CSS-3 ICBM AND GSE TRANSFER OPERATION DELINGHA SSM RTP, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 14, 1983
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NPIC/IEG (10/83)
14 OCTOBER 1983
CSS-3 ICBM AND GSE TRANSFER OPERATION
DELINGHA SSM RTP, CHINA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: AN APPARENT DELIVERY OF CSS-3 MISSILE GROUND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT (GSE) AND A PROBABLE CSS-3 AIRFRAME WAS IN PROGRESS ON
AT DELINGHA SSM RTP. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CSS-3
LAUNCHER (ERECTOR AND LAUNCH STAND) HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN TRANSIT WITH
THE AIRFRAME TRANSPORTERS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE GSE CONSISTED OF A CSS-3 ERECTOR IN TRAVEL MODE (FORWARD
AND REAR SECTION), A CANVAS-COVERED CSS-3 FIRST STAGE TRANSPORTER, A
CANVAS-COVERED CSS-3 SECOND STAGE TRANSPORTER, AND A CSS-3 LAUNCH STAND
ON TRANSPORTER. THIS GSE WAS ON THE SIDING OF THE NORTHERNMOST RAIL
SPUR. THE RAISED CANVAS OVER THE TRANSPORTERS INDICATED THAT THEY
CARRIED MISSILE AIRFRAMES. TWO TYPE A, ONE TYPE B, AND FOUR SUPPORT
RAILCARS WERE ON THE RAIL SPUR. FOURTEEN FLATCARS WERE ON THE
SOUTHERNMOST RAIL SPUR. THIS WAS THE FIRST GSE, OTHER THAN RAILCARS,
OBSERVED AT THIS RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT (RTP) AND PROBABLY
REPRESENTS A MISSILE DELIVERY TO THE DELINGHA/DA QAIDAM DEPLOYMENT
AREA. A MISSILE TRAIN WAS AT THE RTP DURING AUGUST, INDICATING A
DELIVERY, BUT NO GSE WAS OBSERVED AT THAT TIME. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: IT CANNOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED WHETHER THIS
ACTIVITY IS A SHIPMENT TO OR FROM DELINGHA. IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THE
ACTIVITY REPRESENTED A MISSILE AND GSE DELIVERY, POSSIBLY FROM HAIYAN
SSM FIELD TRAINING FACILITY . THIS WOULD INDICATE THE
IMMINENT ACTIVATION OF ONE OF THE SIX DELINGHA/DA QAIDAM LAUNCH SITES
OR ACTIVATION OF A FIELD TRANSPORTABLE LAUNCH UNIT BASED AT DELINGHA
SSM REGIMENT HEADQUARTERS SUPPORT AREA A
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DURING LATE SEPTE BER, A CSS-3 ERECTOR IN TRAVEL MODE WAS IDENTIFIED AT
HAIYAN. IT WAS EITHER REMOVED FROM THE FACILITY OR WAS MOVED INTO A
CHECKOUT/STORAGE BUILDI (SWN)
SINCE CSS-3 GSE HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE DELINGHA REGIMENT SUPPORT
FACILITY SINCE 1980, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE EQUIPMENT SEEN AT THE RTP
WAS BEING LOADED FOR SHIPMENT TO ANOTHER FACILITY.
THE HAIYAN TRAINING FACILITY WOULD BE A LIKELY CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE GSE
SHIPPED FROM DELINGHA FOR CREW TRAINING. (SWN)
COORDINATES 37-21-OON 097-22-22E (S)
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