. TOP SECRET Approved For Re ease 2007fy S 3 October 1964 Page - LAUNCH AREAS "A", "B", "C" AND "D" WERE ALL IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. 4. CONTINUED ANALYSIS OF1 REVEALED A SIXTH SINGLE Approved For Release 2007/04/23: CIA-R 062-0 3 October 1964 Page /-- A SECURITY FENCE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SEVERAL SMALL POSSIBLE STRUCTURES ARE NEARBY. A SITE SUPPORT FACILITY, CONTAINING THREE LARGE AND EIGHT SMALLER STRUCTURES, IS LOCATED ABOUT .5NM TO THE NORTHWEST. LAUNCH AREA "D", IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION IS SECURITY FENCED. A SILO CORING IS VISIBLE WITHIN A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. IRREGULAR WHITE COLORED AREAS ARE TO THE EAST AND WEST SIDES. TWO SMALL STRUCTURES ARE NEARBY. A SITE SUPPORT FACILITY LOCATED AP- PROXIMATELY .5 NM WEST, CONSISTS OF TWO LARGE AND EIGHT SMALLER BUILDINGS. LAUNCH AREA "E", IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, HAS A SILO CORING WITHIN A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. A SMALL SQUARE WHITE AREA IS PRESENT ON THE EAST; THREE SMALL BUILDINGS ARE NEARBY. A SECURITY FENCE ENCLOSES THE SITE. THE SITE SUPPORT FACILITY, APPROXIMATELY 1 NM SOUTH, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A SMALL TOWN, CONSISTS OF TWO LARGE BUILDINGS AND SEVERAL SMALL STRUCTURES. LAUNCH AREA "F" ALSO IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, CONTAINS A SILO CORING WITHIN A U-SHAPED EXCAVATION. A SMALL SQUARE AREA IN ON THE EAST SIDE AND A RECTANGULAR AREA ON THE WEST. TWO SMALL BUILDINGS ARE NEARBY. A SECURITY FENCE ENCLOSES THE AREA. THE SITE SUPPORT FACILITY, APPROXIMATELY-1 NM SOUTHEAST, CONSISTS OF 200010062-0 TWO LARGE AND TWO SMALL BUILDINGS. ALSO SHOWN ON THE GRAPHIC IS THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY,, WITH SEVERAL BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND FIVE RAILROAD SPURS. ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION. TOP SECRET Approved For Rel se 20 I W Approved For Release 2007/04/23 : Prepared by: CSD, Research Branch. Distribution: Copy 1 - Director, NPIC 2&3 - Asst for Ops. 4-DIA 5 - Chief, PID 6 - RB/CSD/NPIC 7 - RAS/REF/CSD 8 - Files/SBS/RB/CSD 3 October 1964 Page /y SECRET ICBM COMPLEX ALEYSK, USSR 52-29N 82-43E 5 RAILROAD SPURS NOER CONSTRUCTION Approved For Release 204123: CIA-RDP78TO5929AO00200010062-0 ? bmQmi&m-km&4W@7/n4/qi (,iA-Rnp7RTn-rgggAC nn,)(t(1(tiMa2.u . Approved For Release 2007/04/23: CIA-RDP78TO5929AO00200010062-0