CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY PLESETSK MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2010
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• Publication Date: May 11, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
PLESETSK MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY, USSR
NPIC/IEG (05/82)
1? (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: PLESETSK-MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY IS
BEING EXPANDED TO SUPPORT NEW SOLID-.PROPELLANT ICBM FLIGHT
TEST PROGRAMS.
2? (S/D) REMARKS: THREE AREAS AT PLESETSK MISSILE HANDLING
FACILITY ARE BEING MODIFIED/CONSTRUCTED IN SUPPORT OF NEW
SOLID-PROPELLANT ICBM FLIGHT TEST PROGRAMS (GRAPHIC 1). A
MISSILE RECEIVING AND CHECKOUT AREA (MRACA) FOR A MEDITJM-SIZED
SOLID-PROPELLANT (MEDITJM-SOLID) ICBM IS NEARING COMPLETION
(GRAPHIC 2). NEW CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION TO EXISTING
BUILDINGS IN THE SS-16 RECEIVING/INSPECTION/CHECKOUT (RIC)
FACILITY INDICATE THAT IT WILL SUPPORT THE FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM
OF THE FOLLOW-ON TO THE SS-16 MOBILE-ICBM (GRAPHIC 3).
RECENTLY A NEW POSSIBLE MRACA WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE EARLY
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION (GRAPHIC 4).
(S/D) THE MEDIUM-SOLID MRACA HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR
NEARLY FOUR YEARS (GRAPHIC 2). NEW BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED
INCLUDE A 102-METER CLERESTORY-TYPE MISSILE RECEIVING AND
CHECKOUT BUILDING WITH A RAIL TRANSLOADING-DOCK, A REVETTED
FOUR-BAY INTERIM MISSILE STORAGE BUILDING, TWO PROBABLE
TELEMETRY/CHECKOUT BUILDINGS CONNECTED BY AN ABOVE GROUND
PERSONNEL PASSAGEWAY, A HIGH TWO-BAY DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDING, A
TWO-BAY RAIL TRANSLOADING SHED, AND ONE UNIDENTIFIED
BUILDING. THIS FACILITY WILL PROBABLY BE COMPLETED DURING THE
THIRD QUARTER OF 1982, AFTER WHICH THE FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM OF
THE MEDIUM-SOLID ICBM WILL PROBABLY BEGIN.
(S/D) THE SS-16 RIC FACILITY HAS BEEN UNDERGOING MODIFICATION
TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOW-ON TO THE SS-16 MOBILE-ICBM SINCE
SEPTEMBER 1980 (GRAPHIC 3). A CLERESTORY-TYPE BUILDING, A
TWO-BAY SHED, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED BUILDING ARE IN VARIOUS
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. THE SS-16 RIC AND THE FOUR-BAY RAIL-
SERVED INTERIM MISSILE STORAGE BUILDINGS WERE MODIFIED. TWO
PROBABLE MISSILE CANISTER DOLLIES HAVE BEEN IN THIS FACILITY
SINCE AT LEAST MARCH 1982. MODIFICATION/CONSTRUCTION OF THIS
FACILITY WILL PROBABLY NOT BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE FALL OF
1982.
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(S/D) A NEW POSSIBLE MRACA IS IN AN EARLY STAGE OF
CONSTRUCTION 300 METERS EAST OF THE SS-16 RIC (GRAPHIC 4). A
PROBABLE HIGH-BAY BUILDING ABOUT 90 METERS LONG AND 42 METERS
WIDE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND TREES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FOR A
RAIL SPUR TO THE MAIN COMPLEX RAIL LINE. THE PROBABLE HIGH-
BAY BUILDING WILL PROBABLY BE A MISSILE RECEIVING AND CHECKOUT
BUILDING. IF THIS NEW FACILITY-IS INTENDED TO BE AS LARGE AS
THE MEDIUM-SOLID MRACA, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT BUILDINGS WILL BE
CONSTRUCTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. USING THE TIMING AND
SEQUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDIUM-SOLID MRACA AS A MODEL;
THIS NEW FACILITY MAY. NOT BE COMPLETED BEFORE 1985. THIS
SUGGESTS THAT ANOTHER SOLID-PROPELLANT ICBM MAY BE FLIGHT
TESTED FROM PLESETSK IN THE 1985-1986 TIME FRAME. ANOTHER
POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION MAY BE RELATED TO
MODIFICATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN
THE SS-16 RIC AND THE MEDIUM-SOLID M:RACA. HOWEVER, THIS IS
NOT LIKELY DUE TO THE LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT
THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.
3. (S) COORDINATES 62-46-OON 040-23-OOE
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