DEVELOPMENTS AT SELECTED SOVIET BALLISTIC MISSILE PRODUCTION AND TEST FACILITIES

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basic imagery interpretation report
Developments at Selected Soviet
Ballistic Missile Production and
Test Facilities (S)
STRATEGIC WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
BE: Various
USSR
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Developments at
DMA. USATC; Series 200; Sheet 0155-20, 0161-21, 0164-07, 0167-07, and 0234-03, -07, -21, -22, and -24;
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1. Activity at 18 Soviet ballistic missile development, production, and test facilities and associated
collateral suggest that as many as seven new strategic ballistic missile systems may be under develop-
ment. Two of these systems are new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) systems: an SS-N-20
follow-on and the SS-NX-23. Five are confirmed or possible new intercontinental ballistic missile systems:
an SS-18 follow-on, the SS-X-24, an SS-X-24 follow-on, the SS-X-25, and an SS-X-25 follow-on. Addition-
ally, series production began in 1983 for the latest deployed SLBM, the SS-N-20. This report describes
recent activities at 18 selected installations involved in the production and component testing of these
new missile systems. (S/WN)
2. Also included in this report is a brief overview of the Soviet Union's strategic missile systems-
both currently deployed and under development. The report contains one location map, 25 annotated
photographs, one line drawing, and six tables. The information cutoff date is
3. The 18 facilities described in this report are currently responsible for the production and static
testing of components for most Soviet strategic ballistic missile systems. These facilities (Table 1) are in 10
locations within western and central USSR (Figure 1). An overview of the significant acitivity at these
facilities associated with seven new systems under development and the SS-N-20 is presented in this
report. A synopsis of the production facilities for currently deployed strategic missile systems is also
presented. Emphasis has been placed on facilities that have been or may become contributors to the
testing and production of these new systems designed by the Makeyev (SS-N-20, SS-N-20 follow-on, and
SS-NX-23); Utkin (SS-18 follow-on, SS-X-24, and SS-X-24 follow-on); and Nadiradze (SS-X-25 and SS-X-25
follow-on) design bureaus (KBs).1,2,3,4,5 The basis description provides an update of the functions,
significant activity, and current expansion programs at each of the 18 facilities. Each of these facilities has
been described in a previously published NPIC report. Table 1 in the Appendix lists the previous
information cutoff date and the date of latest available imagery during the current reporting period.
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4. Six SLBM systems (the SS-N-5, -6, -8, -17,
-18, and -20) are currently deployed and two oth-
ers (SS-N-20 follow-on and SS-NX-23) are under
development in the Soviet Union. The SS-N-20,
which became operational in 1983, is the latest
SLBM to reach its initial operational capability, and
series production is in progress. The other five
SLBMs currently deployed reached their initial op-
erational capability between 1963 and the early
1970s. The SS-N-5 is currently deployed on the
Golf-II Class ballistic missile submarines (SSB) and
one Hotel-II Class nuclear-powered ballistic mis-
sile submarine (SSBN), which will be dismantled
soon. The SS-N-6 is still deployed in large numbers
on Yankee-I Class SSBNs, although the launchers
on some of these submarines are also being dis-
mantled. Both the SS-N-5 and -6 were series pro-
duced at Zlatoust Armaments Plant 66. No new
launch platforms are being built for the SS-N-8, SS-
N-17, and SS-N-18. The SS-N-8 and -18 were se-
ries produced at Krasnoyarsk Arms Plant Voroshi-
lov 4 and Zlatoust. The assembly facility has not
been identified for the limited production of the
SS-N-17, which is deployed on only one opera-
tional SSN-the 12-tube Yankee-II. (S/WN)
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF SELECTED SOVIET BALLISTIC MISSILE PRODUCTION AND TEST FACILITIES
Table 1.
List of Installations
(Keyed to Figure 1)
Item Installation Name
Geographic
Coordinates
1 Belgorod Plastics
50-35-15N
Plant
036-37-30E
2 Biysk Solid Motor
52-28-49N
Production Plant II
085-02-30E
3 Biysk Solid Motor
52-31-16N
Test Area II
085-02-07E
4 Dnepropetrovsk Missile
48-26-03N
Development Production
034-58-31E
Center
5 Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy
48-17-53N
Solid Motor Production
040-10-49E
Plant
6 Krasnoyarsk Guided Missile
56-00-38N
and Arms Plant Voroshilov 4
092-58-59E
7 Krasnoyarsk Rocket
56-06-17N
Engine Test Facility
093-25-58E
8 Pavlograd Ordnance
48-29-28N
Research and Development
035-57-12E
Facility
9 Pavlograd Solid Motor
48-27-02N
Assembly and Test
035-57-25E
Support Facility
10 Pavlograd Solid Motor
48-34-14N
Production Plant
035-45-50E
11 Pavlograd Solid Motor
48-26-OON
Test Facility
035-58-23E
12 Safonovo Plastics and
55-05-11N
Guided Missile Component
033-14-55E
Plant
13 Voronezh Aircraft
51-39-24N
Engine Plant 154
039-10-10E
14 Voronezh Rocket
51-34-37N
Engine Test Facility
039-09-45E
15 Votkinsk Missile
57-02-43N
Final Assembly and
053-59-03E
Checkout Facility
16 Zlatoust Armament
55-06-20N
Plant 66
059-42-24E
17 Zlatoust Rocket
55-08-38N
Engine Test Facility
059-54-55E
18 Zlatoust SLBM
55-08-33N
Assembly Facility
059-52-56E
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5. The SS-N-20 was in research and develop-
ment during the early 1970s. Several design bu-
reaus collaborated in the design of the system. The
design bureau in Miass, headed by the Makeyev
KB, functioned as overall system designer, and the
primary propulsion system design was handled by
the Perm KB and an element of the Utkin KB in
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6. The static test program for the first stage
of the SS-N-20 was possibly performed at Pavlo-
grad, a primary test and production facility of
Utkin KB systems. From 1977 to 1979,
meter motors, each with aF---
ozzle,
were tested at Pavlograd. Special intelligence
indicates that the diameter of the SS-N-20 is
meters.2 Motor testing during that period coin-
cides with the prototype and preseries production
of SS-N-20 motors. Vibration tests at the national
acceptance test facility at Krasnoarmeysk in early
1977 suggested that motor research and develop-
ment was nearly complete.' The sighting of motors
with diameters at Pavlograd, the same
diameter as that cited in special intelligence for SS-
N 20 motors, indicated that the motors
may be SS-N-20 first-stage motors.2
7. At Biysk Solid Motor Production Plant II,
SS-N-20 motor cases received from Perm are filled
with solid propellant.' A motor,
with a nozzle, was observed in 1980
at the Biysk Solid Motor Test Area II, and another
motor of similar dimensions was canvas covered
on a railcar in the motor series production line in
Plant II in 1983. The dimensions of these motors
indicate that they are for the second stage of the
SS-N-20. Series production in the new line began
in late 1982 or early 1983. Previous SS-N-20 motors
were probably filled in production line 3.
