NORTHEAST AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX LENINGRAD, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001100140003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 27, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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NORTHEAST AMM~SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX
LENINGRAD, USSR
2. THE NORTHEAST AMM~SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN COVERED
SUCH COMPLEXES IN THE LENINGRAD AREA.
THE NORTHWEST COMPLEX WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED ON 25X1
THE NORTHEAST COMPLEX WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED ON
THE SOUTHWEST COMPLEX WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED ON
BY 18 KH MISSIONS RESULTING IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF A LAUNCH AREA
CONSISTYNG OF 5 LAUNCH SITES, EACH WITH SIX LAUNCH POSITIONS IId
VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AND SERVED BY A GENERALLY CIRCULAR
PERIMETER ROAD. A LAUNCH SI'PE CONTROL BUILDING ~. _~OCATED NEAR THE
CENTER OF EACH LAUNCH SITE.
THE COMPLEX ALSO INCLUD:ES A COMPLEx CONTROL CENTER, AN ELEC=
TRONICS SITE, A SUPPORT AREA, AND A BARRACKS AREA. CONSTRUCTION
1. THE NORTHEAST AMM~SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX IS ONE OF THREE (NE, NW, SW)
ACTIVITY AND GROUND SCARRING WERE EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX ON
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3. THIS MISSION REVEALS CONTIN[JING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT
THE COMPLEX. THE PREVIOUSLY' EXISTING EARTH SCARS EAST AND NORTH-
WEST OF THE COMPLEX CONTROL CENTER HAVE BEEN EXPANDED. THERE IS
ANEW SCARRED AREA SE OF THF~~ LARGE MOUND. INCREASED ACTIVITY IS
APPARENT AT THE SE AND NW EIXiES OF THE COMPLEX CONTROL CENTER WHERE
SMALL AREAS HAVE BEEN CLEARF~ AND AT EACH EXTREMITY THERE ARE UN-
IDENTIFIED POSSIBLE VEHICLES~OBJECTS. A CABLE TRACE CONNECTS THE
TWO AREAS ALONG THE SW EDGE OF THE COMPLEX. TWO CABLE TRACES FROM
THE COMPLEX CONTROL CENTER ~'0 LAUNCH SITES "A" AND "D" (THE LATTER
POSSIBLY SERVICING SITE "E" AS WELL ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED. THE
LIGHT-TONED APPEARANCE OF LAUNCH :iITES "B", "C", "D", AND "E"
INDICATES THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF VEGETATION. THE
CONTROL BUILDING AT SI~1~E "C"' APPEARS 11^0 BE MOUNDED OVER, AND, AT LEAST
PARTIALLY SO AT SITE "D". A.1^ SITE "C", ONLY TWO RAILS CAN BE OB-
SERVED AT THE REAR OF EACH OF THE MISSILE READY BUILDINGS. AT
EACH OF THE OT:~R SITES, FIVE RAILS AT EACH BUILDING ARE OBSERVED.
TWO NEW EARTH �CARS, APPROXIMATELY 1,800 X 300 FT AND J+00 X 300 FT
_ ARE OBSERVED SW OF THE COMPLEX. THE SECURITY FENCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF THE ELECTRONIC SITE AND CONTROL CENTER APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN IM-
PROVED,
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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