WEAPON SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT KAPUSTIN YAR MR TEST COMPLEX C SITE 2, USSR

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CIA-RDP82T00709R000201410001-9
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December 28, 2016
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July 7, 2010
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September 6, 1982
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201410001-9 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 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) CONTROL NO. Z NPIC/PEG (9/82) COPY Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201410001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201410001-9 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201410001-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201410001-9 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of Attachment to Z-11279/82 NPIC/PEG (09/82) Copy WEAPON SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT KAPUSTIN YAR MR TEST COMPLEX S E 2, USSR 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE ACTIVITY AT THIS SITE IS INDICATIVE OF EITHER PRETEST R ARATIONS OR CONTINUED COMPATABILITY TESTING/TRAINING FOR AN UNIDENTIFIED MISSILE SYSTEM. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE PROTOTYPE TRANSPORTER/ERECTOR (T/E) FOR AN UNIDENTIFIED WEAPON SYSTEM IS ALIGNED WITH THE A-FRAME STRUCTURE AT KAPUSTIN YAR MR TEST COMPLEX C SITE 2 (BE A CANVAS-COVERED PROBABLE PROPELLANT TRANSPORTER 25X1 AND THREE OTHER SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE NEAR THE T/E. IN ADDITION, A CLUSTER OF THREE PARTIALLY CANVAS-COVERED VEHICLES/VANS ARE PARKED ON THE APRON SOUTH OF THE T /E. THESE VEHICLES/VANS WERE IN THE SAME POSITION ON THE 25X1 WE WAS ALSO POSITIONED AT THE A-FMIE STRUCTURE ON 25X1 BUT NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE PRESENT. THE PRESENCE 25X1 OF THE PROPELLANT TRANSPORTER AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT VEHICLES MAY INDICATE PRETEST PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY, ALTHOUGH COMPATABILITY TESTING/TRAINING CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED. MODIFICATIONS TO LAUNCH SITE 2C FOR THE UNIDENTIFIED WEAPON SYSTEM BEGAN IN JANUARY 1979. 3.1 I COORDINATES 48-35-53N 046-17-52E CO1'IMENTS 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 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201410001-9