SS-18 MOD 4 ICBM POST LAUNCH KARTALY ICBM LAUNCH SITE 26 (D), USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 31, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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SS-I6 MOD 4 IGDM POST LAUNCH
KAR.TALY ICBMs LAUNCII SIT, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF THE FIRST LAUNCH OF AN SS-18
MOD 4 FBAIM AN OPEI ATIONAL STRATEGIC ROCKET FORCES (SRF)
FACILITY IS OBSERVED HERE.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE SILO DOOR IS OPEN AND AN SS-18 LAUNCH
ASSIST DE ICE (LAD), NOT PRESENT IS IN THE 25X1
NORMAL IMPACT AREA NORTHEAST OF THE SILO S FACILITY. A
TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE AND THREE SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE ON THE SILO
APRON. IN ADDITION, AN SS-18 UMBILICAL FRAME, ON A
TRANSPORTER, IS NEARBY. A CONVOY OF FOUR HOUSETRAILERS AND
NINE SUPPORT VEHCILES IS ON THE LAUNCH SITE ACCESS ROAD
(NOT ON GRAPHIC).
(S/D) DEFSMAC REPOR THE CII OF AN Ss-18 MOD 4 FROM
KARTALY SSM COMPLE THIS IS 25X1
THE FIRST SS-18 MOD 4 LAUNCH FROM ANY OPERATIONAL SRF
FACILITY. ALL PREVIOUS MOD 4 LAUNCHES HAVE BEEN FROM
TYURATAM. (DEFSMAC, SECRET, S/DQ/629-82, 2816402 JULY 82)
3. COORDINATES 52.35-56N 060?46-48E
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