REPLACEMENT OF TABLE AND CORRECTIONS IN TEXT

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Recipients ofl I, RCA-09/0028/80 25X2
Kazan Airframe Plant Gorbunov 22 (S)
Basic Imagery Interpretation Report
Dated September 1980
SUBJECT Replacement of table and corrections in text
Please replace Table 1 with the attached table. Also,. on
page 2, paragraph 7, line 3 should read: building item 66,
Table 1 and Figure 5 and on page 7, Table 2, the bort number for
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unfinished building currently contains
square meters of shop/support floors
space.
pace, and
eters of assembly/subassembly floorspace, 25X1
square meters of administration/ engineering floor- 25X1
9. (S/D) During the period of this report, four small storage buildings totaling 2,375 square meters
were razed ( Figure 3). Taking into account the razed buildings and buildin s still under construction, the
increase of floorspace at the building was 270,987 square meters as of This increase brings the 25X2
overall total of plant floorspace to 679,110 square meters.
Miscellaneous Construction
10. (S/D) A new area is under construction outside the south plant area which may be related to
either Kazan 22 or Kazan Aircraft Engine Plant 16 nd consists of an assembly building 25X2
(tentatively 19,000 square meters) and a shop building square meters). This new area is annotated 25X1
as "New Construction Area" on Figure 3. Also, a new american-deck cooler (Figure 3), long 25X1
by wide, had been completed by Further, construction on a possible warehouse 2`25X1
(item 53, Table I and Figure 3), which was reported in the last update, has not progressed significantly.
Production Activity
This plant is the only known airframe assembly facility for the BACKFIRE B
which is a Tupolev-designed, variable-geometry bomber with twin uprated NK-144 engines.' Production is
estimated to be 2.5 aircraft per month, about 30 per year.5 The number of BACKFIRE B observed at the
plant during the period of this report varied somewhat, but the overall increase, which occurred during the
early part of 1980 and culminated in a high count of 19 BACKFIRE B aircraft observed on imagery of
was due at least in part to the large number of Modified BACKFIRE B aircraft present
Table 2 lists BACKFIRE B sightings at the plant.
12. (S/D) There is some evidence that BACKFIRE B aircraft return to the plant periodically for
maintenance/refurbishment and other reasons. For example, one or two of the early production model
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BACKFIRE B aircraft were at the plant for varying periods of time beginning as early as 25X2
These aircraft are distinguishable from the later production B model in that they have a vertical 25X2
stabilizer tip pod and a dark-toned area on the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer.
13. Although Kazan 22 is the only known assembly plant for the BACKFIRE, it is 25X2
reported that components are produced at some other plants within the USSR. Irkutsk Airframe Plant 39
was reported to be involved with the production of wings or parts of wings for the 25X2
BACKFIRE6 although no photographic evidence has been observed. However, although no COMINT
information exists to link Kazan 22 and Komsomolsk Airframe Plant 126 photographic 25X2
evidence indicates a link between the two plants which could be BACKFIRE related. Two types of
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15. (S/D) A Modified BACKFIRE B prototype was observed at Ramenskoye Flight Test Center
Detailed reanalysis of previous imagery revealed 25X2
that a Modified BACKFIRE B was at Ramenskoye FTC as early as This aircraft subse- 25X2
quently burned in May 1978. A Modified BACKFIRE B was at Kazan 22 as early as and 25X2
probably flew to Ramenskoye FTC shortly thereafter. This was probably the first prototype produced at
the plant. The Modified BACKFIRE B is characterized by the presence of reconfigured air inlets and a
streamlined nose (Figures 9 and 10). The inlets are wedge shaped with rectangular air intake trunks similar
to those on the US-produced F-15 fighter. The nose has been reconfigured so that the refueling probe
housing no longer protrudes from the top of the nose.
16. (S/D) Since the first Modified BACKFIRE B was observed on the count has risen 25X2
to six at the plant (Table 2). However, a total of at least eight Modified BACKFIRE B are currently in
existence because same day coverage on revealed one Modified BACKFIRE B at Ramen- 25X1
skoye FTC, one Modified B at Akhtubins c and six at the plant. Such a large 25X2
number of Modified BACKFIRE B prototypes at the plant is unusual for a test program and indicates
that there are some problems with the aircraft. However, the fact that one was observed for the first time
at Akhtubinsk FTC on indicates that the test program is still underway and that the 25X2
aircraft has moved into the weapons-test phase. The Modified BACKFIRE B is not yet in series prod-
uction.
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Table 1.
