SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY MISSILE TEST CENTERS, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000900010004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 4, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
MISSILE TEST CENTERS, USSR
1. KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER.
THIS MISSION REVEALS NEW UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 0.5 NM NORTH OF THE FORMER ROCKET LAUNCH COMPLEX.
THIS ACTIVITY WAS NOT PRESENT ON
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RAIL TRANSLOADING FACILITY WHICH FORMERLY SERVED THE ROCKET LAUNCH
COMPLEX. THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF A GEOMETRIC CON-
FIGURATION OF EXCAVATIONS, DITCHES, AND SCARS. THE LONGEST LINE,
CONSIDERED TO BE THE BASE LINE, HAS A NE/SW ORIENTATION. A DITCH
SCAR APPROXIMATELY 1,550 FT LONG EXTENDS FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE
BASE LINE FROM A POINT APPROXIMATELY 750 FT FROM THE NE END. EACH
DITCH/SCAR IS LAID OUT AT THE SAME ANGLE, APPROXIMATELY 65?, FROM
THE BASE LINE. AT THE NE END OF THE BASE LINE THERE IS A SQUARE
PATTERN MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 300 FT ON A SIDE WITH CIRCULAR EX-
CAVATIONS AT EACH CORNER AND IN THE CENTER. THE CORNER-TO-CORNER
DISTANCE IS APPROXIMATELY 430 FT. THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR STRUCTURES
UNDER CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO THE BASE LINE.
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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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2. TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR.
THIS MISSION REVEALS NEW UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS
OBSERVED 1.5 NM SW OF THE PROPELLANT PRODUCTION PLANT. THIS
THE ACTIVITY IS PARTIALLY FENCED AND A ROAD IS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO CONNECT WITH THE MAIN ROAD SERVING THE RANGE-
HEAD. AT PRESENT, THE ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF A GEOMETRIC CONFIGURA-
TION OF DITCHING AND EXCAVATIONS. A 1,700 FT DITCH, CONSIDERED TO
BE A BASELINE, IS ORIENTED ON A NW/SE AZIMUTH. A DITCH, APPROXIMATELY
1,500 FT LONG EXTENDS FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE BASE LINE AT A POINT
750 FT FROM THE NW END. EACH DITCH IS LAID OUT AT THE SAME ANGLE,
APPROXIMATELY 65 DEGREES., FROM THE BASE LINE. THERE IS PLUS CON-
FIGURED DITCHING AT THE NW EXTREMITY OF THE BASE LINE. THE LENGTH
OF THESE DITCHES IS APPROXIMATELY 430 FT. THERE ARE AT LEAST 3
STRUCTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO THE BASE LINE. (THIS
INFORMATION IS BASED ON INTERPRETATION LTHOUGH GRAPHIC
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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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