TACTICAL ROCKET MOTOR PRODUCTION FACILITY YAO-WU POSSIBLE AMMO TEST FACILITY, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00171R000200210001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 10, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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10 AUGUST 1983
TACTICAL ROCKET MOTOR PRODUCTION FACILITY
YAO-WU POSSIBLE AMMO TEST FACILITY, CHINA SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEWLY IDENTIFIED ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL, COUPLED
WITH SOLID PROPELLANT PRODUCTION FACILITIES CONFIRMS SMALL
TACTICAL ROCKET MOTOR PRODUCTION AT THIS FACILITY. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A HORIZONTAL ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL WAS IDENTIFIED AT
YAO-WU POSS AMMO T FACILITY, 14.1 NM WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TAIHE
ON IMAGERY OF THE HORIZONTAL ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL 125X1
IN A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED SUSPECT ROCKET MOTOR TEST AREA AT THE
END OF A RAVINE. FACILITIES CONSIST OF A HORIZONTAL ROCKET MOTOR
TEST CELL WITH A NATURAL TERRAIN BLAST AREA, A TEST
CONTROL/SUPPORT BUILDING (CONNECTED TO THE TEST CELL BUILDING BY
COVERED WALKWAY), ONE IRREGULAR-SHAPED POSSIBLE TEST PREPARATION
BUILDING, TWO PROBABLE INSPECTION BUILDINGS, THREE STORAGE
BUILDINGS, THREE STORAGE SHEDS, AND ONE ACCESS CONTROL POINT.
(SWN)
IN ADDITION TO THE ROCKET MOTOR TEST AREA, THE YAO-WU COMPLEX
INCLUDES A PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR PRODUCTION AREA, A
NITROCELLULOSE PRODUCTION LINE, A SMALL CHEMICAL PROCESSING
SECTION, A MUNITIONS LOADING AND SUPPORT AREA, A MUNITIONS TEST
AREA, A MAINTENANCE AREA, AND HOUSING AND SUPPORT AREAS (NOT ALL
ON GRAPHIC). (SWN)
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical 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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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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