ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER DISMANTLEMENT OSTROV MRBM LAUNCH SITE 3, USSR

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1982
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ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER DISMANTLEMENT
USSR
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DOLINA
Volgograd
(StoIingrod)
? ?Kapustin Yar
KROLEVETS
Dnepropetrovsk
MR/IRBM DEACTIVATION SINCE JAN 81
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ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER DISMANTLEMENT
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: DISMANTLEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
SHELTERS B RECURSOR TO DEACTIVATION OF THIS SITE.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE A-FRAME ENVIRONMENTAL COVERS ARE BEING
RAZED T ALL FOUR OF THE SS-4 MRB L TROY MRBM
LAUNCH SITE 3 (GRAPHIC 1 OF 2). THE 25X1
SHEETING MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED AND ONLY THE FRAMEWORK
REMAINS OVER EACH SILO DOOR. THREE CANVAS-COVERED SS-4 MRBM
MISSILE TRANSPORTERS, ONE PROBABLE DISASSEMBLED SS-4 MRBM
TRANSPORTER, AND ONE SS-4 MRBM OXIDIZER TRANSPORTER ARE IN THE
LAUNCH AREA.
(S/D) THE RELATION OF SHELTER DISMANTLEMENT TO LAUNCH SITE
DEACTIVATION IS UNKNOWN; HOWEVER, THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SEEN
AT MR/IRBM LAUNCH SITES PRIOR TO DEACTIVATION. POSITIVE
CONFIRMATION OF MR/IRBM (SS-4/5) LAUNCH SITE DEACTIVATION IS
USUALLY CONTINGENT UPON OBVIOUS SIGNS OF ABANDONMENT OR
DISREPAIR, SUCH AS THE REMOVAL OF PAVING BLOCKS FROM THE LAUNCH
APRON, REMOVAL OF SECURITY FENCING FROM THE LAUNCH SITE, OR THE
RAZING OF SECURITY AND SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
(S/D) THE CURRENT ESTIMATE OF MR/IRBM LAUNCH SITES IS 268 SS-4
MRBM LAUNCHERS AND 25 SS-5 IRBM LAUNCHERS. SINCE JANUARY 1981,
MR/IRBM LAUNCH SITE DEACTIVIATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT TORVA,
LUTSK, KIVERTSY, KROLEVETS, DOLINA, VSELYUB, AND MAYKOP
(GRAPHIC 2 OF 2).
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