ABM LAUNCH COMPLEX E24 MOSKVA, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A002600030004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 16, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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ABM LAUNCH COMPLEX E24
MOSKVA, USSR
THE CONFIRMATION OF GALOSH LAUNCHER/ERECTORS AT
THE LAUNCH POSITIONS OF TRIAD 1 AND THE CONTINUITIG
CONSTRUCTION OF TRIAD 2.
4. COLLATERAL:
FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
o. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS:
HEIGHT: 30 FT.
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 re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief. Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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9. MISSION READOUT: AT TRIAD 1, THE PRESENCE OF A GALOSH LAUNCHER
ERECTOR AT EACH OF THE 8 LAUNCH POSITIONS IS NOW CONFIRMED. THE LAUNCHERS/
ERECTORS APPEAR TO BE COMPLETE BUT ARE UNOCCUPIED AT THIS TIME. THE
MECHANISMS ARE ROTATED IN SEVERAL AZIMUTHAL POSITIONS. WHAT APPEARS TO BE
LANDSCAPING OF A SMALL AREA HAS TAKEN PLACE ADJACENT TO BUILDING C. AT
TRIAD 2, ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRST SECTIONS OF THE RADOMES ON THE GROUND ADJACENT
TO BUILDINGS A, B, AND C APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE. IN ADDITION, THE CAPPING
SECTION FOR THE BUILDING B RADOME HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AND HAS BEEN PLACED
WITHIN THE RADOR'E SECTION, PROBABLY FOR STORAGE. AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED
STRUCTURE IS PRESENT WITHIN THE CIRCULAR BASES FOR THE RADOMES ON BUILDINGS
B AND C. THE STRUCTURE, AS MEASURED ON BUILDING C. IS APPROXIMATELY 30 FT
HIGH AND APPROXIMATELY IT WHAT IS POSSIBLY ITS WIDEST POINT. IT 25
APPEARS TO TAPER TO A NARROWER, ALTHOUGH UNDETERMINED, WIDTH AT ITS BASE.
WHEN VIEWED FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, THE STRUCTURES APPEAR TO
HAVE AT LEAST 3 POSSIBLE PROJECTIONS DISCERNIBLE ON THE MAIN STRUCTURE NEAR
THE TOP. THE PROJECTIONS HAVE A WIDTH OF APPROXIMATELY 10 FT BUT THE EXACT
SHAPE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. IT CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED AT THIS TIME WHETHER
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 re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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THESE STRUCTURES ARE EITHER COMPLETE OR PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED ANTENNAS, OR
IF THEY ARE ONLY THE MOUNTS FOR ANTENNAS WHICH HAVE YET TO BE INSTALLED.
THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF THE CIRCULAR BASE FOR THE RADOME IS APPROXIMATELY
THE MAXIMUM DIAMETER OF THE RADOME SECTION ON THE GROUND ADJACENT TO 25X
BUILDING "C" IS APPROXIMATELY THE HEIGHT OF A COMPLETED RADOME, ON 25X
BUILDINGS "B" AND "C" IN TRIAD 1, IS APPROXIMATELII CONSTRUCTION OF 25X
LAUNCH POSITIONS DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE STARTED IN THE TRIAD 2 AREA. A
BUILDING, APPROXIMATELY 155 X 115 FT, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO THE
T-SHAPED EARTH MOUNDED BUILDING. IT APPEARS THAT THIS BUILDING MAY BE DIVID-
ED INTO APPROXIMATELY 20 FT WIDE COMPARTMENTS ALONG ITS MAJOR DIMENSION. SOME
ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS UNDERWAY IN A WOODED AREA ON THE OPPOSITE
SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE ROAD TO THE COMPLEX. IN THE SUPPORT AREA, OUT OF A
TOTAL OF 11 MULTISTORY APARTMENT TYPE BUILDINGS, 9 APPEAR TO BE EXTERNALLY
COMPLETE AND 2 ARE IN THE MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. NO MISSILES ARE IDENTI-
FIED WITHIN THE COMPLEX.
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 hoard(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
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ABM LAUNCH COMPLEX E24
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