8. SS-N-20 motors were produced at Biysk
Solid Motor Production Plant II and shipped to the
Zlatoust Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) for
missile final assembly to support the flight test
program.' The completed portion of the final
assembly facility at Zlatoust was separately secured
in late 1982, an indication that missiles were being
produced to support the operational deployment
of the system.
9. Special intelligence and imagery-derived
information suggest that a follow-on to the SS-N-
20 is probably in the prototype or preseries
production stage of development.6 In May 1980,
10. The development of a follow-on to the
SS-N-18, the SS-NX-23, is in progress at several
facilities in the Soviet Union. Preparations for this
missile program have been observed at facilities
used in the development, testing, and production
of the SS-N-18. Facility modifications and upgrades
and popup and flight test programs have been
necessary to develop this system. Propulsion test-
ing of the system's engines was probably per-
formed at Krasnoyarsk and Voronezh
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
11. Four ICBM systems have been
deactivated, and five others are currently de-
ployed. The SS-11 was operationally deployed in
the mid-1960s, the SS-13 in the early 1970s, and the
SS-17, -18, and -19 by the mid-1970s. Development
is in progress to replace some, if not all, of the
currently deployed force. Series production appar-
ently has halted on the SS-11, SS-13, and possibly
the SS-17. The SS-11 was and the SS-19 is produced
at Moscow Fili 23, the SS-13 at Pavlograd, and the
SS-17 and -18 at Dnepropetrovsk. Five systems are
in the research and development (R&D) cycle,
including the SS-18 follow-on, the SS-X-24 and SS-
X-24 follow-on, and the SS-X-25 and SS-X-25
follow-on. (S/WN)
12. Facilities that have been involved in the
development and production of the SS-18 are
undergoing expansion and/or modifications. The
facilities include the engine production and test
facilities at Voronezh; the development, prod-
uction, and test facilities at Dnepropetrovsk; the
plastics plant at Safonovo; launch assist device
production at Pavlograd; and two IIIF test silos at
Tyuratam. An increase in the number of railcars
observed at Dnepropetrovsk and Safonovo further
indicates that possibly a new or improved system is
being considered. Additionally, some of the con-
struction in the final assembly area at Pavlograd
may support launch assist device test activity for an
SS-18 follow-on. (S/WN)
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buildings constructed in the munitions storage
area may support series production of all three
stages of the SS-X-25.5 A new production area was
under construction at Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy and
will not be completed in time to support series
production of the SS-X-25. This new area is proba-
bly designed to support a new program, possibly
the 15Zh66-a Nadiradze-designed system.9
13. Series production of the motors and
missile final assembly would be performed at
Pavlograd, if the system is to be deployed. The
facilities previously identified as the motor series
production facility for the SS-X-24 are still under
construction. Construction emphasis has been
shifted to other areas within the plant. These areas
probably will not be ready for series production
until 1987. (S/WN)
14. Currently at Pavlograd, an extensive facil-
ity expansion and modifications program at the
motor production facility and final assembly facil-
ity is in progress. This expansion and modification
is an indication that a new program, possibly a
follow-on to the SS-X-24 or a new missile system,
may be produced and finally assembled there. The
new construction efforts will not be completed
and ready for operation prior to 1987. A new
motor static test program (or programs), normally
a precursor to the development of a new missile
system, is under way at the Pavlograd Solid Motor
Test Facility. (S/WN)
15. New curing and revetted storage build-
ings at Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy became operational
in early 1984. These new buildings and the three
Missile Component Plants
Unidentified System(s)
16. Pavlograd has historically been involved
with the static testing of motors for more than one
ballistic missile static test program during the same
time. The only currently known missile system
with a is the SS-N-20-a fact
supported by imagery intelligence (imint) and
The current expan-
sion of facilities and new construction at Pavlograd
seem to indicate that preparations are being made
for another missile system(s), most likely for the
Strategic Rocket Forces (SRF). The use of a water-
cooled diffuser in static testing upper-stage motors
is an expensive operation that requires a coolant
supply and pumping system together with a large
amount of maintenance to keep it operating
satisfactorily. Pavlograd has the only known water-
cooled diffuser test facility in the Soviet Union;
therefore, it would appear that upper-stage mo-
tors from other motor production facilities are
being tested there.
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Belgorod Suspect Plastics Plant
17. Containers, rocket motor cases, and mo-
tor components for the SS-X-25 and the improved
SS-20 (15Zh53) are believed to be produced at
Belgorod (Figure 2).10 Construction was continuing
on several new buildings in the plant.
18. Construction was nearly complete on an
assembly/fabrication building (item 1, Figure 2)
and an administration/engineering building (item
2, Figure 2), which have been under construction
since May 1981 and June 1978, respectively. The
buildings should become operational by early
1985; however, it cannot be determined at this
time whether the buildings will support the pro-
duction of missile components. (S/WN)
Safonovo Plastics and Guided Missile Components
Plant
19. Safonovo (Figure 3) is the Soviet Union's
major production facility for plastic/fiberglass mo-
tor cases and transport/launch canisters for strate-
gic missile systems. Plastic/fiberglass components
for the SS-16/-20, SS-18, SS-X-24, SS-X-25; for other
missile systems; and for nonmilitary goods are also
produced at Safonovo.10 During the reporting
period, an increase in the number of canister/cap-
sule (can/cap) trains increased at the plant. Ship-
ping crates believed to be associated with both the
SS-16/-20 and possibly a new or follow-on missile
system were still present, and construction was
continuing at the plant.
20. Can/cap trains with SS-18 subcompo-
nents were observed in increased numbers in the
plant since late 1982 (Table 2, Appendix). No
upper and lower canister SS-18 components were
observed, suggesting that shipments of those com-
ponents still occurred at night. Since the building
associated with the renovations to SS-18 compo-
nent production has been under renovation since
1982, the increase of rail activity may indicate that
the renovations are complete or nearly complete.
The shipment of components for the other SRF
systems would require the use of 24-meter-long
railcars for large components and box or gondola
cars for the smaller components. The number of
24-meter-long railcars seen in the plant during the
period remained normal (Table 2, Appendix).
