PREPARATIONS FOR INITIAL CSS-X-4 ICBM DEPLOYMENT, CHINA

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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Preparations for Initial CSS-X-4
ICBM Deployment, China (S)
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PREPARATIONS FOR INITIAL CSS-X-4 ICBM DEPLOYMENT, CHINA (5)
I. (S/D) Analysis of activity from June through August 1980 of' four Chinese missile facili-
ties (Figure I) indicates that preparations for the initial deployment of the CSS-X-4 ICBM were
underway. Construction of two ICBM silos near Luoning was externally complete, and preloading
activity had begun. In addition, at the Luoyang SSM Rail Transshipment Facility (BI:
a missile train had arrived from Wanyuan Guided Missile Plant
and propellant railcars were observed for the first time. The CSS-X-4 ICBM is capable of striking
any location in the USSR and the United States and has been under development since at least the
mid- I960s
2. (S/1)) At Luoning SSM Launch Site I a silo appeared to he externally
complete and the silo door, which consists of two halves that retract to either side of the silo, was
in the closed position on The silo door was subsequently open on and
two mobile cranes, personnel, and unidentified materials were observed on the apron (Figure 2).
LUOYANG SSM
RAIL TRANSSHIPMENT
FACILITY
LUONING SSM LUONING SSM
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hough construction debris has been removed from the silo apron to allow silo loading. No missile
was visible in the open silo. On the silo door was observed closed, and no activity was 25X1
ohserved on the silo apron.
3. (S/I)) At Luoning SSM Launch Site 2 the silo appeared to 25X1
he externally complete, and the silo door, whit also consists of two halves that retract to either
side of the silo, was closed (Figure 3). An environmental cover which had previously covered the
On ~ a net-covered
tentlike structure was erected over a portion of the silo apron access road.
4. (S/D) During August, a missile train was observed at the transloading building at Luoyang
SSM Transshipment Facility (Figure 4). The train contained two type C missile railcars (the model used
to transport CSS-X-4 airframes), a type B missile transfer flatcar, and two type B propellant railcars.
Although missile transporter railcars have been seen here on various occasions, this was the first
observation of anv type of propellant railcar at this facility. Type C missile railcars were first seen here
in May 1979.
5. (S/D) Because of their light-toned and distinctive roof markings, the type C
railcars at Luoyang were identified as having been at Wanyuan Guided Missile Plant on
____I igure 5). Tile Wanyuan plant is believed to he involved in the production of the CSS-X-4
missile.
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6. The CSS-X-4 is a two-stage ICBM with a range of about 13,000 kilometers.' 25X1
l .ngineering development on the missile system probably began during 1963 and 1964. Construction
began on the prototype test silo for this system at Wuzhai SSM Research/Development/Training
Launch Site B in mid-1968. The first flight test of the ICBM occurred from a surface 25X1
haunch pad at Shuangchengzi Launch Test Site n 1971. Construction began on the two 25X1
operational CSS-X-4 silos at Luoning during late 1975. The first silo launch of the CSS-X-4 took place
from Wuzhai Launch Site B on A near-full-range test firing demonstration of the 25X1
missile to a broad-ocean-area impact took place during May 1980' from Shuangchengzi to the Pacific
Ocean near the Figi Islands. This probably constituted the completion of the critical test program
ohjectives for the CSS-X-4 system and paved the way for operational deployment. The use of the basic
CSS-X-4 airframe as the CSL-2 space launch vehicle has probably increased China's confidence in the
missile system and its reliability. In May 1980, Chinese leaders reportedly said that the missile system is
part of' the defense policy against Soviet aggression.' The CSS-X-4 missile system can provide complete
target coverage of the Soviet Union and the United States from the silos at Luoiling.
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