POSSIBLE NEW NAVAL CRUISE MISSILE TEST PROGRAM NENOKSA, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 25, 1982
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POSSIBLE NEW NAVAL CRUISE MISSILE TEST PROGRAM
(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE NEW CRUISE MISSILE TEST
PROGRAM MAY BOUND tWAY AT NENOKSA.
(S/D) REMARKS: A CRANE WAS POSITIONED OVER LAUNCHER A3 AT 25X1
NENOKSA. SOME OF THE PANELS COVERING THE CABLE TRENCH TO THE CONTROL BUNKER
WERE MISSING. THE LAUNCH TUBE WAS REMOVED FROM THE LAUNCHER 25X1
LAUNCHER A3 WAS PREVIOUSLY USED DURING THE SS-N-12 TEST . 25X1
ACTIVITY AT THE LAUNCHER ESSENTIALLY CEASED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PROGRAM
IN MAY 1974. THE LAUNCHER REMAINED INACTIVE UNTIL JUNE 1981 WHEN THE LOADING
TRAY WAS REMOVED FROM THE RAMP AT THE REAR OF THE LAUNCHER. THE LOADING TRAY
AND THE LAUNCHER TUBE REMAINED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE LAUNCHER SINCE REMOVAL,
SUGGESTING THAT THEY WILL BE REINSTALLED AFTER MODIFICATION TO THE LAUNCHER IS
COMPLETE. RENOVATION OF THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING, WHICH WAS USED IN THE
SS-N-19 PROGRAM, BEGAN IN FEBRUARY 1982. THIS TO
THE POSSIBLE NEW CRUISE MISSILE TEST PROGRAM. 25X1
3. (S) I COORDINATES 64-38-40N 039-11-47E
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