EVIDENCE OF MULTIPLE 55-20 LAUNCHES DROVYANAYA PROBABLE LAUNCH SITE, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2009
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• Publication Date: July 3, 1981
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVIDENCE OF MULTIPLE SS-20 LAUNCHES
DROVYANAYA PROBABLE LAUNCH SITE, USSR
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: CONFIRMATION THAT THIS LOCATION WAS USED
FOR THE THREE SS-20 MISSILES LAUNCHED FROM THE DROVYANAYA AREA
NPIC/PEG (7/81)
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2. (S/D) REMARKS: ANALYSISI IOF THE NEWLY 25X1
TARGETTED DROVYANAYA PROBABLE LAUNCH SITE HAS CONFIRMED THIS
LOCATION AS THE LAUNCH POINT FOR TIIE THREE -20 MISSILES
LAUNCHED FROM THE DROVYANAYA AREA ON (REFERENCE 25X1
DEFSMAC CABLE S/DQ/402-81 SECRET). THREE DISTINCTIVE
DISCOLORED/ SCORCHED AREAS ARE IN THE LAUNCH AREA PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED AS THE PROBABLE COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS
(C3) AREA. THE LAUNCH AREA CONSISTS OF TWO CONNECTING LOOP
ROADS AND A ROAD SPUR (GRAPHIC 2). TWO OF THE
DISCOLORED/SCORCHED AREAS ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER
ALONG THE LOOP ROAD. THE THIRD DISCOLORED/SCORCHED AREA IS AT
THE END OF TIIE ROAD SPUR. A PROBABLE C3 AREA IS 2.8 NM NORTH"
OF THE LAUNCH AREA AT 52-23-30N 113-16-30E, AND AN
OBSERVATION/PARKING AREA, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS THE LAUNCH
AREA, IS APPROXIMATELY 900 METERS SOUTH OF THE LAUNCH AREA
(GRAPHIC 1).
3.1 I COORDINATES 52-22-OON 113-16-40E
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