POSSIBLE CCS-4 ICBM SILO UNDER CONSTRUCTION JINGXIAN PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH SITE, CHINA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100110007-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 29, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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POSSIBLE CSS-4 ICBM SILO UNDER CONSTRUCTION
JINGXIAN PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH SITE, CHINA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS
OBSERVED ON THE P SSIBLE CSS-4 ICBM SILO AT JINGXIAN.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: SECTIONS OF A POSSIBLE HEADWORKS WALL ARE
OBSERVED BENEATH CAMOUFLAGE NETTING WHICH IS SUSPENDED OVER THE
CIRCULAR EXCAVATION. THE WALL WAS NOT OBSERVED WHEN THE SITE
WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED THE INNER DIAMETER OF
THE HEADWORKS WALL WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 20 METERS WHEN
COMPLETED, AND THE OUTER DIAMETER WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 22
METERS. THE DIMENSIONS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH CSS-4 ICBM SILOS IN
THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT IS HEAVILY CAMOUFLAGED WITH NETTING THAT EXTENDS OVER
THE EXCAVATION AS WELL AS SUPPORT AREAS SURROUNDING THE SITE.
(SWN) THE PROBABLE LAUNCH SITE, 5.9 NM SOUTHWEST OF JINGXIAN,
IS ONE OF THREE NEW AREAS OF SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE-RELATED
CONSTRUCTION RECENTLY IDENTIFIED IN THE TONGDAO MSL LAUNCH
COMPLEX, SSM
3.I (COORDINATES 26-29-OON 109-38-40E
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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