ICBM GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 14, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000100310008-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 26, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE) ASSOCIATED WITH
THE TWO NEW SOLID PROPELLANT ICBMS (SS-X-24 AND SS-X-25)
CURRENTLY BEING FLIGHT TESTED AT PLESETSK IS OBSERVED AT THIS
LAUNCH TEST SITE. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL GROUPING OF ICBM GSE AT
THIS SITE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THIS SILO WAS CONVERTED TO A LAUNCH TEST SITE (LTS)
28-TYPE SILO WHICH IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE FLIGHT TESTING OF
THE SS-X-24 ICBM. AN SS-X-24 SILO LOADER IS ON THE SILO APRON
AND AN SS-X-24 TRANSPORTER IS ON THE TURNAROUND APRON. THE
PRESENCE OF THIS CSE SUGGESTS THAT SILO/GSE COMPATIBILITY
CHECKOUT POSSIBLY IS IN PROGRESS. A CANVAS-COVERED CAN/CAP
TRANSPORTER AND A CAN/CAP SILO LOADER ARE IN THE INFIELD AREA
OF THE SITE IMMEDIATELY SOUTHWEST OF THE SILO. THESE TWO
VEHICLES ARE ASSOCIATED AT PLESETSK WITH THE SS-X-25 ICBM
CURRENTLY BEING FLIGHT TESTED FROM PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST
SITE 23 IT IS NOT KNOWN WHY THE
SS-X-25-ASSOCIATED VEHICLES ARE AT THIS SITE. (SWN)
CONVERSION OF PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 14 FROM A TYPE
IIIE (SS-13) SILO TO A LTS 28-TYPE SILO BEGAN IN LATE 1978 AND
WAS COMPLETED IN AUGUST 1983. THREE OTHER SILOS AT PLESETSK
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SS-X-24; PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE
22 F AND THE DUAL-SILO, PLESETSK LAUNCH TEST SITE 25X1
28 . (SWN)
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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Attachment to Z-15186/83
NPIC/PEG (9/83)
ICBM GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 14, USSR
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