(S/WN)
21. Crates previ-
ously identified with the shipment of first-stage
motor cases for the SS-16/-20, have been observed
in the facility. The same type of crate was seen in
increasing numbers at Kamensk-Shaktinskiy Solid
Motor Production Plant (SMPP). At this plant, first-
stage motor cases for the SS-16/-20 are filled. The
SS-X-25 motor cases are also believed to be filled
there. The F_ I chamfer-
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roofed crates linked to the shipments of plastic/fi
berglass components to Biysk SMPP II continued
to be seen in the facility. Biysk SMPP II has
primarily been associated with the SS-N-20 missile
system and receives plastic/fiberglass components
for that system from a plant in Perm,r
22. The extensive construction program, on-
going on the south side of the plant since the mid-
1970s, continued. The construction program en-
compasses at least five buildings, two materials
receiving areas, and a steam/power plant. The five
buildings were in an early to midstage of construc-
tion. In early 1984, construction resumed on one
of the two large assembly/fabrication buildings,
where construction had stopped in 1981, (S/WN)
23. The cleanup of materials outside of the
assembly/fabrication building in the northwest
corner of the plant suggests that renovations to
that building are complete. In addition, at an
unidentified building in the northeast area of the
plant, work that includes the installation of a pipe
gallery along the roof and internal construction
was continuing. (S/WN)
Pavlograd Ordnance Research and Development
Facility
24. Pavlograd Ordnance Research and De
velopment Facility (ORDF) has been involved in
the research, development, and engineering of
conventional high-explosives munitions. The facil
ity (Figure 4), probably manufactures components
for missiles produced in the Pavlograd Solid Motor
Assembly and Test Support Facility, The facility
also fits SS-17 and SS-18 launch assist devices
(LADs) to the missile canisters. During the report-
ing period, a resumption of can/cap train activity
occurred, and construction projects were nearly
complete in both the engineering, fabrication, and
storage area, and the adjoining new fabrication
area. (S/WN)
25. Can/ca train activity resumed at the
facility on after a hiatus of nearly five
years. Can/cap trains have not been seen in the
ORDF since 1979. Twenty-four-meter-long railcars
continued to be in the facility. (S/WN)
26. A major expansion program began in the
mid-1970s and consists of the construction of a
separate new fabrication area. Also, the addition
of new buildings within the existing research,
fabrication, and storage area is nearly complete.
This plant expansion will probably be for increased
production of missile components, possibly for a
new missile system. (S/WN)
27. Major construction in the new fabrica-
tion area was nearly complete. A fabrication
building (item 2, Figure 4), next to the large
fabrication/assembly building, was in the final
stages of construction, and a second fabrication
building (item 1, Figure 4) was in the late stages of
construction. An administration/engineering
building (item 4, Figure 4), under construction
since October 1976, and a nearby shop building
(item 3, Figure 4), under construction since Octo-
ber 1977, were both completed in July 1981,
Numerous other support structures were in vari-
ous stages of construction. (S/WN)
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28. In the engineering, fabrication, and stor-
age area, a new fabrication building (item 7, Figure
4) was completed in March 1982 but was probably
not operational until August 1983. Another new
fabrication building (item 8, Figure 4) was com-
pleted in February 1983. This new building consists
of a large diameter pipe ventilation system along
its roof. The pipe is connected to two separate
exhaust scrubbers. A probable shop building (item
9, Figure 4) was completed in February 1984.
Extentions were also completed on two existing
fabrication buildings (items 5 and 6, Figure 4) in
the eastern end of the area. A fabrication building
item 10, Figure 4), under construction in the
southeast corner since March 1980, was in the final
stages of construction. (S/WN)
Production Plants
Biysk Solid Motor Production Plant II
29, Motor cases are filled with solid pro-
pellant at Biysk SMPP II for at least the SS-N-20
missile system and an unidentified missile system.
The facility consists of three production lines (lines
1, 2, and 3). Production lines 1 and 2 are shown in
Figure 5. A new solid propellant missile program
may be in progress in line 1, and activity in line 2
suggests that full-scale SS-N-20 production will
take place soon. Although there has been no new
construction in the plant, several production
buildings have been or are undergoing modifica-
tions possibly in support of a new missile system(s),
(S/\ N)
30, Activity in production line 1 suggests that
the line is involved in the development of a new
solid propellant missile, One of the two casting
buildings (item 1, Figure 5) in the line was
modified in 1982. A canvas-covered probable
motor,
plant on
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with a diameter between
e 6), was on a flatcar in the
Possible containers for the
motor have been present in the plant several
times. Chamfer-roofed crates,
meters, were identified at the plant in September
1982 and may have served as shipping containers
for the motor case. Similar crates were initially
identified adjacent to the hydrostatic test building
at Safonovo Plastics Plant in September 1982,
Although Plant II is involved in the production of
SS-N-20 motors, SS-N-20 motor cases are believed
to be supplied to Biysk by a plant in Perm. The
similarities in dimensions of probable first-stage
SS-N-20 motors tested at Pavlograd during 1977.79
and those seen at Biysk SMPP II, line 1, and special
intelligence stating that the SS-N-20 follow-on
motors would be developed by two different KBs
suggests that the first-stage motor case could be
supplied by Safonovo and that Biysk line 1 would
fill the motors with solid propellant,z In addition,
the presence of a new diffuser in Test Area II at
Biysk in March 1984 indicates that a new upper-
stage motor test program was in progress.
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31. Production line 2 (Figure 5) is the opera-
tional series production line for at least the first-
and second-stage motors of the SS-N-20. Since late
1982, the production line has still not been fully
used. No activity was observed at two of the four
curing buildings (items 3 and 4, Figure 5). Prepara-
tions for increased activity in the line were in
progress in early 1984, when a cast/curing building
was modified and assembly was resumed on the
third-bay charger (item 2, Figure 5) on the south
ern bay charger line. (S/WN)
32, The modifications to the casting building
(item 5, Figure 5) include the construction of a
revetment and a conduit around the building and
probable internal alterations. A small storage
bunker was removed to accommodate the modifi-
cations. These modifications are probably protective measures normally taken in case of potential
explosions or fires. The protective measures, the
resumption in assembly of a third-bay charger, and
the availability of two unused curing buildings
suggest that full-scale motor producton for the SS-
N-20 will begin in the near future. (S/WN)
33. Production line 3 served as the pilot line
for SS-N-20 motor production. It is not known at
this time whether the facility will continue to
produce those motors or produce pilot motors for
the SS-;N-20 follow-on, No significant activity was
seen in the line during the reporting period.
(S/V N)
Pavlograd Solid Motor Production Plant
34. At Pavlograd SMPP, motor cases for Na
diradze- and Utkin-designed missile systems that
include upper-stage motors for the SS-20 missiles
and probably the three stages of the SS-X-24 are
filled with solid propellant, ii A new solid motor
production line, probably for series production of
the SS-X-24 follow-on or an unidentified missile
system is nearly complete.
35. The new solid propellant motor pro-
duction line (Figure 7), along the southwest
boLmoaries of the plant, was in the late stage of
construction. Construction began on this compos-
ite propellant line between September 1977 and
August 1978. Although construction has been
continuing on portions of the new line, a limited
production capability has existed since early 1981.
