SS-X-25 PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 23, USSR

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• Publication Date: November 19, 1984
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SS-X-25 PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY
PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 23, USSR
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NPIC/PEG (11/84)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: SS-X-25 PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY, WHICH MAY RESULT IN
WLA C-I FROM THE SINGLE-BAY GARAGE (SBG), IS IN PROGRESS.
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: A WINTER CAMOUFLAGE-COVERED PROBABLE 25X1
MISSILE SUPPORT VAN (MSV) IS IN FRONT OF AND CABLE-CONNECTED
INTO THE TYPE C SBG. MUCH OF THE SNOW ATOP THE SBG HAS MELTED,
SUGGESTING A PROBABLE TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL) MAY BE
INSIDE IN PREPARATION FOR THE LAUNCH OF AN SS-X-25 FROM WITHIN
THE SLIDING-ROOF SBG. IN THE PAST, NORMAL PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY
HAS INCLUDED TWO LARGE CANVAS-COVERED VEHICLES, A PROBABLE TEL
NEAR THE AZIMUTH ALIGNMENT DEVICE, AND A SECOND UNIDENTIFIED
VEHICLE NEAR THE SILO APRON APPROACH. (SWN)
A MAZ-543 CARGO TRUCK CARRYING A POSSIBLE PAYLOAD
SHROUD/TRAINING DEVICE, AND TWO SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE PARKED ON
THE SILO APRON TURNAROUND AT COLLOCATED PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH
TEST SITE 24 SIMILAR ACTIVITY WAS SEEN HERE 25X1
DURING PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY ON. TODAY, THE SILO 25X1
DOORS ARE OPEN AT BOTH LAUNCH TEST SITES 23 AND 24. (SWN)
THE SS-X-25 IS ONE OF TWO NEW SOLID PROPELLANT ICBM CURRENTLY
UNDERGOING TESTING AT PLESETSK. THE LAST LAUNCH OF AN SS-X-25
FROM PLESETSK OCCURRED ON 2 OCTOBER AND ENDED IN AN IN-FLIGHT
FAILURE (DEFSMAC S/DQ/919-84 1735Z 3 OCTOBER 1984, SECRET).
(SWN)
COORDINATES 63-00-28N 041-32-50E (C)
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