AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES URALS REGION, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001300130006-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 3, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES
URALS REGION, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE IDENTIFICATION OF THREE NEW AMM/SAM LAUNCH
2. REMARKS:
3. LOCATION:
ALL THREE NEWLY IDENTIFIED LAUNCH COMPLEXES ARE
SIMILAR TO THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED SARY-SHAGAN
AMM/SAM LAUNCH AREA 1, EACH CONSISTING OF THREE
LAUNCH SITES, AN ELECTRONIC SITE, AND A SUPPORT
AREA. OTHER AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES UNDER CON-
STRUCTION OBSERVED TO DATE IN THE USSR ARE LOCATED
NEAR LENINGRAD, TALLINN, CHEREPOVETS, LIEPAJA, AND
AT THE SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER.
ONE COMPLEX IS LOCATED 5.4 NM ENE OF NIZHNYAYA
SALDA AND 31 NM ENE OF NIZHNIY TAGIL; ANOTHER IS
LOCATED 9.6 NM NNE OF NIZHNYAYA TURA AND 52 NM
NORTH OF NIZHNIY TAGIL;.AND ANOTHER IS LOCATED 20
NM NE OF SVERDLOVSK AND 61 NM 8E OF NIZHNIY TAGIL.
4. COLLATERAL/COMINT: NONE
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: ALL THREE LAUNCH COMPLEXES ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED ON
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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6. NEGATION DATE: THE NIZHNYAYA SALDA AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX WAS
THE NIZHNYAYA TURA AMM/ 2
(ACTIVITY IS FIRST OBSERVED ON THIS MISSION.
THE SVERDLOVSK AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX WAS NOT PRE-
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: NONE
8. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS: A. NIZHNYAYA SALDA AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX: THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL
POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES A AND B IS 1,370 FT
AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/
CONTROL POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES B AND C IS
1,260 FT. THE AZIMUTH OF A PERPENDICULAR BISEC-
TOR OF A LINE DRAWN'BETW.EEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE
CONTROL POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES A AND C IS 0
DEGREES (PLUS OR MINUS 5 DEGREES).
B. NIZHNYAYA TURA AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX: THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL
POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES A AND B IS 1,390
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FT AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE
CONTROL POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES B AND C IS 1,300
FT. THE AZIMUTH OF A PERPENDICULAR BISECTOR OF
A LINE DRAWN BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL
POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES A AND C IS
(PLUS OR MINUS 5 DEGREES).
C. SVERDLOVSK AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX: THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL POSITIONS
OF LAUNCH SITES A AND B IS 1,390 FT AND THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL
POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES B AND C IS 1,380 FT.
THE AZIMUTH OF A PERPENDICULAR BISECTOR OF A
LINE DRAWN BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL
POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES A AND C IS 325 DEGREES
(PLUS OR MINUS 5 DEGREES).
9. MISSION READOUT: THIS MISSION REVEALS:
A. NIZHNYAYA SALDA AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX CONSISTS OF'3 LAUNCH SITES
AND AN ELECTRONIC SITE IN INITIAL STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND A SUPPORT
AREA.
POSITIONS ARE BEING CLEARED FOR THE ELECTRONIC SITE IN A WOODED AREA ESE
OF THE LAUNCH SITES.
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APPROXIMATELY 15 BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED IN A SUPPORT AREA JUST WEST OF
THE LAUNCH SITES.
B. NIZHNYAYA TURA AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX CONSISTS OF 3, LAUNCH SITES
AND AN ELECTRONIC SITE IN INITIAL STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND 2 SUPPORT AREAS.
THE ELECTRONIC SITE; SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 3,740 FT NE OF LAUNCH SITE B,
CONSISTS OF CLEARINGS FOR 3 RADAR POSITIONS AND A PROBABLE CENTRAL CONTROL
POSITION.
APPROXIMATELY 15 BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED IN A SUPPORT AREA WEST OF THE
LAUNCH SITES AND 5 BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LAUNCH SITE B.
C. SVERDLOVSK AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX CONSISTS OF 3 LAUNCH SITES AND
AN ELECTRONIC SITE IN INITIAL STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND A SUPPORT AREA.
CLEARINGS ARE OBSERVED FOR 2 RADAR POSITIONS AND THE PROBABLE CENTRAL
CONTROL POSITION IN THE ELECTRONIC SITE 3,860 FT SSE OF LAUNCH SITE B.
LOCATED NW OF THE LAUNCH SITES IS A SUPPORT AREA CONSISTING OF APPROX-
IMATELY 15 BUILDINGS.
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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