SILO/MISSILE SYSTEM CHECKOUT ACTIVITY PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 22, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 15, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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SILO/MISSILE SYSTEM CHECKOUT ACTIVITY
PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 22, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: SILO/MISSILE SYSTEM CHECKOUT ACTIVITY IS
IN PROGRESS. THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE EITHER PRELAUNCH
ASSOCIATED OR ADDITIONAL SILO/MISSILE SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY
TESTING.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: APPROXIMATELY TEN VEHICLES ARE ON THE SILO
APRON NEAR THE CLOSED SILO DOOR. A DOOR POCKET INSERT AND AN
APERTURE COVER, BOTH ON FLATBED TRUCKS, ARE INCLUDED AMONG THE
VEHICLES. THIS SITE WAS LAST SEEN AND NO
ACTIVITY WAS PRESENT.
THE TYPE OF VEHICLES PRESENT AND THEIR POSITIONING ARE SIMILAR
To ACTTVTTY SEEN AT PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 28
BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY 1982 WHICH CULMINATED IN
THE INITIAL LAUNCH OF A NEW SOLID PROPELLANT ICBM FROM
PLESETSK, POSSIBLY FROM SILO 28A, IN OCTOBER 1982.
3.I I COORDINATES 62-53-16N 041-45-30E
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