CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCH SITE POTI, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000400010009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 8, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCH SITE
POTI, USSR
REVEALED A PROBABLE CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCH
SITE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SHORE OF THE BLACK SEA 2 NM
NORTH OF POTI. THE SITE CONSISTED OF 2 CIRCULAR LAUNCH PADS,
POSSIBLY OCCUPIED, A PROBABLE GUIDANCE AREA TO THE REAR OF
THE LAUNCH PADS, AND 2 BUILDINGS, ONE OF WHICH HAS A LARGE,.--"-
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THIS MISSION REVEALS THE LAUNCH SITE CONSISTS/ OF 2 OCCUPIED
LAUNCH POSITIONS, ONE OF WHICH HAS A PROBABLE CANVAS-COVERED
MISSILE ON THE LAUNCHER. A. GUIDANCE AREA LOCATED TO THE
REAR OF THE NORTHERN LAUNCH POSITION CONTAINS A POSSIBLE
SHEET BEND RADAR AND A POSSIBLE TOWER-MOUNTED RADAR. FIVE
PROBABLE CONTROL VANS ARE POSITIONED AT THE REAR OF THE
LAUNCH POSITIONS BETWEEN THE LAUNCHERS AND THE, GUIDANCE
AREAL. SUPPORT FACILITIES INCLUDE A LARGE SUPPORT BUILDING
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WITH AN ASSOCIATED CONCRETE APRON. SIX UNIDENTIFIED
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND 7 PROBABLE AT-S TRACKED ARTILLERY
TRACTORS ARE POSITIONED ON THE WEST EDGE OF THE APRON.
APPROXIMATELY 1.0 NM NORTH OF THE LAUNCH SITE IS A
PROBABLE CRUISE-MISSILE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT FACILITY
CONTAINING ONE LARGE AND ONE SMALL DRIVE-THROUGH BUNKER,
ONE LARGE AND 2 SMALL SUPPORT-TYPE BUILDINGS, AND 2
CIRCULAR REVETMENTS WITH UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS POSITIONED
IN THE NORTHERN REVETMENT. LOCATED WITHIN THE SUPPORT
FACILITY ARE 5 PROBABLE CRUISE MISSILE CRATES, 4 LOCATED
OPPOSITE THE LARGE SUPPORT BUILDING WHILE THE FIFTH IS
LOCATED SOUTH OF THE LARGE DRIVE-THROUGH BUNKER.
POTI CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCH SITE IS ONE OF 10 SUCH
POTI SAM SITE A35-2 IS OCCUPIED.
SITES IDENTIFIED IN THE USSR.
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CRUISE-MISSILE LAUNCH SITE
POTI, USSR
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