GALOSH ABM ACTIVITY SARY-SHAGAN MTC LAUNCH COMPLEX B, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 23, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
GALOSH ABM ACTIVITY
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NPIC/IEG (8/83)
23 AUGUST 1983
SARY-SHAGAN MI'C LAUNCH C
OMPL
B, US
SR (SWN)
SIGNIFIC
ANCE: TWO ABM-1B GALOSH
LAUNCHE
S, PR
OBABLY FR
OM A
S
HER, OCCURRED TWO HOU
RS AND
THIRT
Y ONE MIN
UTES
APART AT
THIS FACILITY. (TSZ)
REMARKS:
-
TWO ABM-1B GALOSH MISSI
LES WER
E LAU
NCHEDI
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AT 18
61Z
AND 2032Z (DEFSMAC K/DQ/
1037-83
AND
K/DQ/1038
-83)
.
BOTH LAU
NCHES WERE PROBABLY FROM
SURFACE
LAUN
CH PAD C2
. A
T
0829Z,
THE EARTHEN
AREA BE
HIND
THIS LAUN
CHER
WAS
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DISTURBE
CANISTER
CANISTER
SPENT CA
SECOND M
APPEAR
D AND THE LAUNCH PAD WAS
WAS HORIZONTALLY ENGAGED
, WHICH DID NOT HAVE THE
NISTER, WAS PROBABLY ENGA
ISSILE LAUNCH. SURFACE L
AT LAUNCH SILO
DARK.
IN THE
CHARACT
GED IN
AUNCH P
C4, TH
A GAL
LAUN
ERIST
THE L
ADS C
E SIL
OSH MISSI
CHER. TH
IC DARK T
AUNCHER A
1 AND C3
O DOORS W
LE
E
ONE
FTER
DID
HICH
OF A
THE
NOT
WERE
OPEN
WERE CLOSED; THE
EXHAUS
T DEF
LECTOR RI
NGS
THAT
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WERE ON THE SILO APRON WERE NOT PRESENT. THESE RINGS WERE
PROBABLY PLACED INSIDE THE SILO. THE LACK OF BURN MARKS AROUND
THIS SILO INDICATES THAT A LAUNCH DID NOT OCCUR FROM SILO C4.
AT LAUNCH SILO CS, A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE WAS BACKED UP TO THE
CANVAS-COVERED SILO APERTURE. OTHER VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
WERE ALSO AROUND THE SILO. THE SILO EXHAUST DEFLECTOR RINGS
AND THE SILO DOORS WERE IN THE SAME POSITIONS AS THEY WERE ON 4
AUGUST. ALTHOUGH A BURN MARK WAS AROUND THE SILO FROM AN
EARLIER LAUNCH, THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT A LAUNCH CAME FROM
THIS SILO (TSZ) 25X1
LAUNCH COMPLEX B IS THE RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT AND CREW TRAINING
LAUNCH COMPLEX FOR THE GALOSH ABM SYSTEM. (SWN)
COORDINATES 46-01-01N 072-28-09E (S) 25X1
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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