BALAKLAVA-01 PROBABLE CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHER SPLIT NAVAL BASE LUKA LORA, YUGOSLAVIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: March 8, 1982
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NPIC/IEG 3/82
8 MAR 82
BALAKLAVA-01 PROBABLE CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHER
SPLIT NAVAL YUGOSLAVIA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE BALAKLAVA-01 VEHICLE (NPIC
TEMPORARY DESIGNATOR) HAS BEEN NEWLY IDENTIFIED AS A
PROBABLE CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHER AND CONFIRMED FOR THE
FIRST TIME OUTSIDE THE USSR. FOUR 25X1
BALAKLAVA-01 VEHICLES WERE OBSERVED AT SPLIT NAVAL BASE
LUKA LORA, YUGOSLAVIA THE 13ALAKLAVA-01 25X1
HAS BEEN AT SPLIT SINCE AT LEAST OCTOBER 1979, AND MAY
HAVE BEEN PRESENT AS EARLY AS JUNE 1979, WHEN TWO LARGE
VEHICLES WERE UNDER CAMOUFLAGE NETTING.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THIS VEHICLE WAS FIRST SEPTEMBER
1977 AT BALAKLAVA MISSILE TEST CENTER
ITS PRESENCE THERE INDICATED MISSILE-ASSOCIATION, BUT ITS
SPECIFIC ROLE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME.
(S/D) THE BASIC VEHICLE FOR THE BALAKLAVA-01 IS THE MAZ-
543SP CHASSIS. AN UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE IS IMMEDIATELY
BEHIND THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT, AND TWO ROTATABLE
PROBABLE MISSILE LAUNCH TUBES OCCUPY THE REAR HALF OF THE
VEHICLE. THESE LAUNCH TUBES ARE OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME
DIMENSIONS AS THE SS-N-2C LAUNCH TUBES ON THE RADE KONCAR
PTG MOORED NEARBY. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE BALAKLAVA-01 IS
A LAUNCH VEHICLE FOR THE SS-N-ZC.
THE SS-N-ZC IS THE LOW-LEVEL VERSION
OF THE SS-N-2 STYX, WITH A RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 80
KILOMETERS. IT HAS BEEN SEEN ONLY AS A SHIP-LAUNCHED
WEAPON. SOVIET SHIPS KNOWN TO RE EQUIPPED WITH THE SS-N-
ZC INCLUDE THE MOD KASHIN DDG, MOD KILDIN DD, TARANTUL
PGG, OSA-II PTG, AND THE MATKA PTGH. THE SS-N-2C IS ALSO
CARRIED BY THE INDIAN RAJPUT DDG (INDIAN KASHIN), THE
INDIAN NANUCHKA-II PGG, AND THE YUGOSLAVIAN RADE KONCAR
PTG.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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(S/D) ANALYSTS' COMMENT: IF THE BALAKLAVA-01 IS A LAUNCH
VEHICLE FOR THE SS-N-ZC, IT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT IN COASTAL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES. ITS
APPEARANCE IN YUGOSLAVIA, WITHIN A SHORT TIME OF
IDENTIFICATION AT BALAKLAVA, SUGGESTS THAT IT WAS
DEVELOPED BY THE SOVIET UNION AS AN EXPORT ITEM FOR THIRD
WORLD COUNTRIES THAT ALREADY OPERATE THE SHIP-LAUNCHED SS-
N-ZC. IT COULD ALSO BE SUPPLIED TO COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT
NOW HAVE THE SS-N-ZC, BUT COULD OPERATE A RELATIVELY
SIMPLE CRUISE MISSILE. THE MOBILITY OF THE BALAKLAVA-01
WOULD ENABLE SUCH COUNTRIES TO DEFEND COASTAL AREAS
(S) COORDINATES 43-31-34N 016-
COLLATERAL REFERENCE: ]CIA, DST-1210H-
NOVEMBER 1979, SECRET/NOFORN/WNINTEL.
U4V-7V, NAVAL SHIP CHARACTERISTICS - USSR, COMBATANTS (U),
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