CONSTRUCTION PHASES ALEYSK ICBM COMPLEX, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000900020006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 9, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONSTRUCTION PHASES
ALEYSK ICBM COMPLEX, USSR
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2. CONTINUED ANALYSIS OF~ ~ 2
REVEALED AN ICBM COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 2 NM
WEST OF THE TOWN OF ALEYSK AND APPROXIMATELY 155 NM SOUTH OF NOVO-
SIBIRSK. IDENTIFIED AT THAT TIME WERE A COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION; TWO CONFIRMED LAUNCH AREAS ("A" AND "B") IN A
MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION; A PROBABLE LAUNCH AREA ("C"), THE CON-
STRUCTION STATUS OF WHICH WAS UNDETERMINED; AND A PROBABLE LAUNCH
AREA ("D"~ IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. ACTIVITY AT THIS
COMPLEX WAS OBSERVABLE AS EARLY AS BUT' WAS NOT 2
PRESEN'T' ON 2
THE COMPLEX WAS SUBSEQUENTLY COVERED BY 8 KH MISSIONS RESULTING
IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF 2 ADDITIONAL LAUNCH AREAS ("E" AND "F") AND
A PROBABLE RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AL50, THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PROBABLE LAUNCH AREAS WERE CONFIRMED. ALL 6 LAUNCH
AREAS ARE TYPE IIIC SINGLE SILO SITES IN MID-STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
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 issu
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3. THIS MISSION REVEALS THAT ALL 6 LAUNCH AREAS ARE COVERED. LAUNCH
AREAS "B", "E", AND "F" (NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC REMAIN GENERALLY
IN MID-STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION WITH THE SILO STRUCTURE, OR PART OF
IT, APPARENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EXCAVATION AT EACH SITE. LAUNCH
AREAS "A", "C", AND "D" EXEMPLIFY 3 PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION.
PHASE 1. LAUNCH AREA "D" REMAINS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE SQUARE SILO STRUCTURE IS APPARENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EXCAVATION
AND A PROBABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER COVERS THE SILO APERTURE. A
TRACK-LIKE CONFIGURATION IS APPARENT ON THE RECTANGULAR PLATFORM
ADJACENT TO THE SILO STRUCTURE.
PHASE 2. LAUNCH AREA "C" REMAINS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
A CONSTRUCTION RAMP EXTENDS TO THE SQUARE SILO STRUCTURE WHICH IS AT
AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. A TRACK-LIKE CONFIGURATION IS APPARENT ON THE
RECTANGULAR PLATFORM ADJACENT TO THE SILO STRUCTURE. GROUND SCARRING
FOR AN "L"-SHAPED ELECTRONIC FACILITY IS APPARENT WITHIN THE SECURED
AREA. AT THE END OF EACH LEG OF THE ELECTRONIC FACILITY THERE IS AN
EXCAVATION CONTAINING A STRUCTURE. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON A PROB-
ABLE CONTROL FACILITY, THE EXCAVATION FOR WHICH WAS VISIBLE ON ^
AND WHICH IS SITUATED AT THE APEX OF THE "L"-SHAPED
ELECTRONIC FACILITY. FOUNDATIONS FOR TWO VERY LARGE BUILDINGS ARE
LOCATED IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE SECURITY FENCE TO THE SW OF THE LAUNCH
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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SITE (NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC .
PHASE 3. LAUNCH AREA "A" REMAINS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
TWO CONSTRUCTION RAMPS EXTEND TO THE SQUARE SILO STRUCTURE WHICH HAS
PROGRESSED UPWARD FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE EXCAVATION AND WHICH IS NOW
AT GROUND LEVEL. A TRACK-LIKE CONFIGURATION IS APPARENT ON THE REC-
TANGULAR PLATFORM ADJACENT TO THE NW SIDE OF THE SILO STRUCTURE.
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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