MISSILE-ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION EMBA, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000600020019-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: February 3, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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MISSILE-ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION
EMBA, USSR
February 1965
2.1 IFIRST REVEALED THE PROBABLE MISSILE-ASSOCIATED IN-
STALLATION, LOCATED 14 NM SSW OF EMBA. TWO POSSIBLE LAUNCH AREAS
WITH ASSOCIATED SUPPORT FACILITIES WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN A BELL-
SHAPED INSTRUMENTATION AREA ORIENTED IN.A SSW DIRECTION, AN ADDI-
TIONAL SUPPORT AREA AND A GRADED-EARTH LANDING STRIP WERE REPORTED
NORTH OF THE POSSIBLE LAUNCH AREAS, TEE FACILITIES WERE NOT PRESENT
BEEN OBSERVED ON 10 KH MISSIONS WHICH HAVE REVEALED CONTINUING ACTIVITY
AND EXPANSION.
REVEALED THE ADDITION OF A POSSIBLE NEAR SPACE TRACK-
ING AND TELEMETRY INSTALLATION CONSISTING OF 4 POSSIBLE TOWER ARRAYS
AND 2 SUSPECT TRACKING ANTENNAS.
REVEALED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW LANDING STRIP,
APPROXIMATELY 11,000 FT LONG, WITH A PARALLEL TAXIWAY. EXPANSION OF
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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THE POSSIBLE NEAR SPACE TRACKING AND TELEMETRY INSTALLATION WAS ALSO
REVEALED CON-
TINUING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN THE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AREA WHICH
IS BEING EXPANDED TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
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7. THIS MISSION REVEALS CONSIDERABLE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE
INSTALLATION,
TATION. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE NOTED IN THE LAUNCH COMPLEX,
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AREA, AND THE ELECTRONIC SITE. THE LAUNCH COMPLEX
(FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS TWO POSSIBLE LAUNCH AREAS) NOW CONTAINS .'
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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A LAUNCH AREA AND 2 UNIDENTIFIED SUPPORT AREAS, ALL DOUBLE-FENCED,
THE LAUNCH AREA HAS A GUARD TOWER AT EACH CORNER AND A SECURITY
BUILDING AT ITS ENTRANCE, A SMALLER BUILDING IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
350 FEET NORTH OF THE SECURITY BUILDING OUTSIDE THE FENCE. A VEHICLE
STORAGE SHED, 2 SMALLER SUPPORT BUILDINGS AND AN EARTH-MOUNDED CONTROL
BUNKER ON WHICH TWO UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS ARE SITUATED ARE ALSO WITHIN
THE LAUNCH AREA. THE CONTROL BUNKER IS CONNECTED BY BURIED CONDUIT
TO THE TWO PADS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED OF SNOW. A CLEARED HARD-
STAND IN FRONT OF THE CONTROL BUNKER CONTAINS AT LEAST 9 VEHICLES/
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, A TORN-TYPE RADAR, 5 ELECTRONIC VANS, AND A
UNIDENTIFIED PIECE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ARE LOCATED IN THE NORTH-
EASTERN CORNER OF THE LAUNCH AREA. EIGHTEEN VEHICLES/PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT ARE PARKED IN A L-SHAPED PATTERN NNW OF THE CONTROL BUNKER.
A PROBABLE CALIBRATION TOWER IS LOCATED IN THE SE CORNER OF THE LAUNCH
AREA. TWO PROBABLE COMMUNICATION VEHICLES AND A POSSIBLE OPTICAL
TRACKING POSITION ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE INNER SECURITY FENCE IN THE
NE CORNER. TWO VAN-MOUNTED ANTENNAS, ONE WITH AN ASSOCIATED GENERATOR
VAN, ARE POSITIONED ALONG THE WESTERN FENCE. APPROXIMATELY 30 OTHER
VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING ONE ON THE CENTER ROAD, ARE
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE LAUNCH AREA. A SUPPORT AREA APPROXIMATELY
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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1800 FEET EAST OF THE LAUNCH AREA CONTAINS A SECURITY BUILDING, 2
SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS, A GABLE-ROOFED BUILDING, AND A FLAT-ROOFED
BUILDING WITH AN ADJACENT STACK. AN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AREA IS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 3,100 FEET SE OF THE LAUNCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE
GUARD TOWERS IN THE NW AND SE CORNERS, PROBABLE LIGHT STANDARDS ARE
PLACED ALONG THE FENCE LINE. WITHIN THE SECURITY FENCE ARE 4 BUNKERS,
2 ADDITIONAL BUNKERS WITH PROBABLE UNDERGROUND ENTRANCES, A LARGER
BUNKER, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH AN UNDERGROUND ENTRANCE, AND A DRIVE-
IN BUILDING WHICH APPEARS BUNKERED ONLY ON 2 SIDES. TWO PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED HARDSTANDS, WHICH ARE SNOW COVERED AND AN UNIDENTIFIED T-
SHAPED STRUCTURE ARE ALSO WITHIN THE FENCE. CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING
IN THE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AREA. THE FENCE LINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO
THE NORTH AND NOW ENCLOSES A MOTOR POOL CONTAINING AT LEAST 300 VEHICLES/
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND A LARGE BUILDING, NEW SINCE NOV 61+, UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. ONE BUILDING LOCATED IN THE SW PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AREA HAS BEEN COMPLETED SINCE AUG 64. THE CON-
STRUCTION ACTIVITY BORDERING THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL OPERA-
TIONAL AREA IS NOW IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE INSTRUMENTATION AREA.
THIS AREA IS SINGLE-FENCED AND APPEARS TO BE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT CONSISTS OF 8 RECTANGULAR AREAS, EACH CONTAINING 3 UNIDENTIFIED
OBJECTS WHICH MAY BE INSTRUMENTATION BASES. EARTHERN SCARS INTER-
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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CONNECT EACH OF THE 8 RECTANGULAR AREAS WITH A BUILDING UNDER CON-
STRUCTION NEAR THE CENTER. THE ELECTRONIC SITE (FORMERLY REFERRED
TO AS THE NEAR SPACE TRACKING AND TELEMETRY INSTALLATION) CONSISTS OF
6 RECTANGULAR, EARTH-MOUNDED RADAR/TELEMETRY ANTENNAS IN AN EAST-WEST
LINEAR CONFIGURATION, EACH OF THE MOUNDS SUPPORTS RADAR/TELEMETRY
EQUIPMENT WITH THE 2 OUTSIDE MOUNDS BEING HIGHER THAN THE 4 CENTER
MOUNDS AND HAVING RELATIVELY LARGER ANTENNAS. SPECIFIC ANTENNA TYPES
CANNOT BE DETERMINED. IN ADDITION TO THE 6 MOUNDS THERE ARE 3 BUILD-
INGS ARRANGED IN A LINE, THE 2 OUTER ONES BEING SQUARE AND LARGER THAN
THE CENTER BUILDING. THE CENTER BUILDING HAS A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE
ON ITS ROOF WHILE THE 2 OUTER BUILDINGS APPEAR TO SUPPORT NO ANTENNAS
OR OTHER EQUIPMENT. THE REMAINDER OF THE FACILITY CONSISTS OF APPROXI-
MATELY 25 VEHICLES AND PROBABLE MOBILE GENERATORS, 2 SMALL BUILDINGS,
AND 5-6 SMALL UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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ANTENNAS
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENT(R
EMBA MISSILE -ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION
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OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AREA
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