The line will probably become fully operational
sometime during 1987. The new line is similar to
new propellant production lines at Biysk SMPP II.
(S/V' N)
36. For discussion purposes, the new line has
been divided into three separate areas (designated
Areas A, B, and C). Area A is believed to be the
pilot production line for the production of proto-
type and flight test missiles for the SS-X-24 pro-
gram. The line consists of an ingredients prepara-
tions/mix building (item 12, Figure 7), a revetted
casting building (item 15, Figure 7), a buried
control bunker (item 13, Figure 7), and an unre-
vetted casting building (item 14, Figure 7), Each of
these structures was completed and possibly oper-
ational by ~11ay 1981. Because of their limited size,
the facilities in this area can provide only a limited
propellant mix capability. (S/WN)
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37. Area B will serve as the motor finishing
and shipping area of the line. Construction was
externally completed on the major buildings in
this area by February 1984. Included are a nondes-
truct test building (item 8, Figure 7) completed in
September of 1983; an X-ray building (item 6,
Figure 7) completed in February 1984; an adminis-
tration/production control building (item 1, Figure
7) completed in June of 1983; and a probable
component storage building (item 9, Figure 7), a
finishing building (item 7, Figure 7), and a curing
building (item 11, Figure 7) all completed in
February 1984. Construction was continuing on a
small support building, and pilings had been
emplaced for a possible new curing building (item
10, Figure 7) and an unidentified structure (item 4,
Figure 7). (S/WN)
38. Area C will serve as a probable ingredi-
ents receiving and case preparation area for the
new line. Construction was continuing on a possi-
ble case preparation building (item 18, Figure 7), a
high-bay building (item 20, Figure 7), and an
unidentified structure (item 19, Figure 7). Tracks
for a new bay-charger line have been under
construction since October 1983. Two revetted
probable storage bunkers (items 16 and 17, Figure
7), similar to bunkers constructed in the prod-
uction area at Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, were com-
pleted by May 1983. (S/WN)
39. If the new line is to be similar to Biysk
SMPP II line 2, then a larger propellant mixing and
casting capability will have to be constructed. It is
expected that a new mixing building and two
ingredients preparations buildings will be con-
structed in the vacant area between the storage
bunkers and the pilot production line. This area
will be served by the new bay charger line.
(S/WN)
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy Solid Motor Production
Plant
40. Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy SMPP (Figure 8), a
composite propellant plant, has been involved
with the series production (filling of the motor
cases) of the first-stage motors for the SS-16/-20
and the three motor stages for the SS-X-25.5 The
new six-bay curing building and the two nearby
revetted possible storage buildings became opera-
tional during early 1984. Additionally, motor con-
tainers, possibly for the SS-X-25, were observed in
the facility in addition to first stage-motor case
shipping crates for the SS-20 missiles. A major
construction program was in progress in the new
probable production area that may support series
production of future systems such as the 15Zh66.
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the early 1970s, this type of crate had been
identified as a shipping crate for the first-stage SS-
16/-20 motor case.
42. Construction within the main plant area
appeared to be complete, but a major construc-
tion project was in progress in the new production
area. Within the main plant area, the new six-bay
curing building (item 5, Figure 8), and the two
nearby revetted possible storage buildings (items 4
and 6, Figure 8) became operational during early
1984. In the probable new production area, one
large assembly/fabrication-type building (item 9,
Figure 8), two smaller buildings (items 7 and 8,
Figure 8), roads, and steam lines were under
construction. Ground preparations for a revetted
building (item 10, Figure 8) was also present.
Ground preparations for two new buildings, one
outside of the plant (item 1, Figure 8) and the
other within the northeast section of the plant
(item 2, Figure 8), were under way. A probable
warehouse (item 3, Figure 8) was also constructed
during the reporting period. (S/WN)
43. In the munitions storage area (Figure 9),
construction is complete on a new revetted stor-
age building with lightning arrestors (item 1,
Figure 9) and a new transshipment building (item
4, Figure 9). Both buildings are rail served. Addi-
tionally, a new rail-served storage/checkout build-
ing (item 2, Figure 9) is nearly complete. Lightning
arrestors, like those at the probable SS-16/-20-
associated storage/checkout building (item 3, Fig-
ure 9), have yet to be constructed near the new
rail-served storage/checkout building. (S/WN)
Voronezh Aircraft Engine Plant 154
44. Voronezh Plant 154 (Figure 10) is cur-
rently associated with the development and pro-
duction of engines for the SS-18 and possible SS-18
follow-on ICBMs, SS-N-18, SS-N-20, SS-NX-23
SLBMs, and the SL-12 and SL-13 space launch
vehicles (SLVs). 4,12 Plant 154 has also been in-
volved in the development and production of
aircraft engines. A construction project was nearly
complete at the end of the reporting period.
45. A major construction project, in progress
at Plant 154 since August 1982, was nearly com-
plete. This new construction will probably be for
the production of engines for several missile
systems currently under development if they are
operationally deployed in the future. However,
since the plant continues to be associated with the
production of aircraft engines, the construction
may also support that function. An addition to a
large fabrication/assembly building (item 3, Figure
10), in the northeast end of the facility, was
externally complete in April 1984. Additions to
three shop/foundry buildings (items 2, 4, 5, and 6,
Figure 10) were also completed, and a large
probable storage building (item 1, Figure 10) in the
northwest portion of the plant was in an early
stage of construction. A large fabrication/assembly
building recently completed at the nearby Voro-
nezh RETF is believed to be an extension of this
construction project. (S/WN)
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46. Voronezh RETF (Figure 11) is a major
acceptance test facility for rocket engines or
engine clusters produced at Voronezh Plant 154,12
During the reporting period, test activity was
identified at test stands 1 and 2. Construction is
externally complete on a new fabrication/assem-
bly building and an open-sided, shedlike struc-
ture.
47. Evidence of rocket engine testing was
observed on three times at vertical test stand 1 and
once at vertical test stand 2. On 0 a
large blast mark extended across the flame bucket
and into the adjoining wooded area of test stand 1.
On the same date, steam was venting near the
diffuser at test stand 2. Evidence of testing was
again observed at test stand 1 on
when the concrete flame
bucket appeared to be discolored. (S/WN)
48, A new fabrication/assembly building, un-
der construction since January 1983, was externally
complete by April 1984. Because there is no
apparent need for such a large fabrication/assem-
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new building is part of the major construction
project in progress at Plant 154, where there is no
additional space for expansion. Construction of an
open-sided, shedlike structure, under construction
since December 1983, was completed in April
1984. The structure, in a revetted turnaround area
between test stand 2 and the explosives forming
facility, is similar to structures used to cover
horizontal tanks in propellant storage areas.
