PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH AREA, SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Publication Date: May 2, 1966
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PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH AREA, SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX 25
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
TO DATE, THERE ARE 16 PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM
LAUNCH COMPLEXES IDENTIFIED IN THE USSR, 14 OF
WHICH ARE CONFIRMED. THE PROBABLE LONG RANGE
SAM LAUNCH AREA CONSISTS OF A SAM LAUNCH SITE AND
A TRACKING/GUIDANCE RADAR FACILITY. THE LAUNCH
SITE HAS 2 UNREVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS AND A UN-
REVETTED GUIDANCE CONTROL AREA. THE SEPARATELY
SECURED TRACKING/GUIDANCE RADAR FACILITY CONSISTS
OF 2 IDENTICAL SECTIONS, EACH HAVING A HARDSTAND.
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TRACKING/GUIDANCE RADAR FACILITY: L
SAM LAUNCH SITE: I
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: SAM LAUNCH SITE: 4 KH-4 AND 1 KH-7 MISSIONS.
TRACKING/GUIDANCE RADAR FACILITY: 7 KH-4 AND
2 KH-7 MISSIONS.
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS:
OF THE LAUNCH SITE, AND ELECTRONIC SUPPORT VANS ARE OBSERVED IN THE GUIDANCE/
CONTROL AREA. A VEE OR FORKED PATTERN 110 FT IN LENGTH (PROBABLE TRACK BEDS
FOR DOLLIES) IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE NORTHERNMOST PAD. A TRACKING/
GUIDANCE RADAR, WITH ASSOCIATED RADAR EQUIRV1ENT VANS NEARBY, IS LOCATED ON
EACH OF THE HARDSTANDS IN THE TRACKING/GUIDANCE FACILITY. EACH RADAR POSITION
IS CONNECTED BY CABLE TO A RADAR CONTROL CENTER WHICH IS LOCATED ADJACENT
TO THE MAIN ROAD. RADAR EQUIPMENT VANS ARE LOCATED ACROSS THE ROAD FROM
THE RADAR CONTROL CENTER.
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