PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX TALLINN, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100610011-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 6, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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TALLINN, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: BEST IMAGERY TO DATE OF THE MISSILES ASSOCIATED
2. LOCATION:
WITH THE PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM SYSTEM.
13 NM WSW OF TALLINN
ANALYSIS OF MISSILES OBSERVED AT TALLINN AND AT
LAUNCH COMPLEX "A", SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST
CENTER SUGGESTS TWO DIFFERENT MISSILE CONFIGURA-
TIONS. THE SINGLE STAGE MISSILE WITH SHARPLY SWEPT-
BACK DELTA WINGS IDENTIFIED AT TALLINN WILL HENCE-
FORTH BE DESIGNATED "PLRS-SERIES 1;' THE MISSILE
WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE A CLUSTER OF LARGE BOOSTERS,
AS SEEN AT LAUNCH COMPLEX "A", SARY-SHAGAN ANTI-
MISSILE TEST CENTER, WILL BE DESIGNATED "PLRS-SERIES 21.'
4. COLLATERAL:
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
I NONE
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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6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 15 KH-4, 12 KH-7,
8. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS: (APPROXIMATE)
9. MISSION READOUT:
LENGTH OF DARK NOSE SECTION 5 FT
FORWARD SECTION DIAMETER
OVERALL MISSILE LENGTH 35,FT
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS REVEALS A MISSILE ON A LAUNCHER
AT LAUNCH POSITION C-5. THE MISSILE IS A SINGLE STAGE WITH SHARPLY SWEPT-BACK
DELTA WINGS SUGGESTING A POSSIBLE DUAL BURN SOLID OR A VARIABLE THRUST LIQUID
PROPELLANT MISSILE, IF THE MISSILE IS COMPLETE AS SEEN ON THIS MISSION. NO
CANARD-LIKE FEATURES CAN BE DETECTED ON THE MISSILE. MENSURAL ANALYSIS OF THE
MISSILE REVEALS THE FOLLOWING APPROXIMATE OVERALL LENGTH:35 FT, FORWARD
AND LENGTH OF DARK NOSE SECTION: 5 FEET.
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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