POSSIBLE CSS-3 ICBM ROLLOUT ERECT-TO-LAUNCH SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TONGDAO SSM RELATED CONSTRUCTION 3, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 6, 1982
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POSSIBLE CSS-3 ICBM ROLLOUT ERECT-TO-LAUNCH
SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
TONGDAO SSM RELATED CONSTRUCTION 3, CHINA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: MONITORING OF AN SSM CONSTRUCTION CAMP
HAS REVEALED INDICATIONS OF AN ICBM LAUNCH SITE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: CONSTRUCTION AT TONGDAO SSM RELATED
CONSTRUCTION 3 HAS PROGRESSED SUFFICIENTLY TO WARRANT
REDESIGNATION OF THAT FACILITY TO TONGDAO POSSIBLE SSM LAUNCH
SITE 3. (CONSTRUCTION WORKER HOUSING AND SUPPORT CAMP,
REFERENCE NPIC IAC 232 FOR F_ -1 WHEN COMPLETE, THIS 25X1
WILL BE THE THIRD LAUNCH SITE IN TONGDAO MISSILE LAUNCH
COMPLEX SSM THE OTHER TWO ARE AN 25X1
OPERATIONAL CSS-3 SILO AND A CSS-3 ROLLOUT LAUNCH SITE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
(S/D) A LARGE RECTANGULAR NET, 85 BY 54 METERS, WAS ERECTED
OVER ONE END OF A VALLEY BETWEEN THIS WAS 25X1
SIMILAR TO THE CONSTRUCTION METHODS USED AT TONGDAO PROBABLE
AND SUNDIAN PROBABLE SSM 25X1
SSM LAUNCH SIT!7~
LAUNCH SITE 2 SMALLER CAMOUFLAGE NET, - LOAI
COVERING TWO SUPPORT BUILDINGS AND EXTENDING ACROSS AN ACCESS
ROAD TO THE HILLSIDE, HAD ALSO BEEN ERECTED. EVIDENCE OF
SPOIL REMOVAL WAS OBSERVED 25X1.
3. (S)
25X1
COORDINATES 26-28-52N 109-54-28E 25X1
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