PROBABLE SS-16 MOBILE MISSILE ACTIVITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2011
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• Publication Date: April 9, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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PROBABLE SE-16 MOBILE MISSILE ACTIVITY
PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 5, USSR
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NPIPEG (4/84
TWO-PART GRAPHIC
1. SIGNIFICANCE: CLEARED POSITIONS FOR PROBABLE SS-16
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL) LEVELING JACKS ARE IN THE
SNOW IN FRONT OF TWO LAUNCH REFERENCE POSITIONS (LRP) AND ARE
AN INDICATION OF CONTINUED SS-16 MOBILE ICBM ACTIVITY AT THIS
INSTALLATION (GRAPHIC 1). (TSR)
2. REMARKS: THE CLEARED POSITIONS ARE IN A PATTERN SEEN WITH ALL
THREE SOVIET MOBILE MISSILE SYSTEMS: THE SS-20 MOBILE IRBM,
THE SS-16 MOBILE ICBM, AND THE SE-X-25 MOBILE ICBM. AT LAUNCH
TEST SITE 5, THE IN-LINE DISTANCE FROM THE FRONT 25X1
TEL LEVELING-JACK POSITIONS TO THE CENTER OF THE LRP MATCH
THOSE FOR AN SE-16 TEL. THE COMPARABLE DISTANCES FOR THE
SS-X-25 ICBM, AS SEEN AT PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 91
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RESPECTIVELY (GRAPHIC 2). THE CLEARED POSITIONS WERE PRESENT
AND WERE MORE DISCERNIBLE ON THAT DATE. SUBSEQUENT 25X1
SNOW MELT OCCURRING HAS PARTIALLY REMOVED THE 25X1
SIGNATURES OF TWO OF THE FOUR CLEARED POSITIONS AT EACH
LOCATION. (TSR)
SNOW REMOVAL FROM THE COVERS OF THE LRP AND THE RECTANGULAR
AREAS IN FRONT OF THE LRP AT THE FOUR MOBILE ICBM FACILITIES AT
PLESETSK HAS BEEN A COMMON PROCEDURE SINCE THE INITIAL
CONSTRUCTION OF LRP IN 1976. THE PRACTICE OF REMOVING SNOW AND
MAINTAINING ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL LRP AT EACH INSTALLATION
USUALLY BEGINS BY LATE OCTOBER FOLLOWING THE EARLIEST SNOWFALL
AND CONTINUES INTO THE MONTH OF APRIL WHEN ENOWMELT CLEARS ALL
HARD-SURFACED AREAS OF REMAINING SNOW COVER. (TSR)
3.I COORDINATES 63-03-20N 040-57-19E
COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THI} BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical 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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