(S/WN)
Dnepropetrovsk Rocket Engine Test Facility
49. Dnepropetrovsk RETF (Figure 12) sup-
ports test programs for research and production
items generated from the Utkin KB12 and pro-
duction areas at Dnepropetrovsk Plant 186. In
response to programs at Plant 186, the RETF has
undergone modifications and new construction
for their support. The programs have required the
construction of an assembly/checkout building,
modifications to test stand 3, and the construction
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50. New construction and modification activ-
ity continued throughout the RETF. A new assem-
bly/checkout building was in a late stage of
construction, and a new water cooling tower was
completed. Additionally, an overhead crane was
being erected in the northwest portion of the
RETF. Also, tree clearing, ground preparation, and
fence realignment were in progress. A new power
substation was under construction just outside the
southeast corner of the facility. A new materials
receiving area was completed outside the south-
west corner of the RETF. This area is used for
receiving construction materials used in the con-
struction of a new building in the design bureau
area of Plant 186. Another new area of construc-
tion, south of the materials receiving area, will
probably be a test and support area for the Belarus
tractors produced at Plant 186. Modifications con-
tinued on test stand 3 (Figure 13). The modifica-
tions include the addition of possible tankage and
the rearrangement/additions of hardware on the
roof of the test stand. (S/WN)
1983. A high count of 29 railcars was at the RETF in
mid-March 1984. The number of propellant rail-
cars also increased during this same period. Two
new inplant transporters arrived at the large
assembly/checkout building in early 1984. The
increase in rail traffic and the additional inplant
transporters suggest that there has been an in-
crease in rocket engine test and/or missile refur-
bishment activity at the RETF. (S/WN)
53. The continuing presence and movement
of propellant-associated railcars within the engine
test-associated areas of the facility indicates con-
tinued engine testing. The characteristics of the
propellants being tested make the test exhaust
marks difficult, if not, impossible to detect in
nonwinter months. The presence of snow melt
and steam venting at test stand 1 on
suggested that a test had recently occurred.
Additionally, snow removal from the flame bucket
was observed at both test stands 1 and 2 several
times during the 1983-84 winter season. (S/WN)
Krasnoyarsk Rocket Engine Test Facility
51. Krasnoyarsk RETF is associated with the
testing of SLBM engines and the cleaning and
refurbishment of liquid-propellant SLBMs. Among
the systems that are probably sent to Krasnoyarsk
for refurbishment are the SS-N-6, SS-N-8, and SS-
N-18. Engines assembled at Krasnoyarsk Plant 4
and probably at Zlatoust Plant 66 and engines for
the new liquid-propellant SLBM currently in flight
testing, the SS-NX-23, are tested at the RETF.4,1
During the reporting period, there was an increase
in rail activity, and possible engine testing occur-
red at test stands 1 and 2. The possible hydrostatic
facility and modifications to the laboratory test
area and power substation were completed by
mid-1984.
52. The number of missile-associated railcars
at the facility has gradually increased since early
Zlatoust Rocket Engine Test Facility
54. Zlatoust RETF (Figure 14) is responsible
for the cleaning and refurbishment of liquid
propellant SLBMs. The facility was also involved in
the prototype and flight test missile assembly of
the SS-N-20 solid propellant SLBM. During the
reporting period, rail activity declined, and con-
struction was continuing on the new rocket en-
gine vertical test stand. (S/WN)
55. A decline in rail traffic occurred at the
RETF from late 1983 through mid-1984. This de-
cline may be the result of an increase in rail traffic
in the adjoining SLBM assembly facility; however,
an enclosed rail shed in the RETF can store as
many as nine 24-meter-long railcars. Rail traffic in
the cleaning and refurbishment area of the RETF
suggested that the refurbishment of liquid-prop-
ellant SLBMs was continuing. (S/WN)
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56. A sporadic construction program, in
progress since the mid-1960s to build a vertical test
stand, was continuing at an obviously low priority.
A portal jib crane, used to emplace large construc
tion materials on the test stand, was removed
during early 1984. The crane had been used in the
construction effort since late 1981. Installation of
flame bucket, blower lines, steam lines, storage
bottles, and pipelines has yet to be done. The
installation of racks for vertical high-pressure
bottles began in June 1984. (S/WN)
Biysk Solid Motor Test Area II
57. Biysk Solid Motor Test Area (SMTA) II is
responsible for the testing of large-diameter mo-
tors produced at Biysk Solid Motor Production
Plant II, Improvements to the test area and the
arrival of a diffuser during the late 1970s had been
in preparation for testing SS-N-20 motors. Since
early 1984, preparations that will support a new
static test program at the facility have been seen.
The new test program may be for the new motors
produced at Biysk SMPP II, line 1, (S/WN)
58. Motor test-related activity was continu-
ing at the facility during the reporting period
(Table 3, Appendix), A new diffuser,
meters, was in the test position on
(Figure 15). Diffusers are used for altitude testing
and exhaust gas pumping and would be used
during testing and evaluation of motors for new
missile systems. The new diffuser will probably
support upper-stage motor testing for the missile
system associated with the large motors seen at the
SMPP II, line 1, since late 1982. Possible prepara-
tions for upper-stage motor testing were seen on
29 July, when the diffuser was in the test position
(but not aligned with the thrust block). The
environmental shelter was at the thrust block, and
the mobile crane was next to the environmental
shelter. (S i4\ N)
59. In addition to the new diffuser, the new
static test program has required the surfacing of
the inner revetment wall with concrete blocks,
cleanup of discarded materials, and a new envi-
ronmental shelter, (S/WN)
Pavlograd Solid Motor Test Facility
60. Pavlograd Solid Motor Test Facility
(SMTF) is involved in the static testing of solid
motors and LADS produced at the Pavlograd SMPP
and ORDF, The SMTF may also conduct static
testing of motors produced at other production
facilities. The SMTF consists of a horizontal test
area and a LAD test area (Figure 16). (S/WN)
Horizontal Test Area
61. The horizontal test position at Pavlograd
SMTF has the only known water-cooled diffuser
system in the Soviet Union. At least two motor
static test programs have been in progress at the
facility since early 1983. Table 4 in the Appendix
describes test-related activity since May 1982. One
program involves an upper-stage motor, and the
second, a possible first-stage motor, The upper-
stage motor requires the use of a water-cooled
diffuser to simulate inflight upper-atmospheric
conditions. (S/WN)
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62. Water-cooled diffuser segments arrived
at the test facility during a period of modifications
to the horizontal test area in late 1981. A control
building, two reservoirs, new monitoring stations,
and a railed diffuser storage area were constructed
to accommodate this new upper-stage motor test
program. Although the diffuser segments were
seen assembled in the test cell area in November
1981 and January 1982 (probably for checkout
and/or training), operational use of the diffuser
probably did not occur until September 1983.
