PROBABLE SS-16 MOBILE MISSILE ACTIVITY

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CIA-RDP84T00491R000101180001-6
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RIPPUB
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December 28, 2016
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December 9, 2011
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1
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Publication Date: 
April 9, 1984
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MISC
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25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101180001-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101180001-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101180001-6 NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution- Proprietary Information involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL. . .- This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101180001-6 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101180001-6 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101180001-6 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101180001-6 TOP SECRET RUFF (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy PROBABLE SE-16 MOBILE MISSILE ACTIVITY PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 5, USSR 25X1 25X1 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 AND SS-20 IRBM I 225X1 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved TOP SECRET RUFF 25X1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/12/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000101180001-6