SSM RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSSHIPMENT POINT IDENTIFIED BAOJI SSM RTP, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 16, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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16 JULY 1982
SSM RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSSHIPMENT POINT IDENTIFIED
BAOJI SSM RTP. CHINA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN SSM RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSSHIPMENT
POINT (RTP) HAS BEEN NEWLY IDENTIFIED 9 KM EAST OF BAOJI IN
CENTRAL CHINA. THE BAOJI SSM RTP POSSIBLY SERVES THE
TAIBAI STRATEGIC STORAGE FACILITY A 25X1
SUSPECTED MISSILE STO~ FACILITY. 25X1
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE BAOJI RTP CONTAINS A HIGH-BAY
TRANSLOADING BUILDING SIMILAR IN SIZE AND CONFIGURATION TO
ONES CONSTRUCTED AT THE LUOYANG SSM RTP AND 25X1
AT THE FENGZHOU GUIDED MISSILE ENGINE PLANT L~DA"I
THIS SPECIALIZED BUILDING IS USED TO 25X1
TRANSLOAD MISSILES AND OTHER ITEMS OF GROUND SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT (GSE) TO AND FROM RAILCARS AND ROAD VEHICLES.
THE BAOJI TRANSLOADING BUILDING HAS A RAIL AND ROAD
ENTRANCE AT BOTH ENDS OF THE BUILDING. IT PROBABLY
CONTAINS AN OVERHEAD TRAVELING CRANE TO ASSIST IN
TRANSFERRING THE EQUIPMENT. THE BAOJI RTP ALSO CONTAINS 17
WAREHOUSES, THREE OPEN STORAGE YARDS AND A HOUSING AREA.
THE HOUSING AREA CONTAINS SIX BARRACKS, THREE MESSHALLS, AN
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND SEVEN SUPPORT BUILDINGS. TWO
RAIL SPURS ENTER THE RTP AND BOTH HAVE CONCRETE SIDE AND
END LOADING DOCKS.
(S/D) THE RTP WAS INITIALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN
MID-1968; NO CONSTRUCTION WAS OBSERVED IN NOVEMBER 1966.
THE MISSILE AND GSE TRANSLOADING BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED
BETWEEN DECEMBER 1970 AND JULY 1972, AFTER THE REST OF THE
FACILITY HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND WAS IN OPERATION. IMAGERY
OF THE RTP HAS BEEN INFREQUENT AND MOSTLY OF LOW AND MEDIUM
RESOLUTION. UNTIL 1979 NO MISSILE GSE WAS DISCERNIBLE. ON
A PROBABLE TYPE A MISSILE RAILCAR WAS
OBSERVED PROTRUDING FROM THE TRANSLOADING"BUILDING.
TWO PROBABLE TYPE A RAILCARS WERE OBSERVED, ONE
OUTSIDE EACH END OF THE BUILDING. NO OTHER MISSILE
RAILCARS OR GSE HAS BEEN DISCERNIBLE. SINCE 1968 LARGE
AMOUNTS OF. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND FIVE TO TEN GENERAL
PURPOSE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN OPEN STORAGE AREAS
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.
WARNING NOTICE
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and Methods Involved
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(S/D) NO OTHER STRATEGIC MISSILE DEPLOYMENT, EITHER LAUNCH
SITES OR MISSILE BASES, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS REGION
OF CHINA. THE NEAREST IDENTIFIED' MISSILE DEPLOYMENT IS AT
LUONING (LUONING SSM LAUNCH SITE 2, OVER
400 KM FROM THIS RTP. HOWEVER, THE TAIBAI STRATEGIC
STORAGE FACILITY, AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITY, IS
LOCATED 60 KM SOUTH OF THE BAOJI SSM RTP. AN IMPROVED
ROAD, MOSTLY PAVED, CONNECTS THE TWO INSTALLATIONS. THE
TAIBAI FACILITY HAS SOME CHARACTERISTICS THAT INDICATE IT
IS FOR STORING MISSILES OR MISSILE GSE. IT CONTAINS FIVE
DRIVE-IN CAVES, EACH OF WHICH HAVE CLAMSHELL SHAPED BLAST
DOORS, AND A SET OF RAIL GUIDES WHICH EXTEND FROM THE
ENTRANCE. TO DATE, NO MISSILE GSE HAS BEEN DISCERNED AT
TAIBAI.
3. (S)
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.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved
SECRET
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