COMPLEX "J" TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000300020014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 24, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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COMPLEX "J"
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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JUNE 1963, REVEALED A NEW AREA OF ACTIVITY LOCATED
BETWEEN LAUNCH COMPLEXES "A" AND "E". THE AREA HAS SUB-
SEQUENTLY BEEN COVERED BY EIGHT KH MISSIONS RESULTING IN
THE DESIGNATION OF THIS AREA AS COMPLEX "J". ALTHOUGH NO
LAUNCH FACILITIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO DATE, THE CON-
STRUCTION ACTIVITY SHOWS CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUPPORT AREA
FOR A LAUNCH COMPLEX.
2? SEPTEMBER 1964, REVEALED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE
IN SCARRING AND TRACKS ACTIVITY IN THE AREA LOCATED APPROXI-
MATELY 3,000 FT NE OF THE END OF THE ROAD. AN IRREGULAR
EXCAVATION AND PROBABLE VEHICLES WERE DERCERNIBLE IN THE AREA.
3. THIS MISSION REVEALS THE EXCAVATION LOCATED 3,000 FT NE
OF THE END OF THE ROAD HAS BEEN INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN
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AS LARGE IN AREA AS THE BLAST PIT AT Al. A RAMP - LIKE CUT
EXTENDS INTO THE DEEPEST PART OF THE EXCAVATION. THE SPOIL
FROM THE EXCAVATION IS BEING PILED APPROXIMATELY 1,800 FT
NE OF THE EXCAVATION.
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COMPLEX J
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