IDENTIFICATION OF PROBABLE CSS-3 ROLLOUT, ERECT-TO-LAUNCH SITE LUSHI PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH SITE 3, CHINA (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100130006-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 14, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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SELNE I
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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NPIC/IEG (10/82)
Copy 14 OC'1'OB. R 1982
IDENTIFICATION OF PROBABLE CSS-3 ROLLOUT,
ERECT-TO-LAUNCH SITE
LUSHI PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH
SITE 3, CHINA
(SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: IMAGERY OF LUSHI SSM-RELATED
CONSTRUCTION 1 REVEALED ADDITIONAL CAVES AND CAMOUFLAGE
ACTIVITY, INDICATING THAT IT IS PROBABLY A CSS-3 ICBM, ROLLOUT,
ERECT-TO-LAUNCH SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: EVFALED THAT LUST-lI SSM 25X1
RELATED CONSTRUCTION 1 HAS SUFFICIENT CSS-3 LAUNCH SITE
FEATURES TO BE REDESIGNATED LUSHI PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH SITE 3.
WHEN FIRST IDENTIFIED IN JUNE 1982, THE INTERPRETABILITY OF
IMAGERY AND THE EARLY PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION PRELUDED DETAILED
ANALYSIS. AT THAT TIME, THE FACILITY APPARENTLY CONSISTED OF
AT LEAST TWO CAVES AND A LARGE CONSTRUCTION WORKER'S HOUSING
AND SUPPORT CAMP, 700 METERS NORTHWEST OF THE CONSTRUCTION
SITE. CAMOUFLAGE ACTIVITY, ONE 25X1
LARGER, CENTRALLY LOCATED CAVE, AND A FOURTH POSSIBLE
NET-COVERED CAVE WERE NEWLY OBSERVED. WITH THE ADDITIONAL
CAVES IDENTIFIED, THIS FACILITY IS NOW SIMILAR TO OTHER CSS-3
SSM LAUNCH SITES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 33-55-54N 111-02-09E 25X1
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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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