SAM R&D LAUNCH AREA KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000600020043-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: February 3, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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SAY R&D LAUNCH AREA
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
TALENT PHOTOGRAPHY OF SEP 57 AID DEC 59 REVEALED A LAUNCH COMPLEX
FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SAM)
SYSTEMS.
REVEALED A NEW PINWHEEL SITE IN THE SAM R&D AREA
SIMILAR TO THE ONE PREVIOUSLY SEEN IN THE SA-3 AREA.
REVEALED 2 POSSIBLE MISSILE TRANSPORTERS WERE
OBSERVED IN ONE OF THE U-SHAPED REVETMENTS AND AN OBJECT HAD
BEEN ERECTED IN THE CENTER OF ONE CIRCULAR PAD. THE SITE IN THE
NE CORNER OF THE AREA CONTAINED 6 IRREGULARLY-SPACED LAUNCH POSI-
TIONS.
4. THIS MISSION REVEALS THAT THE LAUNCH AREA IS ACTIVE. THE TWO LARGE
HOLD REVETMENTS, AND LAUNCH SITES B AND F CONTAIN MOBILE EQUIP-
MENT. NEWLY IDENTIFIED, BUT FIRST OBSERVED ON
]ARE THREE RADAR MOUNDS AT SITE B. THEY ARE LOCATED ALONG THE
RING ROAD TO THE EAST, TO THE WEST AND TO THE NORTH. THE WESTERN
MOUND HAS A TOKEN-TYPE RADAR; THE EASTERN HAS A PROBABLE HEIGHT
FINDER RADAR; THE NORTHERN IS UNOCCUPIED. THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE
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SAM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LAUNCH AREA
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
48-48N 45-44E
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IDAEN-ttPE RADAR ON MOUND ~'~?? PROBABLE LOW BLOW AADAA~ i ? NJ 1 LAUNCH SITE A "
ti LAUNCH. SITE B
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