(S/W N)
63. Test preparations and posttest activity,
involving a possible first-stage motor,
meters (without a nozzle), were observed during
February and March 1983. (S/WN)
64. A canvas-covered motor was at the thrust
block and the water-cooled diffuser segments
were being assembled on Fig-
ures 17 and 18). The motor, including the nozzle,
was approximately in
diameter. The diameter of the nozzle was approxi-
mately DA thrust cone was positioned
between the motor and the thrust block. The
distances between cradle support uprights suggest
that the motor case is at least Olong.
Motors on cradles with similar support distances
were observed in January, May (Figure 19), and
July 1984. In each case, the water-cooled diffuser
was positioned in the test cell, and the motor had
a diameter of approximately The
nozzle area was covered by the diffuser and/or
adapter segment. (S/WN)
65. On the segments for a new
small diffuser were seen in open storage next to
the LAD test area hardstand. The open storage has
accommodated a number of test support articles
used for the horizontal and LAD test programs. On
the assembled, new, small diffuser
segments I had been moved to
the diffuser storage area near the horizontal test
position. It is not known at this time whether the
diffuser segments could be used as an extension to
the large water-cooled diffuser segments and/or
for a new upper-stage motor static test program.
(S/W N)
66. The motor test activity observed at Pavlo-
grad may or may not be for the same missile
system. Pavlograd has historically been involved in
more than one static or LAD test program during
the same periods for major SRF liquid- and solid-
propellant systems. Static testing of solid-pro-
pellant motors for a naval ballistic missile and/or
its follow-on could also be indicated by this
activity. (S/WN)
67. The developmental testing of LADs for
missiles designed for the Utkin design bureau
takes place in the LAD test area of Pavlograd
SMTF. 11,12 LADs for both the SS-17 and SS-18
ICBMs were tested in the test area. Activity in the
test area during 1983 was possibly associated with
the SS-18 follow-on or SS-X-24 follow-on ICBMs or
even a yet to be identified missile system. A new
diffuser for the horizontal test position was deliv-
ered to the LAD test area in April 1984. F
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68. From February to July 1983, probable
refurbishment/modification for a new LAD test
program was in progress on the LAD test position.
After an approximately one year hiatus, this refur-
bishment was a resumption in activity at the
position. LAD testing was under wa at the
position by early August 1983. On the
LAD test position was fully assembled and readied
for a test. When next seen on the test
position was partially dismantled (extension poles
and dome-topped section removed), an indication
that a test had probably been conducted. Prepara-
tions for another LAD test were observed on
Either test apparatus, a possible LAD, or a
shipping container,
in diameter, was on the test apron. (In compari-
son, the SS-18 s stem uses the largest known LAD
which is in
diameter.) At least one additional LAD test had
been conducted at the test position by
Since that time, the test position has
remained dismantled, indicating that the LAD test
program is complete. (S/WN)
69. In possibly related activity, a can/cap
train loaded with SS-18 MOD-4 canister compo-
nents arrived at the nearby Pavlograd Solid Motor
Assembly and Test Support Facility (SMA&TSF) in
early August 1983. This was the first sighting of a
loaded can/cap train at this facility since August
1980. The arrival of this train during the resump-
tion of LAD testing suggests that the test program
was possibly associated with an SS-18-sized missile
system; however, other new missiles under devel-
opment by the Utkin design bureau 11,12 such as
the SS-X-24 follow-on must also be considered.
70. On segments for a new
small diffuser to be used at the horizontal test
position were seen in open storage adjacent to the
LAD test area hardstand. The open storage area
has accommodated a number of test support
articles used for the horizontal and LAD test
programs. By the diffuser segments
had been assembled and moved to the horizontal
test position. (S/WN)
Final Assembly
Pavlograd Solid Motor Assembly and Test Support
Facility
71. The Pavlograd Solid Motor Assembly and
Test Support Facility (Figure 20) has been involved
with the final assembly of the SS-13 and is
currently the final assembly facility for the SS-X-
24.11 The facility also supports test activities at the
nearby solid motor test facility. An extensive
expansion program (in two or three phases),
probably for final assembly facilities for a new
missile system(s), was in progress. Recent fence
realignments indicate that the overall new con-
struction will approximately double the usable
area of the facility. Additionally, an increase in
can/cap and other missile railcar activity was
72. The first expansion program, in progress
since 1977, was in support of the SS-X-24 program
and was complete in late 1982. A second expan-
sion program, probably for an SS-X-24 follow-on
or a new missile system, has been in progress since
early 1983. Construction was continuing on two
new probable assembly buildings, and ground
preparations were started on two additional possi-
ble assembly buildings in the summer of 1983. An
addition to an existing assembly building was in an
early stage of construction. Two railspurs have
been under construction since mid-1983, and
construction was started on a new rail shed
(approximately 350 meters long) in September
1984. When complete, the rail shed will reduce the
monitoring rail traffic at the facility. (S/WN)
73. Construction of a possible third expan-
sion area was started along the northeastern
boundaries of the facility. This new area consists of
construction for a new concrete road, two proba-
ble rail spurs, and excavations for two large
possible assembly buildings. The current construc-
tion and the orientation of the excavations suggest
that the possible buildings will be revetted and rail
served. (S/WN)
74. Railcar traffic in the facility has increased
since early 1984. Significantly, two can/cap trains,
each loaded with SS-18 canister components, were
underneath the rail shed on In this
same facility, an unusual number of 24-meter
railcars were moved in and about during the latter
part of September. This activity may have been
related to the expansion of the area. (S/WN)
Votkinsk Missile Final Assembly and Checkout
Facility
75. Votkinsk Missile Final Assembly and
Checkout Facility (Figure 21) continues to serve as
the final assembly and checkout facility for Nadi-
radze-designed, solid-propellant missile systems
for the SRF.5 The final assembly of prototype, flight
test, and series-produced missile systems is per-
formed at this facility. The facility consists of four
major functional areas-multi system receiv-
ing/checkout and prototype assembly, SS-16 series
production, SS-20 series production, and SS-X-25
preseries production.5 A normal level of rail traffic
continued to be observed, and a construction of a
new rail shed was started during the period.
76. Rail traffic in the facility has been ob-
served in the multisystem receiving/checkout and
prototype assembly areas, the SS-20 series pro-
duction area, and the SS-X-25 series-production
area of the facility. Most of the missile railcar
activity was observed on the rail line to the
assembly building in the SS-20 series-production
area. No rail traffic in the SS-16 series production
area and no evidence of renovation for accommo-
dating the final assembly of a new missile system
were observed.
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77, Ground preparations and foundations for
a possible rail shed were begun in January 1984.
However, no rail right-of-way or aboveground
construction of the rail shed has been started.
