SOVIET SS-18 MOD-4-ASSOCIATED RAILCAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81T00618R000101060001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 1, 1981
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET SS-18 MOD-4-ASSOCIATED RAILCAR (S)
1. (S/D) Railcars uniquely configured to transport empty SS-18 Mod-4-associated
containers have been identified at the SS-18 complexes in the USSR (Figure 1). These railcars
transport three empty Mod-4-associated shipping containers from deployed SS-18 complexes,
probably to Dnepropetrovsk Missile Development and Production Center These
containers are associated with a component of the SS-18 Mod-4 postboost vehicle (PBV), probably
the propulsion/guidance control structure. Since these containers are not an operational compo-
nent of the SS-18 missile system, they can be reused to transport new PBV-related components to
the deployed SS-18 complexes and Tyuratam Missile/Space Test Center SSM A
Mod-4-associated container and an SS-18 missile are delivered on a three-car canister/capsule
train to an SS-18 rail-to-road transfer point. These Mod-4-associated railcars were used to trans-
port groups of three empty Mod-4-associated containers from complexes as early as
three months after initial SS-18 Mod-4 deployment.
2. (TSR) The railcars appear to be standard Oflatbed-type railcars that have been
modified to transport three empty Mod-4-associated containers (Figures 2 and 3 . Each railcar has
three circular cargo stations approximately ~n diameter and in height. Four
retaining/anchoring brackets (each approximately 0 high) are equally spaced around the
perimeter of each cargo station. An SS-18 payload-associated transporter or a truck-mounted
crane transloads Mod-4-associated containers from/to railcars.
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FIGURE 3. CONCEPTUAL DRAWING OF SS-18 MOD-4-ASSOCIATED RAILCAR
(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. They may be directed to
Soviet Strategic Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC,
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