ROCKET MOTOR POSTTEST ACTIVITY BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 6, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR IS IDENTIFIED AT
BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II FOLLOWING A RECENT TEST.
2. ABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR WITH DIMENSIONS
AND A PROBABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR/TEST 25X1
FIXTURE, (AT OPPOSITE ENDS), ARE OUTSIDE 25X1
THE LARGE HORIZONTAL TEST CELL. THE SIZE OF THE MOTOR SUGGESTS
THAT IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SS-NX-20 SUBMARINE LAUNCHED
BALLISTIC MISSILE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER WHICH WAS
POSITIONED AGAINST THE THRUST BLOCK IIS AT 25X1
THE ENTRANCE TO THE TEST CELL. A LARGE MOBILE CRANE REMAINS
Y
INSIDE THE REVETTED TEST POSITION. THIS POSTTEST ACTIV
FOLLOWS A ROCKET MOTOR TEST CONDUCTED HERE BETWEEN 25X1
A LARGE BURN MARK EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 25X1
280 METERS FROM THE TEST POSITION WAS OBSERVED ON
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ROCKET MOTOR POSTTEST ACTIVITY
BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II, USSR
(SWN) BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF
THE BIYSK SOLID PROPELLANT PRODUCTION COMPLEX (NO BE NUMBER
ASSIGNED) AND IS INVOLVED IN THE STATIC TESTING OF LARGE
DIAMETER ROCKET MOTORS.
COORDINATES 52-31-17N 085-02-06E
25X1
25X1
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.
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