PROBABLE NEW ABM LAUNCH COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION MOSKVA SAM SITE B16-2, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 24, 1982
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MOSKVA SAM SITE B16-2, USSR
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PROBABLE NEW ABM LAUNCH.COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION
MOSKVA SAM SITE B16-2, USSR
1., (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW PROBABLE ABM LAUNCH COMPLEX IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT MOSKVA SAM SITE B16-2, WHICH IS IN THE MOSCOW
ABM INNER DEFENSE RING.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: ALTHOUGH NO SILOS ARE YET PRESENT AT THIS
FORMER SA-2 LAUNCH SITE, THERE ARE STRONG SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT B16-2 AND THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION
OBSERVED AT OTHER ABM COMPLEXES IN THE MOSCOW AREA (GRAPHIC 1).
(SWN) ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ACCOMPLISHED AT OTHER SITES
WHERE ABM SILOS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS THE REALIGNMENT AND
EXPANSION OF THE OLD FENCE LINE (GRAPHIC 2). THE NEW FENCE
CONSISTS OF LARGE SOLID PANELS WHICH PROVIDE HORIZONTAL
SECURITY. OTIj1ER TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION CONSISTS OF THE LEVELING
OF ANY SA-2 LAUNCH REVETMENTS IN AREAS WHERE SILOS ARE TO BE
CONSTRUCTED; CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD WITH LARGE PAVING
BLOCKS ALONG THE LINE WHERE SILOS ARE TO BE POSITIONED; THE
CLEARING OF TWO AREAS FOR THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF TWO
SUPPORT BUILDINGS; AN-D THE WIDENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SITE
ACCESS ROAD.
(SWN) THE ABOVE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT MOSKVA
POSS ABM COMPLEX B22 (GRAPHIC 3 PROVIDED FOR 25X1
COMPARISON) AND MOSKVA ABM LAUNCH COMPLEX B31 F_ I 25X1
WHEN THEIR CONVERSION FROM SA-2 LAUNCH SITES TO ABM LAUNCH
COMPLEXES BEGAN. THIS SAME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION IS NOW UNDERWAY
AT B16-2. 25X1
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