SS-X-24 LAUNCH PREPARATIONS PLESETSK ICSM LAUNCH TEST SITE 28, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
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• Publication Date: February 17, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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SS-X-24 LAUNCH PREPARATIONS
PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE , USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: PRELAUNCH PREPARATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS FOR.
THE NEW MEDIUM-SIZE SOLID-PROPELLANT SS-X-24 ICBM (FORMERLY
DESIGNATED THE PL-4).
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A SILO LOADER WITH THE REAR DOORS OPEN IS
BACKED UP TO THE CLOSED SILO AT SITE 28B. A PROBABLE CANISTER
EXTENSION (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS AN UPPER.-CANISTER
TRANSPORTER) IS NEXT TO THE SILO LOADER, AND A TRUCK-MOUNTED
CRANE AND AN ASSOCIATED FLATBED TRUCK ARE ON THE SII..O APRON.
AT SITE 28A, A MISSILE TRANSPORTER IS ON THE SILO APRON. THE
POSITIONING OF THE MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT INDICATES THAT A
MISSILE HAS BEEN LOADED OR IS BEING PREPARED TO BE LOADED INTO
THE SILO AT SITE 2RR NO VEHICLES WERE AT SITE 28B ON
(SWN) THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST LAUNCH FROM SITE 28B WHICH WAS
CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1978 AND 1982 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SS-X-24
FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM. THE TWO PREVIOUS FLIGHT TESTS OF THE
SS-X-24 WERE ASSESSED TO HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED FROM SITE 28A IN
LATE OCTOBER AND FROM PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 22
S DQ 1122-82).
IN LATE DECEMBER 1982 (DEFSMAC S/DQ/859-82 AND
COORDINATES 62-52-45N 041-45-00E
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