DEACTIVATION OF SS-5 SILOS NIGRANDE IRBM LAUNCH SITE 2, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000200450009-4
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 21, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: DEACTIVATION OF THE THREE SS-5 SILOS IS IN
PROGRESS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: PAVING BLOCKS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE LAUNCH SITE
APRON AND THE LAUNCH SITE ACCESS ROAD. THE LAUNCH SITE
SECURITY GATE IS OPEN AND THE SECURITY FENCES MAY HAVE BEEN
.REMOVED. TWO PROBABLE BARRACKS HAVE BEEN RAZED AND OTHER
SUPPORT BUILDINGS APPEAR TO BE UNDERGOING DISMANTLEMENT IN THE
LAUNCH SITE SUPPORT AREA. ACTIVITY OBSERVED AT NIGRANDE IRBM
LAUNCH SITE 2 DURING 1982 AND EARLY 1983, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL
OF THE SS-5 MISSILE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, INDICATED THAT
THE SILOS WERE UNLOADED. (SWN)
THE SOVIET UNION HAS DECLARED THAT THEIR SS-5 IRBM FORCE IS
BEING PHASED OUT. DEACTIVATION OF NIGRANDE LAUNCH SITE 2 WILL
LEAVE ONLY FOUR SS-5 LAUNCH SITES OPERATIONAL FROM AN ORIGINAL
TOTAL FORCE OF 30 LAUNCH SITES. RECENT ACTIVITY AT THESE FOUR
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NPIC/PEG (1/83)
DEACTIVATION OF SS-5 SILOS
NIGRANDE IRBM LAUNCH SITE 2, USSR
REMAINING SS-5 LAUNCR
, TWO ADDITIO
NAL S
ITES AT NIGRANDE
SSM COMPLEX
AND TWO SITE
S AT
TAYBOLA SSM 25X1
COMPLEX
INDICATES THAT
PRELI
MINARY STEPS 25X1
LEADING TO THE DEACTIV
(SWN)
ATION OF THESE SIT
ES IS
IN PROGRESS.
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.
WARNING NOTICE
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