EXPLOSIVE DEVICE TEST PREPARATIONS SARY-SHAGAN R&D COMPLEX, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 3, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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EXPLOSIVE DEVICE TEST PREPARATIONS
SARY-SHAGAN R&D COMPLEX, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: EXPLOSIVE DEVICE TEST PREPARATIONS ARE
CONTINUING AT SARY-SHAGAN R&D COMPLEX.
2., (SWN) REMARKS: A LINEAR-TYPE EXPLOSIVES TEST SUPPORT RACK,
HAS BEEN ERECTED ON THE NEW WEST PAD 25X1
E CRANE IS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH 25X1
SIDE OF THE SUPPORT RACK WITH THE BOOM EXTENDED PARALLEL TO THE
RACK. FOUR CRATES (NOT ON GRAPHIC), SIMILAR TO THOSE
IDENTIFIED DURING TEST PREPARATIONS FOR THE DECEMBER 1981 AND
MARCH 1982 TESTS, ARE NEARBY. NO EXPLOSIVES TEST DEVICE IS ON
THE RACK, AND NO ADDITIONAL TEST APPARATUS IS PRESENT.
PREPARATIONS FOR AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE TEST HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY
(SWN) THE PREVIOUS EXPLOSIVES TEST AT FACILITY B OCCURRED
AND WAS CONDUCTED ON THE WEST END OF 25X1
THE WALKWAY LEADING FROM THE APEX BUILDING. THIS WILL BE THE
INITIAL TEST CONDUCTED FROM THE NEW WEST TEST PAD AND WILL ALSO
BE THE FIRST TO USE THE LINEAR-TYPE TEST SUPPORT RACK SINCE
AUGUST 1981. EXPLOSIVE DEVICE TESTING PROBABLY REPRESENTS
SUBSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS
PROGRAM THOUGHT TO BE UNDERWAY AT THIS FACILITY. THIS WILL BE
THE SIXTH TEST IN 1982.
COORDINATES 45-52-OON 073-31-OOE
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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