LAUNCH COMPLEX "K" TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000700030006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 9, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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LAUNCH COMPLEX "K"
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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LOCATED 7,600 FT WEST OF LAUNCH COMPLEX "F". THE COMPLEX CONSISTED
OF A LAUNCH AREA CONTAINING TWO SINGLE SILOS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE SILOS, WHICH ARE APPROXIMATELY 30 FT IN DIAMETER, WERE IN SHAL-
LOW EXCAVATIONS. AN ELECTRONICS INSTALLATION WAS IDENTIFIED 3,000 FT
TO THE WNW AND CONSISTED OF AN "L"-SHAPED EARTH SCAR.
2. LAUNCH COMPLEX "K" WAS SUBSEQUENTLY COVERED BY SEVEN KH MISSIONS.
THIS COVERAGE RESULTED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF A THIRD SILO AT
COMPLEX "K" (K3), LOCATED WITHIN THE SECURED "L"-SHAPED ELECTRONICS
FACILITY. THE SILO COULD BE IDENTIFIELD UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON KH
K2". THE SILOS EXTENDED UP FROM THE BASE OF THE EXCAVATIONS BUT POS-
SIBLY WERE NOT UP TO GROUND LEVEL. A POSSIBLE RAMP EXTENDED ACROSS
THE SILO EXCAVATIONS TO THE SILOS. BACK-FILLING WAS NOT APPARENT.
REVEALED CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION AT LAUNCH AREA "K1-
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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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REVEALED A NEWLY IDENTIFIED LAUNCH COMPLEX "K"
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FROM LAUNCH AREA G7 (LAUNCH COMPLEX "G") TOWARD LAUNCH AREA K1-K2.
4. THIS MISSION REVEALS THAT NEITHER SILO AT LAUNCH AREA K1-K2
APPEARS TO BE UP TO GROUND LEVEL. THE DITCH FROM LAUNCH AREA
G7 CROSSES THE ACCESS ROAD SERVING SILO K2 AND TERMINATES AT
A SMALL UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE NEAR SILO Kl.
RE-EXCAVATION HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE AREA IMMEDIATELY SUR-
ROUNDING THE SILO AND AT THE PROBABLE CONTROL BUILDING NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF THE LEGS OF THE ELECTRONIC FACILITY AT LAUNCH AREA
K3. THE NATURE OF THE OPERATION IN PROGRESS CANNOT BE DETERMINED,
NOR CAN IT BE ASCERTAINED WHETHER THE SILO IS INTACT OR BEING MOD-
IFIED.
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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TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
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