NEW PROBABLE CSS-3 ICBM DEPLOMENT AREA LUSHI, CHINA(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: August 25, 1982
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NPIC/IEG (08/82)
2S AUGUST 1982
NEW PROBABLE CSS-3 ICBM DEPLOYMENT AREA
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(SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW PROBABLE CSS-3 ICBM DEPLOYMENT AREA HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED NEAR LUSHI IN EAST CENTRAL CHINA.
(SWN) REMARKS: FOUR AREAS OF SSM-RELATED CAVE CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED NEAR LUSHI. THESE ARE ARP APPROXI Y 45 KM WEST OF
LUANCHUAN SSM HEADQUARTERS GENERAL AND-75 KM WEST OF THE 25X1
SUNDIAN MISSILE LAUNCH COMPLEX SSM THE FOUR AREAS OF
CONSTRUCTION ARE: A PROBABLE CSS-3 ICBM ROLLOUT, ERECT-TO-LAUNCH SITE; A
POSSIBLE ROLLOUT, ERECT-TO-LAUNCH SITE; AN AREA OF NEW CONSTRUCTION TOO
EARLY TO TYPE; AND A PROBABLE NEW UNDERGROUND COMMAND POST AND HARDENED
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY. CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROBABLE COMMAND POST BEGAN
IN 1979 WHILE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE LAUNCH SITES BEGAN
AFTER JULY 1980. IDENTIFICATION OF THESE AREAS AS SSM-RELATED IS BASED ON
THE USE OF CAMOUFLAGE NETS TO COVER CAVE EXCAVATIONS, THE GEOGRAPHIC
SEPARATION OF THE FOUR AREAS, AND A BURIED COMMUNICATIONS CABLE WHICH
CONNECTS KNOWN SSM LAUNCH SITES AND HEADQUARTERS AREAS TO THE NEW PROBABLE
COMM POST AND .COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY AT LUSHI. THE FOUR NEW SSM-
RELATED AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(SWN) LUSHI PROBABLE SSM LAUNCH SITE 1, IS 35 KM SOUTHEAST 25X1
OF LUSHI. IT CONTAINED TWO CAVES AND ONE POSSIBLE CAVE WHICH WERE STILL
BEING EXCAVATED. A CAMOUFLAGE NET COVERED THE ENTRANCE TO THE LARGEST
CAVE AND THE ENTRANCE AREA OF THE POSSIBLE CAVE. A LARGE SUPPORT BUILDING
COVERED WITH CAMOUFLAGE MATERIALS WAS ALSO IN THE SAME VALLEY. A
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HOUSING AND SUPPORT AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 800 METERS
TO THE SOUTH.
(SWN) LUSHI POSSIBLE SSM LAUNCH SITE 2,I IS 15.3 KM EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF LUSHI. IT CONTAINED CAVE EXCAVATIONS IN TWO VALLEYS ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF A MOUNTAIN. THE CAVE EXCAVATIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY 3110
METERS APART AND WERE COVERED WITH CAMOUFLAGE NETS. A CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS HOUSING AND SUPPORT AREA, INCLUDING TWO NET-COVERED BUILDINGS,
EXTENDS ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD BETWEEN THE CAVE EXCAVATIONS.
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(SWN) LUSHI SSM-RELATED CONSTRUCTION 1,I IIS 14.5 KM SOUTH OF 25X1
LUSHI. IT CONTAINED AT LEAST TWO CAVES IN THE EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION
IN A STREAM VALLEY. A LARGE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HOUSING AND SUPPORT CAMP
WAS IN THE SAME VALLEY 700 METERS TO THE NORTHWEST. IN VIEW OF THE
IDENTIFICATION OF NEW PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE SSM LAUNCH SITES UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION
SITE IS RELATED TO THE SSM ACTIVITY. HOWEVER, THE EARLY STAGE OF
CONSTRUCTION PRECLUDES IDENTIFICATION OF THE FUNCTION OF THE FACILITY.
(SWN) LUSHI PROBABLE SSM POST COMMUNICATIONS MD- FACILITY/BUNKERED/HARDENED, IS 9.2 KM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF 25X1
LUSHI. A BURIED COMMUNICATIONS CABLE, CONNECTED TO KNOWN SSM LAUNCH SITES
AND HEADQUARTERS, WAS COMPLETED TO THIS FACILITY IN LATE 1980. THE
PROBABLE COMMAND POST/COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY CONTAINED THREE LARGE CAVES
AND ONE SMALL CAVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN A MOUNTAINSIDE. A SECURITY FENCE
ENCLOSED THE ENTRANCE AREA IN FRONT OF THE CAVES. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
HOUSING BUILDINGS WERE LOCATED NEXT TO THE SECURITY FENCE.I 25X1
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COORDINATES 33-51-25N 111-18-20E
COORDINATES 33-58-50N 111-10-50E
COORDINATES 33-55-15N 111-03-OOE
COORDINATES 33-58-25N 110-59-30E
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