Mensural and Construction Data, Kazan Airframe Plant Gorbunov 22
(Keyed to Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5)
This table in its entirety's classified SECRET/WNI NTEL
Description/ Dimensions* Floorspac
e Date
Description/
Dimensions* Floorspace Date
Item Function (m) (sq m)
Observed
Item Function
(m) (sq m) Observed
L W H
Complete
W H Complete
1 Shop/stor bldg
(4)""
2 Shop/storbldg
3 Admin/shop bldg
(6)"
(9) 2 stories
4 Elec power substation
111)"*
5 Shop bldg
(12)"" h Assembly/suba
ssembly sec
6 Shop bldg
(14)"" Assembly/suba
ssembly sec
7 Support bldg
(13)"* Engr/shop sec
8 Warehouse
(1),
9 Warehouse
(21
10 Stor bld
(2) k A
b
/
b
l
g
ssem
y
su
a
ssemb
y sec
11 Workshop
(3)A I Assembly/suba
ssembly sec
12 Stor bldg
(4) A
13 Stor bldg
(6) /\
14 Admin bldg
(28)?
15 Workshop
16 Prob shop bldg
(7) A in Assembly /suba
(8)LI p Engr/shop sec
ssembly sec
17 Lab/engr bldg
(18) 3 stories q Prob assembly
/
18 Stor/spt bldg
(15)*"
mbl
b
19 Shop/spt bldg
(17)" 45
su
asse
y
Workshop
sec
20 Stor bldg
(9P 46
Shop bldg
21 Admin/engr bldg
(12)04 stories
47
Subassembly b
ldg
22 Workshop
(14)-,~,
48
Storage bldg
23 Workshop
(17P,
49
Workshop
24 Stor/sipt bldg
Observed ucon
50
Workshop
25 Prob dining hall
Q4) previously referred
51
Workshop
to as admin/eng
52
Quonset stor b
ldg
26 Stor bldg
(22)
53
Quonset stor b
ldg
27 Warehouse
(18(-
54
Quonset stor b
ldg
28 Prob stor/spt bldg
Observed ucor>0
55
Engr bldg
early stage of construction
56
Hangar
as of
57
Stor/sptbidg
29 Machine shop
(20)a
58
Admin bldg
30 Foundry
(21)
59
Fit ops bldg
31 Workshop
(22)
60
Quonset stor b
ldg
32 Quonset stor bldg
(22)f'
61
Support bldg
33 Shop bldg
(21) ?
62
Hangar
34 Forge/foundry bldg
(25P
63
Control bldg
35 Storage bldg
(26)z- 64
Vehicle maint
bldg
36 Admin bldg
(27)02 stories 65
Admin bldg
37 Admin bldg
(29)A 66
Warehouse/sho
p bldg
38 Assembly bldg
(46( a Admin sec
39 Warehouse
(47),L b Shop/stor sec
40 Machine shop
(60)- 67
Transshipment
bldg
41 Shop bldg
(11) ? 68
Shop bldg
42 Machine shop
43 Work
ho
(64)zL
69
Poss warehous
e
s
p
a Shop sec
(69) A
b Shop addition
70
Stor bldg
stage of construction
71
Stor bldg
72
Stor bldg
44 Assembly bldg
27"* 73
Stor bldg
a Admin/engr sec
7 stories
Unnumbered b
ldgs (26)
b Admin/engr sec
c Connecting bldg
d Connecting bldg
7 stories
Total floorspace constructed this period
2 stories
Floorspace razed this period
2
i
e Prob shop/spt sec
stor
es
Net gain in floorspace since
2 stories; early stage
Current plant total
of construction as of
measurements
This numbering system supersedes those o
"Horizontal measurements are accurate to within _ plus 1 % of measured distance) and vertical measurements are accurate to ?
"*Number in parenthesis equates to that superseded in report
LNumber in parenthesis equates to that superseded in report
Number in parenthesis equates to that superseded in report
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as of
Late stage of construction
as of 5 stories
Appeared to be
externally complete
prior to Apr 78
as of
Multistory,
(floorspace figure tentative)
(56)
(24)
(39),L
(45)L
(96)A
(95),Lairfield related
(6) ?
(6) +
(6)-'
(92)-'4 stories
(93) airfield related
(7)
(87)-`~,
(83)L,
(9)
(82)A
(81)L
(79),L
(75)L
(2) +2 stories, airfield related
(30)** see figure 5
4 stories
2 stories
(77(' see figure 5
(3)?
(32)footings were under
construction as of
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Previously unnumbered
Previously unnumbered
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