TEST ACTIVITY PAVLOGRAD SOLID MOTOR TEST FACILITY, USSR (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00171R000201460001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 22, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: TESTING OF A POSSIBLE NEW LAUNCH ASSIST DEVICE
(LAD) FOR AN SS-18 FOLLOW-ON, OR A NEW MISSILE SYSTEM CONTINUED
AT THE PAVLOGRAD SOLID MOTOR TEST FACILITY. (SWN)
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TEST ACTIVITY
PAVLOGRAD SOLID MOTOR TEST FACILITY, USSR (SWN)
THE SS-18 SYSTEM USES THE LARGEST KNOWN SOVIET LAD WHICH
POSITION. A POSSIBLE LAD OR TEST APPARATUS 25X1
WAS ON THE TEST APRON. BY COMPARISON, 25X1
POSITION; HOWEVER, A MOBILE CRANE WAS OPERATING NEAR THE TEST
2. REMARKS: A HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY CONTINUES IN THE SS-17/18
LAD TEST AREA. LAD-ASSOCIATED TESTING HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE
AT LEAST WHEN THE LAD TEST POSITION WAS ASSEMBLED AND 25X1
READIED FOR A TEST. WHEN NEXT SEEN THE TEST 25X1
POSITION WAS PARTIALLY DISMANTLED (EXTENSION POLES,AND
DOMED-TOP SECTION REMOVED) INDICATING A TEST HAD PROBABLY
OCCURRED. NO CHANGE WAS NOTED AT THE TEST 25X1
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NPIC/IEG (8/83)
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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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OR METHODS INVOLVED
LOWBOY-TYPE TRAILER WITH A MAZ PRIME MOVER WAS BACKED UP TO THE
LAD/TEST APPARATUS. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL PIECES OF TEST
HARDWARE HAD BEEN REMOVED OR REPOSITIONED IN THE TEST AREA.
SEEN AT THIS FACILITY IN AUGUST 1980. (SWN)
IN POSSIBLY RELATED ACTIVITY, IN EARLY AUGUST A CANISTER/CAPSULE
(CAN/CAP) TRAIN LOADED WITH SS-18 MOD-4 CANISTER COMPONENTS WAS
AT THE NEARBY PAVLOGRAD SOLID MOTOR ASSEMBLY AND TEST SUPPORT
FACILITY AS THE LOADED CAN/CAP
TRAIN WAS UNDER THE RAIL SHED. A LOADED CAN/CAP TRAIN WAS LAST
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