POSSIBLE CSS-4 ICBM SILOS UNDER CONSTRUCTION JINGXIAN, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 22, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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POSSIBLE CSS-4 ICBM SILOS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Z-12239/82
NPIC/IEG (12/82)
22 DECEMBER 1982
POSSIBLE CSS-4 ICBM SILOS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
JINGXIAN. CHINA
1. (SVJN) SIGNIFICANCE: TWO NEW POSSIBLE CSS-4 ICBM SILOS AND NEW
SUPPORT FACILITIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED NEAR JINGXIAN IN SOUTH
CENTRAL CHINA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: TWO NEW POSSIBLE CSS-4 ICBM SILOS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED WITHIN 25 KM OF THE CITY OF JINGXIAN AND APPROXIMATELY
40 KM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE TONGDAO MISSILE LAUNCH COMPLEX, SSM
SSIBLE SILO, JINGXIAN PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH
SITE 1 , IS IN A NEWLY IDENTIFIED SSM CONSTRUCTION
AREA. THE SECOND POSSIBLE SILO, JINGXIAN PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH SITE 2
LAUNCH SITE 3. TWO ADDITIONAL NEW AREAS OF CONSTRUCTION
A POSSIBLE
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DRIVE-THROUGH TUNNEL AND AN SSM CONSTRUCTION SITE, ARE IN A STAGE OF
CONSTRUCTION TOO EARLY TO TYPE; HOWEVER, THEY ARE CONSIDERED LIKELY
LOCATIONS FOR NEW CSS-4 SILO CONSTRUCTION.
(SVJN) JINGXIAN PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH SITE 1 (GRAPHIC 2) IS SITUATED IN
THE FLOOR OF A VALLEY 11 KM SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF JINGXIAN. IT
CONSISTS OF A CIRCULAR, POSSIBLE SILO EXCAVATION COVERED BY A LARGE
CAMOUFLAGE NET AND AT LEAST ONE CAVE OBSCURED BY A SMALLER CAMOUFLAGE
NET. A CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HOUSING AND SUPPORT CAMP IS ALONG THE
ACCESS ROAD.
(SWN) JINGXIAN PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH SITE 2 HAD FORMERLY BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS A PROBABLE CSS-3 ROLLOUT LAUNCH SITE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. THIS WAS BASED ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN SSM
CONSTRUCTION AREA WITHIN A KNOWN CSS-3 DEPLOYMENT COMPLEX AND THE
PRESENCE OF EXTENSIVE CAMOUFLAGE NETTING OVER ONE END OF THE VALLEY.
IMAGERY REVEALED THAT A SHELTER, SIMILAR TO THOSE FOUND
AT A CSS-4 SILO NEAR LUONING AND AT A POSSIBLE CSS-4 SILO AT LUSHI,
WAS SUSPENDED ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOOR AND COVERED BY CAMOUFLAGE
NETTING (GRAPHIC 3). IT WAS POSSIBLE TO VIEW A SMALL PORTION OF THE
SURFACE UNDERNEATH ONE EDGE OF THE SHELTER, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF SILO
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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EXCAVATION COULD BE DISCERNED. SUBSEQUENT IMAGERY
REVEALED PORTIONS OF A CIRCULAR CONCRETE STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH ONE
EDGE OF THE SHELTER IN A POSSIBLE SILO EXCAVATION (GRAPHIC 4).
SIMILAR CONCRETE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT OTHER CSS-4 ICBM
SILOS.
(SWN) JINGXIAN POSSIBLE SSM TUNNEL CONSTRUCTIONI IIS 25X1
APPROXIMATELY 8 KM NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF JINGXIAN. IT CONSISTS OF
TWO HEAVILY CAMOUFLAGED AREAS APPROXIMATELY 900 METERS APART
(GRAPHIC S) . LARGE NETS OBSCURE THE EXCAVATIONS AT BOTH AREAS. A
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HOUSING AND SUPPORT CAMP IS BETWEEN THE TWO
CAMOUFLAGED AREAS.
(SWN) JINGXIAN SSM-RELATED CONSTRUCTION 1 IS 15 KM 25X1
NORTH OF THE CITY OF JINGXIAN. IT CONTAINS AT LEAST FIVE CAVES.
EACH CAVE ENTRANCE IS OBSCURED BY CAMOUFLAGE NETS (GRAPHIC 6). A
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HOUSING AND SUPPORT CAMP IS NEAR THE ACCESS ROAD
ENTRANCE.
(SWN) ANALYSTS' COMMENTS: THIS INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM A
PRELIMINARY SEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF THE AVAILABLE IMAGERY. THE
IDENTIFICATION AND PURPOSE OF SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION AREAS IS STILL
UNCLEAR. EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL NEW FACILITIES AND ANALYSIS
OF THE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA IS CONTINUING.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 26-14-30N 109-53-58E
COORDINATES 26-29-OON 109-38-40E
COORDINATES 26-36-20N 109-45-40E
COORDINATES 26-42-SON 109-41-35E
COORDINATES 26-28-52N 109-54-28E
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