OPERATIONAL FACTORS FOR SOVIET SHORT- AND MEDIUM-RANGE OFFENSIVE MISSILE SYSTEMS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00428A000200010017-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: September 6, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND REPORTS
6 September 1962
MEMORANDUM
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SUBJECT: Operational Factors for Soviet Short- and
Medium-Range Offensive Missile Systems
1. This memorandum is for information and
outlines some of the factors required to set up op-
erational units equipped with Soviet short- and
medium-range offensive missile systems.
2. Transportability: Soviet ballistic mis-
sile systems o 1.";1 , 700, and 1,100 n.m. ranges,
as well as 300 n.m. cruise missiles, are designed
for road transportability. Ballistic missiles of
1.50 n.m. are mounted on tracked vehicles having cross-
country mobility, while the longer range systems are
transported by trailer, require good roads, and have
more extensive ground support equipment. The cruise
missile system is mounted on a special wheeled trans-
porter and has a very limited cross-country capabil-
ity.
3. Fixed Facilities: Permanent launching
sites with extens-ivex'ed facilities have been iden-
tified in the USSR only for offensive missiles of
MRBM range and greater. Although permanent sites
are preferred, the MRBM systems also can deploy to
alternate field-type installations. The shorter
range ballistic and cruise missiles are deployed at
relatively simple presurveyed launch positions. In
all cases permanent depot and maintenance facilities
are required to support each system in the field. In
general deployment of these offensive systems prob-
ably can be accomplished with fewer prominent and
distinguishing site characteristics than, for exam-
ple, current SAM systems.
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4. Time Required to Become Operational: De-
pending on the missile system involved an assuming
trained personnel, from several weeks to several
months would be required to process an offensive mis-
sile system from shipboard to operational status in
Cuba. The construction of an MRBM site would require
between three and four months assuming the effort was
concentrated on the operational elements as opposed
to the support facilities.
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