Upgrading of the steamplant and power substation
continued. (S/WN)
Dnepropetrovsk Missile and Space Development
Center
18. Dnepropetrovsk Missile and Space De
velopment Center (Figure 22) is a production plant
for Utkin-designed strategic missile systems and
space launch vehicles. The plant also produces
nonmilitary items such as the Belarus tractor,
Although Utkin is also involved in solid-propellant
systems, at Dnepropetrovsk liquid-propellant asso-
ciated-items seem to prevail. The Utkin design
bureau is collocated with Plant 186 in the cen-
ter.> 11 During the reporting period, an increase
in can/cap trains was observed at the center, and
the large scale construction project continued in
Plant 186.
79. An increase was observed in the number
of SS-18 can/cap trains and components in the
missile/space launch vehicle shipping area (Table
5, Appendix). An increase of trains and compo-
nents have also been observed at Safonovo Plastics
Plant, where transport launch components and
launch control capsules are produced. Other
known missile and space launch systems produced
at Dnepropetrovsk can be accommodated in 24-
meter railcars and are not readily accountable.
(S/v N)
80. The large scale construction project in
the design bureau area at Plant 186 continued
during this reporting period. A large fabrication
building and additions to the prototype pro-
duction area were in mid-to-late stages of con-
struction. The fabrication building is externally
complete and may be ready to support the SS-18
follow on. Additionally, materials have been
shipped into an open storage area. The other new
construction in the design bureau area may be for
the SL-Y. (S /V N)
81. The concealment structure over the mis-
sile/space launch vehicle shipping area has not
been completed. (S/V N')
Zlatoust Armament Plant 66
82. Zlatoust Armament Plant 66 (Figure 23) is
invoked in the production of several liquid-
propellant SLBMs such as the SS-N-6, SS-N-8, the
SS-N-18, and probably the SS-NX-23. It is associ-
ated with Zlatoust RFTF and the SLBM Assembly
Facilities. The facility is divided into Plant A and
Plant B. Construction in plant B has been minimal
since 1981, whereas, approximately 24,000 square
meters of fabrication/assembly floorspace has
been constructed at plant A.
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meters) fabrication/assembly building (Figure 23)
in the southeast corner of plant A was started in
February 1981. This building is externally complete
but not yet operational, In November 1981, con-
struction was started on a larger (18,200 square
meters) fabrication/assembly building (building 8)
in an area between plant A and plant B. This
building was in the midstage of construction. If the
Soviets chose to have dual production facilities for
the SS-NX-23, as they have for several deployed
liquid propellant SLBM systems, this new assembly
floorspace may be used. The larger fabrication/as-
sembly building, however, will probably not be-
come operational until at least early 1986. (S/WN)
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84, Zlatoust SLBM Assembly Facility (Figure
24) is the final assembly facility for SS-N-20 mis-
siles, The final assembly of the SS-N-20 follow-on
missiles will probably also take place at the facility.
Vehicle and rail traffic has increased at the facility
since early 1982, and construction, possibly associ-
ated with the SS-N-20 follow-on, was under way
throughout the facility. (S/WN)
85. Since 1982, rail traffic and personnel have
increased in the assembly facility. SS-N-20-associ-
ated 19-meter-long railcars were seen periodically
at the two rail-served final assembly buildings.
However, the activity still appears to be less than
expected for a facility involved in series prod-
uction of a deployed missile system. Series prod-
uction of the SS-N-20 probably began in late 1982
or early 1983, as indicated by activities observed in
the motor series production facility at Biysk and
heightened railcar activity observed at the final
assembly facility. (S/WN)
86. Construction was under way on several
new buildings and additions to existing buildings
in the facility. Construction continued at a slow
pace on two partially constructed assembly build-
ings and a section of the service bay. An unidenti-
fied building was in an early stage of construction
in the northwest corner of the facility. Addition-
ally, tree clearing and ground preparations for
another unidentified structure were begun east of
the final assembly building. (S/WN)
Krasnoyarsk Guided Missile and Arms Plant
Voroshilov 4
87. Krasnoyarsk Guided Missile and Arms
Plant Voroshilov 4 (Figure 25) produces liquid-
propellant SLBMs and probably will be the series
production plant for the SS-NX-23,47 A major
construction project probably in support of the
probable SS-NX-23 roduction continues. C
88. When complete, the major construction
project in the plant will add some 38,200 square
meters of fabrication/assembly floorspace, and
approximately 3,500 square meters of administra-
tion/engineering floorspace were under construc
tion at the plant. The construction includes three
new fabrication buildings. The largest of three new
buildings, under construction since 1977, is exter-
nally complete but not operational. The other two
fabrication/assembly buildings were still in the
midstage of construction and will not be complete
until at least mid-1985, (S/WN)
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Appendix
Table 1.
Reporting Period For Installations
Biysk Solid Motor
Production Plant II
Biysk Solid Motor Test Area II
Dnepropetrovsk Missile
Development Production
Center
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy
Solid Motor Production
Plant
Krasnoyarsk Guided Missile
and Arms Plant Voroshilov 4
Krasnoyarsk Rocket Engine
Test Facility
Pavlograd Ordnance Research
and Development Facility
Pavlograd Solid Motor
Assembly and Test
Support Facility
Pavlograd Solid Motor
Production Plant
Pavlograd Solid Motor
Test Facility
Safonovo Plastics and Guided
Missile Component Plant
Voronezh Rocket Engine
Test Facility
Votkinsk Missile Final Assembly
and Checkout Facility
Zlatoust Rocket Engine
Test Facility
Zlatoust SLBM
Assembly Facility
Information
Cutoff Date
of Previous
Report
Date of Latest
Imagery Used
In Present
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Table 2.
Presence of Missile-Associated Railcars and Crates at
Safonovo (Feb 1983-Aug 1984)
Can/Cap* MRC** Remarks
1
4
1
3
1
1
4
2
3
0
3
0
2
0
2/3
0
1
2
3
3 poss
0
3
0
3
0
3
4
3
3
1
3
1
4
1
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1 chamfer-roofed crate
2 chamfer-roofed crates, 3 first-
stage crates
1 chamfer-roofed crate
1 chamfer-roofed crate
2 chamfer-roofed crates
2 chamfer-roofed crates
1 chamfer-roofed crate
can/cap canister/capsule train
'MRC 24-meter-long missile railcar
Table 3.
