POSTLAUNCH ACTIVITY TYURATAM ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE S10, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 24, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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POSTLAUNCH ACTIVITY
TYURATAM ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE S10, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: POSTLAUNCH ACTIVITY FROM A RECENTLY
LAUNCHED SS-1 CONTINUES AT TYURATAM.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A SPENT SS-19 MISSILE CANISTER HAS BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE SILO AT S10 AFTER A RECENT LAUNCH ATTEMPT FAILED. THE
SPENT CANISTER IS ON A SILO LOADER AND IS BACKED UP TO A
CANVAS-COVERED MISSILE TRANSPORTER. THE SPENT CANISTER DOES
NOT APPEAR TO BE EXTERNALLY DAMAGED BEYOND THE NORMAL SCORCHING
THAT RESULTS FROM A LAUNCH. A LARGE TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE,
NORMALLY NOT SEEN AT A SILO, HAS THE BOOM EXTENDED OVER THE
OPEN SILO AND MAY BE REMOVING DAIvIAGED PARTS. THREE POSSIBLE
DAMAGED PARTS AND THE EXHAUST DEFLECTOR RING ARE NEAR THE OPEN
SILO.
(SWN) A BLAST MARK WAS AROUND THE OPEN 25X1
SILO, AND A MAZ-543 UPPER CANISTER TRANSPORTER AND A
TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE WERE PARKED AT THE SILO. AN IMPACT CRATER
AND BUKN AREA WAS NEAR TEST SITE G1 A/B.
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