XIA SSBN HULUDAO NAVAL BASE SHIPYARD AND PORT FACILITY, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100020005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 22, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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XIA SSBN
HULUDAO NAVAL BASE SHIPYARD AND PORT FACILITY, CHINA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR PROBABLE REACTOR STARTUP
014 THE XIA NUCLEAR-POWERED BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE (SSBN)
ARE UNDERWAY.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE CAISSON GATE OF THE 25X1
FITTING-OUT DOCK HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE FOUR-TANK NUCLEAR
SUBMARINE SUPPORT BARGE HAS BEEN MOVED INTO THE DOCK AND IS
ALONGSIDE THE XIA SSBN. THE FOUR-TANK SUPPORT BARGE WAS USED
IN THE PAST WITH THE SECOND HAN NUCLEAR-POWERED ATTACK
SUBMARINE (SSN) DURING THE REACTOR STARTUP.
(SWN) ACTIVITY AT THE MISSILE TEST SUPPORT FACILITY (NOT ON
GRAPHIC) INCLUDES THE RETURN OF THE 25X1
JIANGDONG GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE (FFG) UNIT 1 AND THE APPARENT
INSTALLATION OF AT LEAST THREE EXOCET LAUNCHERS ON THE MODIFIED
HOUKU MISSILE ATTACK BOAT (PTG). THIS JIANGDONG FFG IS THE
TEST PLATFORM FOR THE CSA-NX-1 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE. THE
SHIP HAD DEPARTED PORT BETWEEN 2ryl
NO INDICATIONS OF MISSILE LAUNCH ACTIVITY
CAN BE DISCERNED. AT LEAST THREE EXOCET LAUNCHERS HAVE BEEN
INSTALLED ON THE MODIFIED HOUKU PTG, AND THE SHIP HAS MOVED
FROM THE QUAY AND IS MOORED WITH THE STANDARD HOUKU PTG. THREE
AND POSSIRT.Y FOUR EXOCET LAUNCHERS HAD BEEN REMOVED BY
INDICATING THAT RECENT MISSILE FIRINGS HAD 25X1
COORDINATES 40-43-16N 120-59-26E
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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