Motor Test-Related Activity at Biysk Solid Motor Test Area 11 (May 1982-Sep 1984)
1982
Environmental shelter at thrust block
10-meter crate on transporter east of test position
Probable test apparatus aligned with thrust block
Environmental shelter away from thrust block
Fire as a result of test failure; large scorch
mark, environmental shelter moved to entrance
of revetment
Environmental shelter over thrust block; 10-meter
crate not present, mobile crane outside revetment
10-meter crate on transporter near entrance to the
10-meter crate still on transporter near entrance to
the test area, environmental shelter still over thrust
block; mobile crane outside revetment
Environment shelter over thrust block and mobile crane
outside of the revetment
Environmental shelter removed from the thrust block,
small object up against the thrust block; mobile
crane in the revetment
Environmental cover against the thrust block, mobile
crane in the revetment, 10-meter crate on a
transporter on the access road to the test position
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Environmental shelter against thrust block, mobile crane
in the revetment; the 10-meter crate not present
Environmental shelter removed from the thrust block.
shelter and crane still in revetment
Environmental shelter still over thrust block, mobile
crane outside the revetment
Environmental shelter against thrust block, mobile crane
in revetted area, 10-meter crate on transporter on
access road to the test position
Cylindrical object near the edge of the apron,
object in diameter with a length of
meters--4-meter body and conical point,
environmental shelter in the revetment in the
storage position
Environmental shelter at the thrust block; mobile crane
in the test area
Environmental shelter against the thrust block, mobile
crane within the revetment
Environmental shelter has been removed from the thrust
block; mobile crane outside the revetment
Environmental shelter against the thrust block, mobile
crane in revetted area. 10-meter crate on
transporter on the access road, large burn mark
also observed
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Environmental shelter at entrance to the test cell, mobile
crane in revetted test position, probable motor
with dimensions of
motoritest fixture
Environmental shelter against the thrust block, mobile
crane in the revetment, probable motor and probable
motor/test fixture still at the entrance to the revetment
Environmental shelter near entrance to the revetment.
probable motor and probable motor/test fixture also
near entrance to revetment, small enviromental cover
over thrust block
Environmental shelter near the entrance to the test
position. 10 meter crate on the transporter on the
access road
Mobile crane moved to the entrance of the test position
Environmental shelter against the thrust block, mobile
crane working over environmental shelter
Environmental shelter against thrust block, mobile crane
working over environmental shelter
Environmental shelter off to the side of the revetment:
mobile crane working over thrust block
Environmental shelter off to the side of the revetment,
mobile crane parked next to thrust block
Environmental shelter over thrust block, mobile crane
in revetment
Environmental shelter against thrust block, 10-meter
crate on a lowboy transporter on the access
load, mobile crane also in the revetment
Environmental shelter against thrust block; mobile crane
outside of test area
A new diffuser n position near the
thrust block, environmental shelter moved toward
the entrance of the test position. mobile crane working
over the diffuser, no 10-meter crate in the area
The new diffuser outside of the test cell, environmental
shelter outside the horizontal test cell, mobile
crane next to thrust block
Environmental shelter off to side of the test cell,
mobile crane near the entrance to the test cell
Environmental shelter away from thrust block
Environmental shelter against thrust block, mobile crane
next to the shelter, probable diffuser near
the entrance to the test position, paving blocks
being placed on inner wall of test position
Environmental shelter against thrust blocks: large
mobile crane still next to shelter, 10-meter shipping
container on trailer near test position
Environmental shelter removed from the thrust block and
placed at test position entrance, two mobile
cranes in operation over a new environmental shelter
outside the test position
Environmental shelter against thrust block, boom of
large mobile crane extended over environmental
shelter with the cable attached to the shelter,
probable 10 meter crate near entrance to test position
Environmental shelter against thrust block, mobile crane
still within revetment
Table 4.
Test-Related Activity at Pavlograd Solid Motor Test Facility (May 1982-Sep 1984)
Environmental shelter at thrust block, large crane near
environmental shelter
Probable motor at thrust block (dimensions not available),
environmental shelter, large crane, and probable motor
crate'dolly inside test position
Environmental shelter at thrust block, large crane and
probable motor crate/dolly near environmental shelter
Some as~except canvas-covered object under
environmental shelter
Environmental shelter away from thrust block, transporter
not present
Diffuser sections moved to entrance of horizontal
test position
diamet
spaced
apart in test position
both with a
cradles,
in diameter, in boneyard
Environmental shelter at thrust block
Environmental shelter at thrust block
Environmental shelter at thrust block
Environmental shelter at thrust block
Environmental shelter away from thrust block
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Cradles and handling/adapter ring in front of thrust
block Cradles separation center to
center, handling/adapter ring has inner
motor under canvas, length of motor
One diffuser section on rail spur in horizontal test
position, others in the storage area
Environmental shelter at the thrust block
Environmental shelter at the thrust block
Cradles spaced apart, cradle
from the thrust block
Water-cooled diffuser assembled, canvas-covered motor at
thrust block
Environmental shelter at thrust block, water-cooled diffuser
segments in storage area
Environmental shelter offset from thrust block: empty
transporter at the rear of the test position, water-cooled
diffuser segments still in storage area
Environmental shelter at the thrust block, water-cooled
diffuser segments in storage
Environmental shelter offset from thrust block, water-
cooled diffuser segments in storage area, new small
diffuser segments arrived at the LAD test position
Environmental shelter at thrust block: water-cooled
diffuser in storage area, new small diffuser
segments in LAD test area
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Water-cooled diffuser fully assembled; a probable
motor in length (cradle to cradle)
and in diameter, at thrust block; empty
transporter at the rear of test position; new small
diffuser segments in LAD test area
New small diffuser. 10 meters in length by 2 meters
in diameter, assembled in the diffuser storage
area, environmental shelter offset to the side of
the test position
A large mobile crane working over the environmental
shelter, transporter parked in the opposite end of
the test cell; water-cooled diffuser segments
and new small diffuser still in diffuser storage area
Water cooled diffuser fully assembled and a
probable motor between the thrust block and diffuser;
hoses associated with water-cooled diffuser also
present, motor appeared to be similar in size
to the motor present on = new small diffuser
in storage area
Environmental shelter offset from thrust block; an empty
transporter at the rear of the test position; water-
cooled diffuser segments and new small diffuser
still in storage area
Enviromental shelter at the thrust block; water-cooled
diffuser segments and newsmall diffuser in storage
The environmental shelter removed from the test position
since two mobile cranes at the test position,
water-cooled diffuser segments and new small diffuser
still in storage area
Two mobile cranes on a hardstand in front of a
support building. water-cooled diffuser segments and a
new small diffuser still in storage area
Environmental shelter offset from thrust block, water-
cooled diffuser segments and new small diffuser in
storage area
Environmental shelter at the thrust block, water-cooled
diffuser segments and new small diffuser in storage area
Table 5.
SS-18-Associated Components on Canister/Capsule
Trains at Dnepropetrovsk Missile Development
Production Center (Aug 82-Sep 84)
Lower Canister
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IMAGERY
All relevant imagery acquired through was used in the preparation of this report. (S/WN)
MAPS OR CHARTS
DMA. US Air Target Chart, Series 200: Sheets 0155-20, 0161-21, 0164-07, 0167-07, and 0234-03, -07, -21, -22, and
-24. Scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
DOCUMENTS
A list of documents 1 through 13 will be furnished upon request. (S)
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