EVIDENCE OF A NEW MOBILE MISSILE SYSTEM PLESETSK MOBILE ICBM FACILITY 2, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: May 4, 1982
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
EVIDENCE OF A NEW MOBILE MISSILE SYSTEM
PLESETSK MOBILE 2, USSR
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NPIC/PEG (5/82)
2 PART GRAPHIC
1. (TSR) SIGNIFICANCE: THIS EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT A NEW MOBILE
ICBM SYSTEM R DEVELOPMENT AT PLESETSK.
2. (TSR) REMARKS: EVIDENCE OF A NEW MOBILE MISSILE SYSTEM IS
OBSERVED ATE PLESETSK MOBILE ICBM FACILITY 2 (GRAPHIC 1 OF 2).
THIS DETERMINATION IS BASED ON A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SPATIAL
RELATIONSHIP OF NEWLY INSTALLED TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER
(TEL) HARDPOINTS AND LAUNCH REFERENCE POSITIONS (LRP) TO THOSE
THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR THE SS-16 MOBILE SYSTEM SINCE 1976.
(TSR) A SET OF TWO NEW TEL HARDPOINT POSITIONS HAVE BEEN
INSTALLED AT TWO LRP ON AN IMPROVED ROADWAY WEST OF THE
OPERATIONS AREA PROBABLY THE 25X1
CONCRETE POSITIONS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A RECTANGULAR PATTERN
ADJACENT TO AN LRP; HOWEVER, MENSURATION INDICATES THAT THE
DISTANCES BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR HARDPOINT POSITIONS AND
THE FRONT POSITION AND LRP ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED. THE SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LRP AND THE
NEWLY INSTALLED FRONT PAIR OF HARDPOINTS IS 25X1
IN CONTRAST, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LRP AND 25X1
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED FRONT PAIRS OF HARDPOINTS ON AN
UNIMPROVED ROAD OUTSIDE THE FACILITY THE 25X1
ND REAR E NEW SET
WHILE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED SETS OF 25X1
HARDPOINTS HAVE A SEPARATION DISTANCE OF 9 METERS (GRAPHIC 2
OF 2).
(TSR) AS SUGGESTED, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE HARDPOINTS AND THE LRP MAY INDICATE THAT A NEW
MOBILE ICBM SYSTEM IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT PLESETSK; HOWEVER,
IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT A NEW OR MODIFIED TEL FOR THE MOBILE
MISSILE SYSTEM CURRENTLY AT THE CENTER IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT OR
THAT THE ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE FOR ALIGNING THE MOBILE MISSILE
TEL AND THE LRP IS BEING MODIFIED.
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.
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NPIC/PEG (5/82)
(TSR) FORTY-TWO LRP HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT THE FOUR MOBILE
ICBM-ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AT PLESETSK SINCE FEBRUARY 1976. NO
CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF ANY OF THE OTHER LRP HAS BEEN OBSERVED
PREVIOUSLY.
(TSR) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION, CHRONOLOGY, AND
ACTIVITY AT THE LRP SEE: NPIC IAR, "REASSESSMENT OF
MOBILE-ICBM ACTIVITY AT PLESETSK MISSILE/SPACE TEST CENTER,
USSR" (S), IAR-0214/82, NOVEMBER 1981.
3.I ~ COORDINATES 62-51-17N 040-34-29E
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.
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