PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY BEIJING GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CENTER CHANGXINDIAN, CHINA

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• Publication Date: January 4, 1985
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PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY
BEIJING GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND
PRODUCTION CENTER CHANGXTNT)TAN 1CHINA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AT
BEIJING GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CENTER
CHANGXINDIAN, CHINA'S LARGEST LIQUID PROPELLANT TEST AND
DEVELOPMENT FACILITY. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE NEW FACILITY, LOCATED NEAR THE COMPONENTS
TEST AREA, CONSISTS OF A PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL, A
PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING, A
PROBABLE ENGINEERING LABORATORY AND SHOP BUILDING, A
PROBABLE COMPONENTS TEST BUILDING, TWO UNIDENTIFIED
REVETTED BUILDINGS, AND SEVEN REVETMENTS THAT MAY BE FOR
ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS. THE PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL
IS SIMILAR TO OTHER SOLID ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELLS IN
CHINA. IT HAS A SINGLE HORIZONTAL TEST POSITION AND A
SMALL CONTROL ROOM. A LARGE TRAPEZOIDAL-SHAPED CONCRETE
AND EARTH BLAST DEFLECTOR IS POSITIONED IN
FRONT OF THE BUILDING. THE PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR
ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING WAS FIRST REPORTED IN JULY 1984
AS A MULTI-STORY POSSIBLE HIGH EXPLOSIVE ENGINEERING/DESIGN
AND TESTING BUILDING DUE TO THE FRANGIBLE ROOF AND THICK
WALL CONSTRUCTION. HOWEVER, TWO BLAST DEFLECTORS HAVE BEEN
CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND A
TRAPEZOIDAL-SHAPED CONCRETE AND EARTH BUNKER HAS BEEN ADDED
TO THE WEST END OF THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING DESIGN IS
SIMILAR TO OTHER ROCKET MOTOR ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDINGS
IN CHINA. (SWN)
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3. COORDINATES 39-49-02N 116-08-13E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE -- FTD, IAR-83-127, BEIJING GUIDED
MISSILE DEVELOPMENT/PRODUCTION CENTER, CHANGXINDIAN,
2 NOVEMBER 1983 (SECRET
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