SS-X-25 RELATED ACTIVITY PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST 23, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 31, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG (10/83)
31 OCTOBER 1983
SS-X-25 RELATED ACTIVITY
PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH ES SITE 23, USSR (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE SS-X-25 LAUNCHEll PROBABLY
ORIGINATED FROM PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE (LTS) 23,
HOWEVER, THE LAUNCH MODE IS UNDETERMINED. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE FIFTH LAUNCH OF AN SS-X-25 FROM PLESETSK
MI LE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM M 25X1
TS 23, WAS REPORTED 25X1
HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE FROM 25X1
IMAGERY IF THE LAUNCH OCCURRED FROM THE SILO, THE SILO APRON,
OR THE SINGLE-BAY GARAGE (SBG). IT ALSO WAS NOT 25X1
POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE LAUNCH MODE FOR THE FOURTH SS-X-25
LAUNCHED FROM LTS 23 THE FIRST THREE SS-X-25 25X1
LAUNCHES WERE FROM THE SILO AT LTS 23. (SWN)
USAF GLOBAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTED
THAT A LIGHT SNOW (ABOUT THREF. CENTIMETERS) HAD FALLEN SINCE
NO DIRECT EVIDENCE OF THE
LAUNCH -- A BURN MARK OR BLAST EFFECTS -- WAS IDENTIFIED
ONSITE. THE SILO DOOR WAS CLOSED, TWO SUPPORT VEHICLES (A
MAZ-543 CARGO TRUCK AND A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE) WERE ON THE SILO
APRON, AND MODERATE TRACK ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN THE
SOUTH END OF THE SBG AND THE SILO TURNAROUND APRON. NO
PRELAUNCH IMAGERY WAS ACQUIRED DURING THE WEEK BEFORE THE
LAUNCH. (SWN)
THE LACK OF DIRECT IMINT EVIDENCE OF A LAUNCHI IS
SIMILAR TO THE LACK OF EVIDENCE OBSERVED IMAGERY
AFTER THE FOURTH SS-X-25 LAUNCH FROM LTS 23. HOWEVER,
PRELAUNCH IMAGERY WAS ACQUIRED THAT DID SHOW
ACTIVITY THAT APPARENTLY WAS NOT SILO RELATED.
CANVAS/NET-COVERED UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT WAS ON THE
APRON NEXT TO THE SBG AND POSITIONED ALIGNMENT MARKS WHICH
HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN ADDITION, A
SUPPORT VEHICLE (MAZ-543 CARGO TRUCK) WAS ON THE SILO
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical 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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25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
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31 OCTOBER 1983
TURNAROUND APRON. THE CANVAS/NET WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO COVER A
MOBILE MISSILE TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL) AND POSSIBLY
OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL. THE LTS 23 SILO WAS OPEN AND APPEARED
EMPTY AND NO ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVEI) AT THE SBG. ON POSTLAUNCH
IMAGERY THE CANVAS/NET-COVERED UNIDENTIFIED
EQUIPMENT WAS NO LONGER PRESENT AND THE ALIGNMENT MARKS ON
WHICH THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN POSITIONED WERE VISIBLE. THE
SILOS AT LTS 23 AND COLLOCATED PLESETSK ICBM LTS 24 (BE
WERE OPEN AND APPEARED EMPTY. NO ACTIVITY WAS
OBSERVED AT THE SBG. (SWN)
THE CANISTER/CAPSULE TRANSPORTER AND SILO LOADER
WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SS-X-25 WERE PARKED AT PLESETSK
ICBM LTS 14 . WHICH IS AN SS-X-24 ICBM
ASSOCIATED LTS. THIS EQUIPMENT WAS INITIALLY OBSERVED AT LTS
14F I NO LAUNCH-RELATED ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT
3. (COORDINATES 63-00-28N 041-32-SOE (S)
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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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25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
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