ARRIVAL OF SS-20 EQUIPMENT LUTSK AND KIVERTSY SSM COMPLEXES (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: May 16, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SS-20'EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THE
LUTSK AND K ER S SSM COMPLEXES. THE EQUIPMENT PROBABLY WILL
BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SS-20 REGIMENTS AT THE TWO MOBILE
MISSILE BASES IN THESE COMPLEXES WHICH ARE IN THE LATE STAGES
OF CONSTRUCTION.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: SS-20 EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME
AT LUTSK MOB LE IRBM BASE 1 (GRAPHIC 1 OF 2). AN EMPTY SS-20
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL) AND A MAZ-543 CARGO TRUCK
ARE IN THE DRIVER TRAINING AREA OF THE SUPPORT FACILITY. THE
PRESENCE OF THE MISSILE EQUIPMENT INDICATES THAT THE SITE IS
OPERATIONAL NEARING OPERATIONAL STATUS.' THE TEL WAS NOT
HOWEVER THE DRIVER TRAINING AREA HAS SHOWN
SIGNS OF USE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. CONSTRUCTION IN THE OPERATIONS
ARFA nP TAF CTTF, WHICH HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS SINCE AT LEAST
IS NEARING COMPLETION. THE VEHICLE
MAINTENANCE STORAGE AREA IS ALSO IN THE LATE STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION.
(S/D) THIS FORMER SS-4 MRBM LAUNCH SITE IS ONE OF FOUR MOBILE
IRBM MOBILE BASES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE WESTERN
SOVIET UNION. THIRTY-THREE OF THE 38 SS-20 BASES IDENTIFIED TO
DATE ARE CONSIDERED OPERATIONAL. LEBEDIN MOBILE IRBM BASE 1
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ARRIVAL OF SS-20 EQUIPMENT
LUTSK AND KIVERTSY SSM 0 EXES
IS ALSO AT OR NEARING OPERATIONAL STATUS.
SS-20-EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED IN THE SUPPORT AREA FOR THE FIRST
TIME
(S/D) SS-20 EQUIPMENT IS ALSO OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT
KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 1 (GRAPHIC 2 OF 2), A PAYLOAD
HANDLING FACILITY FOR KIVERTSY f 4OBILE IRBM BASE 2 (NOT ON
GRAPHIC). THIS EQUIPMENT MAY ONLY BE IN TEMPORARY STORAGE AT
THIS SITE UNTIL KIVERTSY 2 (WHICH IS IN THE LATE STAGE OF
CONSTRUCTION) IS COMPLETED. NINE PROBABLE SS-20 MISSILE
CANISTERS ARE ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SS-4 PROPELLANT STORAGE
TANKS. THE CANISTERS, THREE OF WHICH ARE PARTIALLY CANVAS
COVERED. WERE NOT PRESENT WHEN THE FACILITY WAS LAST IMAGED ON
LAUNCH ASSIST DEVICE EXTENSIONS, WHICH
USUALLY DISTINGUISH GENUINE SS-20 CANISTERS FROM MOCK-UP
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Attachment to Z-10741/82
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CANISTERS, ARE VISIBLE ON AT LEAST SIX OF THE CANISTERS.
HOWEVER, IT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED WHY SS-20 CANISTERS ARE LYING
ON THE GROUND IN OPEN STORAGE AT A PAYLOAD HANDLING FACILITY.
(S/D) LARGE NET-COVERED FRAMEWORKS HAVE BEEN ERECTED IN FRONT
OF TWO OF THE OLD SS-4 MISSILE READY BUNKERS. NET-COVERED
OBJECTS/EQUIPMENT ARE PRESENT AT THE SOUTH END OF THE
CLERESTORY BUILDING. THE NET COVERING WAS NOT PRESENT ON
(S/D) KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 1 IS AN SS-20 NUCLEAR PAYLOAD
HANDLING FACILITY WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT A FORMER SS-4
MRBM LAUNCH SITE. FOUNDATIONS FOR SINGLE-BAY GARAGES OR FOR
THREE/FOUR-BAY GARAGES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS
FACILITY SINCE IT WAS FIRST OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN
FEBRUARY 1981.
3.I I COORDINATES 50-50-05N 025-04-OOE
COORDINATES'50-53-09N 025-30-48E
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