SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 2, USSR (SANITIZED)

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CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4
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June 22, 2010
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May 18, 1982
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 ROUTING TO: NAME AND'ADDRESS DATE I NITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) (See inside cover) Z-10747 82 NPIC/PEG (05/82) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) 288 r~._._,,.,__ - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions DISSEMINATION CONTROL ABBREVIATIONS NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL.. . This Information has been Authorized for Release to. . . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 i II I Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT USSR Riga .Kostroma Sverdlovsk / LKescrvoir I I_ Gorki t:6'nu POLAND ymo? IJ e ?" 1 (f Krscrvoir ?Boranovicfil \ `\1 i. KIVERTSYI I 1 Tambov Kuybyshev !L i ?RROLEVETS~I Soratov? Stnlingrarl LUTSK -~ --_ * LEBEDIN f Keservuir (Stalingu d) SS} ?Kapustin Yor Reservoir Astrakhan*., * SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AT BASES UNDER CONSTRUCTION ? NO SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIED 1.10747 NPIC/PEG (5/82) GRAPHIC 1 OF 2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page . 1 of I Attachment to Z-10747/82 Copy SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 2, USSR 2PPAP.TEGRAPHIC2) 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 2 MAY BE NEARLY OPERATIONAL AS AN SS-20 BASE. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT IS IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRSTTTTIME.AT KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 2. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT CAMOUFLAGE NET-COVERED MAZ-TYPE ARE NEAR THE STORAGE BUNKER IN THE FORMER SS-4 MRBM 25X1 THE MAZ-TYPE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT AS EARLY 25X1 NINE PROBABLE SS-20 MISSILE. CANISTERS WERE TERRAIN MASKING AND CLOUD COVER. IDENTIFIED AT KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 1, IDENTIFICATION OF THE SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT MAY INDICATE THAT MOBILE BASE 2 IS NEARING OPERATIONAL STATUS. CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING ON THE SS-20 SUPPORT BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE THREE FOUR-BAY GARAGES AND THE FORMER SS-4 MRBM MISSILE READY BUNKERS, WHILE THE NINE SS-20 SINGLE-BAY SLIDING ROOF GARAGES ARE EXTERNALLY COMPLETE. MOBILE BASE 2 IS A FORMER SS-4 MRBM LAUNCH SITE AND ONE OF FOUR MOBILE IRBM BASES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE WESTERN SOVIET UNION. SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THREE OF THE BASES. KIVERTSY MOBILE BASE 2, 25X1 25X1 25X1 LEBEDIN MOBILE IRBM BASE 1 AND LUTSK MOBILE 25X1 IRBM BASE 1 NO SS-20 EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN 25X1 IDENTIFIED AT KROLEVETS MOBILE IRBtoi BASE 1 25X1 COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER. These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved HOWEVER, IDENTIFICATION WAS PRECLUDED BY 25X1 COORDINATES 50-56-08N 025-36-09E SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/22 : CIA-RDP82T00709R000101290001-4 25X1