NEW LARGE HANGAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1982
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26 APRIL 1982
NEW LARGE HANGAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR
1(S/D
)
SIGNIFICANC
E: NEW LARGE
HANGAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION
MAY BE
INTE
NDE
D TO SUPPOR
T RAM P DURING
WEAPONS-INTERGRATION TEST
ING.
2(S/D
)
REMARKS: I
MAGERY
REVEALED
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CONSTRUCTI
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ACTIVITY IS AT
RGE HANGAR AT AKHTUBINSK F
AKHTUBINSK/VLADIMIROVKA A
LIGHT
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NEAR T
HE EASTERN E N D OF THE P
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WAY
. GRADING
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SEVERAL OF
THE EXCAVATIONS AND FORMS
FOR THE
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FOOTINGS HAD,BEEN COMPLETED. SIX EXCAVATIONS IN A SINGLE ROW HAD
,BEEN COMPLETED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION AREA.
FOUR COMPLETED FORMS AND ONE PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED FORM WERE
OBSERVED WITHIN THESE EXCAVATIONS. ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE
CONSTRUCTION AREA, A SINGLE ROW OF FIVE EXCAVATIONS HAD BEEN
,COMPLETED; THREE OF THESE CONTAINED FORMS. EACH FORM HAS
PROVISIONS FOR TWO. STRUCTURAL BEAM SUPPORTS. THE PROVISIONS ARE
APART. THE INNER BEAM SUPPORTS IN THE EAST ROW ARE 59 METERS
FROM THOSE IN THE WEST ROW.
_,(S/D) THE FORMS AT AKHTUBINSK ARE.IDENTICAL IN SIZE,
.1 CONFIGURATION, AND. PLACEMENT TO THE FOOTINGS USED IN THE
.CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGE UNIQUELY CONFIGURED HANGAR IN THE
TUPOLEV AREA OF RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER !25X1
THE HANGAR AT RAMENSKOYE, WHICH HAS TWO-CANTILEVER OUTER BAYS AND
A CENTRAL CLERESTORY SECTION, CURRENTLY SUPPORTS THE RAM P. THE
RAM P IS THE NEW TUPOLEV-DESIGNED STRATEGIC BOMBER BEING FLIGHT
TESTED AT RAMENSKOYE.
3. (S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS.: ONCE THE HANGAR AT AKHTUBINSK IS
COMPLETE, IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF HOUSING ANY LARGE AIRCRAFT BEING
TESTED THERE. HOWEVER, THE HANGAR IS PROBABLY INTENDED TO
SUPPORT THE RAM P WHEN THAT AIRCRAFT REACHES THE WEAPONS
INTEGRATION PHASE IN THE FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM. BASED ON THE
CONSTRUCTION RATE AT RAMENSKOYE, THE NEW
,COULD BE COMPLETE 'BY JUNE 1983. 25X1
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
APART. THE FORMS IN EACH ROW 25X1
COORDINATES: 48-17-32N 046-12-15E
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