MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CENTER (DMDPC) DNEPROPETROVSK, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100610009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 6, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
July-1967
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MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CENTER (DMDPC) 25X1
DNEPROPETROVSK, USSR
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE TEST STAND UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IS NOW CONFIRMED AS A MEDIUM-TO-LARGE
TEST STAND IN THE FINAL STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. A
ROCKET ENGINE TEST FIRING IS OBSERVED (1ST ON KH
PHOTOGRAPHY) AND CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES THROUGHOUT
THE DMDPC COMPLEX.
2. LOCATION: ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF DNEPROPETROVSK.
3. REMARKS:
THE DMDPC IS THE LARGEST MISSILE PRODUCTION FACILITY
IN THE WORLD AND IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS:
PLANT POST BOX 186, PLANT POST BOX 192, AND THE
STATIC TEST AREA. THE MEDIUM-TO-LARGE TEST STAND
AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES WERE FIRST REPORTED UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN MAR 67. CONSTRUCTION OF THE DMDPC
HAS BEEN CONDUCTED IN THREE MAJOR STAGES TO DATE:
FROM 1945-53, FROM 1955-59 AND THE THIRD STAGE WHICH
WAS INITIATED IN 1963 IS APPARENTLY BEING CONTINUED.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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THE DMDPC IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING ROCKET ENGINES,
BALLISTIC MISSILE AIRFRAMES, POSSIBLY MISSILE GSE,
BELARUS TRACTORS, DNEPER REFRIGERATORS AND POSSIBLY
OTHER CIVILIAN PRODUCTS.
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:. 15 KH-4, 2 KH-7
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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9. MISSION READOUT:
IN THE TEST FACILITY, A CLOUD OF SMOKE/VAPOR FROM A
ROCKET ENGINE TEST FIRING IS OBSERVED AT THE EAST POSITION OF THE 2-POSITION
TEST STAND THREE SMALL SUPPORT TEST STRUCTURES ARE UNDER CON-
STRUCTION ON THE SW SIDE OF THE FACILITY, A LARGE SEMIBURIED TANK IS NEARLY
COMPLETE IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PART, A VERY LARGE TANK AND AN ASSOCIATED BUILDING
ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL PART. THE NEW TEST AREA, IN THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE TEST FACILITY, CONTAINS A MEDIUM-TO-LARGE SIZE TEST STAND,
PROBABLY IN FINAL STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. THIS AREA IS SERVED BY TWO PROBABLE
PUMPHOUSES AND A SYSTEM OF LARGE DIAMETER OVERHEAD PIPES SIMILAR TO THOSE FOUND
IN THE WEST AND SW PART OF THE TEST FACILITY. EXCEPT FOR THE TEST STAND, ALL
OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TEST AREA APPEAR TO BE OUTWARDLY COMPLETE.
IN PLANT 186, THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CONSTRUCTION IS IN MID-TO-LATE STAGES
OF CONSTRUCTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE LARGE BUILDING FOR WHICH FOOTINGS ARE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NUMEROUS LONG RAIL CARS ARE OBSERVED ON SPURS WITHIN THE
PLANT AREA.
IN PLANT 192, THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE ANNEX AREA WHERE CONSTRUCTION/RAZING ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: NONE
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