SA-10 LAUNCH SITE CONSTRUCTION MOSKVA SAM SITE E24-3, USSR

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CIA-RDP89-00121R000100150002-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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5
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December 28, 2016
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November 9, 2011
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2
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Publication Date: 
January 17, 1982
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REPORT
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 ROUTING TO NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS REMARKS SECRET 5 2 (Security Classification) E (See inside cover) Z-10096/82 CONTROL NO. NPIC/PFG (91/82) COPY OF tavow Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions 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 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW SA-10 LAUNCH SITE IS CONFIRMED IN THE MOSCOW AREA. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE SIXTH SA-10 LAUNCH SITE IN THE MOSCOW AREA IS IDENTIFIED AT MOSKVA SAM SITE E24-3. THE CONSTRUCTION, WHTCIH HAS BEEN ONGOING AT THIS FORMER SA-3 LAUNCH SITE SINCE Attachment to 2-10096/82 NPIC/PEG (1/82) SA-10 LAUNCH SITE CONSTRUCTION MOSKVA SAM SITE E24--3- USSR HAS RESULTED IN A NEW SA-10 LAUNCH SITE CONFIGURATION. THE TWO LAUNCH REVETMENTS ARE WIDER THAN THOSE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AND HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY SEGMENTED BY AN INTERIOR BERM WALL. PROBABLE HARDPOINTS FOR THE POSITIONING OF SA-10 LAUNCHERS ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THE REVETMENTS. SIX IARDPOINTS ARE IN THE SOUTHERN REVETMENT. HEAVY SNOW COVER PRECLUDES DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF MORE THAN THREE HARDPOINTS IN THE NORTHERN REVETMENT. THIS ARRANGEMENT OF HARDPOINTS INDICATES AT LEAST A NINE-LAUNCHER CONFIGURATION AND SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY OF A 12-LAUNCHER CONFIGURATION. (S/D) TWO SUPPORT REVETMENTS, POSSIBLY FOR POSITIONING OF A TRANSPORTABLE ELECTRONICS TOWER OR ASSOCIATED ELECTRONICS, ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NO SA-10-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED WITHIN THE LAUNCH SITE OR IN THE SUPPORT AREA. HOWEVER, THE SA-3 LAUNCH EQUIPMENT, WHICH FORMERLY OCCUPIED THIS LAUNCH SITE, IS DEPLOYED OUTSIDE THE SOUTHWEST PERIMETER OF MOSKVA ABM COMPLEX E24 SITE SUPPORT FACILITY, 900 METERS 25X1 NORTHEAST OF THE NEW SA-10 LAUNCH SITE. (S/D) SIMILARLY CONFIGURED PROBABLE LAYING RE IDENTIFIED AT KALININGRAD SAM SITE C24-3 ON 25X1 AT THAT TIME, THE KALININGRAD REVETMENTS DID 25X1 NUT HAVE JAL BERM WALLS OR LAUNCHER HARDPOINTS. 3.I I COORDINATES 55-20-57N 036-27-24E COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER. These notes have been pupamct to, briefing purposes only Ind Should not he used for dli i led ana ~r,rl wr)~ k TI r u5e Should 1)e lest- (11 (1 to the nartitu'I' hriefn01 hox d( s) dos e prepared for rn(1 0 rust hr rrrn5 (1' 1 v,rlid orals to' thr rehor t~nq Irri Si o15 n(1i(.r trd hs the dutr~ of issue EARNING NOTICE I Intelligence Sorro es tnd Methods Involved SFCRFT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11/09: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11109: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/11109: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000100150002-4