SLBM ACTIVITY CHINA

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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 31, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to Z-10508/82
NPIC/PEG (3/82)
2 PART GRAPHIC
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
OF CHINA'S SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE (SLBM) SYSTEM
IS OBSERVED AT TWO MAJOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES.
MISSILE CHECKOUT ACTIVITY IS IN PROGRESS AT WUZHAI SSM SUPPORT
FACILITY AND TEST-RELATED ACTIVITY IS UNDERWAY 25X1
AT HSIAO-PING-TAO SLBM SUPPORT FACILITY 25X1
L. (S/D) REMARKS: AT THE WUZHAI SSM SUPPORT FACILITY
(GRAPHIC 1 OF 2), PREPARATIONS FOR THE FOURTH FLIGHT TEST OF
THE WU-1 SLBM ARE IN PROGRESS. A WU-1 SLBM MISSILE CANISTER ON
A DOLLY IS ON THE APRON IN FRONT OF AN ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT
BUILDING IN THE CSS-2 MRBM CHECKOUT AREA. CANISTER END-CAPS
ARE ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE CANISTER. A WU-1 CANISTER
TRANSPO
RTER AND
A TRUCK-
MOUNTED CRANE ARE NEAR THE DOLLY.
THIS
ACTIVI
TY SUGGES
TS THAT T
HE WU-1 MISSILE CHECKOUT PROCESS,
UNDERWA
Y SINCE
1 MARCH 1
982, MAY BE ENTERING ITS FINAL PH
ASES
AND TH
AT THE MI
SSILE MAY
BE MOVED TO THE WUZHA
R&D/TR
AINING LA
UNCH TEST
SITE Al/A2/A3
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AL OF LAU
VIDENCE
NCH PROCE
THAT A WU
DURES.
-1 MISSILE HAD BEEN DELIVERED
WUZHAI
MISSILE
TEST COMP
LEX
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OBSERV
ED AT WUZ
HAI SUPPO
RT ARF.A - WHEN
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WU-1 THREE-RAILCAR TRAIN WAS ON A RAIL SIDING. PREVIOUS WU-1
LAUNCH CYCLES HAVE VARIED FROM 30 TO 63 DAYS AFTER ARRIVAL OF
THE MISSILE AT THE COMPLEX. IN ADDITION, ELECTRONICS/TRACKING
ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPCOMING WU-1 SLBM LAUNCH HAS BEEN
OBSERVED AT YINCHUAN SSM/SPACE TRACKING FACILITY 1
AND YINCHUAN SSM/SPACE TRACKING FACILITY 2 25X1
FIRE CAN RADAR VANS AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONICS
SUPPORT VEHICLES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT BOTH FACILITIES.
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(S/D) AT HSIAO-PING-TAO SLBM SUPPORT FACILITY (GRAPHIC 2 OF 2),
TEST-RELATED ACTIVITY IS UNDERWAY. ONE POSSIBLE WU-1
AIRFRAME/MOCKUP, ONE UNIDENTIFIED CYLINDER, ONE WU-1 CANISTER
TRANSPORTER, ONE PROBABLE ELECTRONICS VAN, AND THREE BUSES ARE
NEAR THE MAIN CHECKOUT BUILDING. THE AIRFRAME/MOCKUP IS
3.I I COORDINATES 38-48-28N 111-36-58E
THAN A WU-1 CANISTER AND SMALLER THAN THE LAUNCH TUBE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE WU-1.
(S/D) IN POSSIBLY RELATED ACTIVITY, ONE T-43 EXPERIMENTAL
AUXILIARY (AGE) AND ONE YANXI AGE HAVE RELOCATED FROM HULADAO
NAVAL BASE SHIPYARD AND PORT FACILITY TO LUSHUN 25X1
NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 25X1
THE VESSELS FUNCTION AS MISSILE RANGE INSTRUMENTATION SHIPS.
COORDINATES 38-52-40N 121-29-30E
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