KASP-TYPE FOUR-POSTER BARGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2012
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• Publication Date: May 25, 1983
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KASP-TYPE FOUR-POSTER BARGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
GOKKIY SHIPYARD 11Z. USSR CSWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER KASP-TYPE
FOUR-POSTER BARGE SHOWS A CONTINUED INTEREST BY THE SOVIETS IN
WING-IN-GROUND EFFECT (WIG) VEHICLES. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A KASP-TYPE FOUR-POSTER BARGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AT G OR IY SHIPYARD 112. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BARGE, WHICH
SERVES AS A WIG SUPPORT/WORK PLATFORM, SUGGESTS THAT THE
SOVIETS MAY BUILD ANOTHER KASP-A WIG TO REPLACE THE SINGLE UNIT
WHICH WAS ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED IN 1980-81. IT COULD ALSO
MEAN THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED TO PUT THE KASP-B WIG (TWO UNITS
EXIST) INTO SERIES PRODUCTION AND WILL HAVE A NEED FOR MORE OF
THESE SUPPORT BARGES. (SWN)
TWO CORNER SECTIONS/POSTS
FOUR-POSTER BARGE WERE IDENTIFIED AT GORKIY ONI IAND
AN ADDITIONAL
FOR THE BARGE WAS MOVED
THEY WERE PLACED ON A
ND LAUNCHED BET
FLOOR SECTION
FROM THE CONSTRUCTION HALL
TO THE TRANSVERSER ONI ~ TWO ADDITIONAL CORNER
SECTIONS/POSTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT REPORTING POSITION 4
(NOT ON GRAPHIC). WHEN THESE SECTIONS ARE COMPLETED, THEY WILL
BE PUT TOGETHER TO FORM THE FOUR-POSTER BARGE. THE COMPLETED
BARGE WILL PROBABLY BE TRANSFERRED TO KASPIYSK SPECIAL RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY ON THE CASPIAN SEA,
WHERE RESEARCH AND TESTING OF WIG VEHICLES IS PERFORMED. (SWN)
THE ORIGINAL FOUR-POSTER BARGE WAS FIRST SEEN AT GORKIY IN
1966, WHERE IT WAS PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED. IT WAS USED AS A
SUPPORT/WORK PLATFORM FOR THE KASP-A UNTIL THAT VEHICLE WAS
DESTROYED. THEN THE BARGE WAS USED IN A SIMILAR SUPPORT ROLE
FOR THE KASP-B, A SMALLER WIG. (SWN)
THE KASP-A (ALSO KNOWN AS THE CASPIAN SEA MONSTER) WAS AN
EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLE THAT FLEW CLOSE TO THE SURFACE OF THE
SEA. IT WAS LARGE, WITH AN OVERALL LENGTH OF
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METERS. IT WAS POWERED BY 10 JET ENGINES. THE SMALLER AND
MORE MODERN KASP-B HAS AN OVERALL LENGTH OF AND A 25X1
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WITH TWO CONTRAROTATING PROPELLERS. A WIG VEHICLE
THEORETICALLY CAN BENEFIT FROM ADDED LIFT AND REDUCED DRAG WHEN
IT IS OPERATED WITHIN ONE WINGCHORD OF THE SURFACE. THIS
ALLOWS REDUCED FUEL CONSUMPTION AND INCREASED RANGE. CIVILIAN
APPLICATIONS NOTWITHSTANDING, THIS CAPABILITY WOULD BE
ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN AN ANTISUBMARINE PATROL OR TROOP TRANSPORT
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