EVIDENCE OF ROCKET MOTOR TEST BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200580010-0
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 9, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
EVIDENCE OF ROCKET MOTOR TEST
BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF A RECENT ROCKET MOTOR TEST IS
OBSERVED.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A BLAST MARK, NOT PRESENT 25X1
EXTENDS P ROXIMATELY 280 METERS FROM THE HORIZONTAL TEST
POSITION. THE LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER IS AGAINST THE
THRUST BLOCK, AND THE MOBILE CRANE IS NEARBY. A 10-METER
CRATE, ASSOCIATED WITH THE SS-NX-20 SLBM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM,
IS ON A~TRANSPORTER ON THE AREA ACCESS ROAD. A 25X1
SMALL E?;V jR.OTTPMIENTAL SHELTER WAS AGAINST THE THRUST B ,
THE LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER WAS NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE
TEST POSITION.
(SWN) THIS FACILITY, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BIYSK SOLID
PROPELLANT PRODUCTION COMPLEXES, IS INVOLVED IN THE TESTING OF
LARGE DIAMETER ROCKET MOTORS. THE LAST ROCKET MOTOR TEST
OBSERVED AT THIS TEST POSITION OCCURRED
COORDINATES 52-31-17N 085-02-06E
Attachment to Z-10221/83
NPIC/PEG (2/83)
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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