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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00329R000100210059-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2013
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: August 6, 1963
• Content Type: CABLE

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KEYHOLE CONTROL SYSTEM, RELEASABLE FROM SSO CHANNELS. FROM
DIAAP.-1 Fi 26863 . REFERENCE SAC TCO 63T635 THIS MSG IN III
PARTS, PART I. THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE MISSILE IS HELD ON PAD AT
TYPE I ID SITES SUCH AS GLADKAYA MR 3 AND YUR A 8. HAS BEEN AND IS BEING
CONSIDERED. THIS TYPE OF OPERATION WOULD BE ANALOGOUS TO THE U. S.
SOFT, ATLAS CONFIGURATION IN WH ICH THE MISSILE IS HELD HORIZONTALLY AT
THE LAUNCHER IN A READY BUILDING WH ICH HOUSES THE MISSILE ON AN
ERECTOR BED, THE MAINTENANCE MONITORING EQUIPMENT, THE PROPELLANT
LOADING EQUIPMENT AND THE LAUNCH PAD WITH ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. THE
SOFT ATLAS READY BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 150? X ? AND HAS AN
ELABORATE MECHANISM TO SL IDE THE ROOF BACK ON FRAME GIRDERS WHICH
EXTEND TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. HOWEVER LENGTH OF THE BLACK
OBJECT OBSERVED ON THE PADS OF SOVIET I ID AND OTHER TYPE II SITES
IS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. THIS DIMENSION TENDS TO NEGATE AN ON
PAD READY BUILDING FUNCTION SIMILAR TO THE U.S. SOFT ATLAS
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IN 86277 DIA 26863 1 OPSECRETRUFF PAGE TWO
FEET LONG WITH NOSE CONE ASSEMBLY. 30 TO 40 ADDITIONAL FEET WOULD
BE REQUIRED TO HOUSE THE LAUNCH PAP AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
FURTHERMORE THE FRAMEWORK OR MECHANISM FOR SLIDING BACK THE DOOR HAS
NOT BEEN OBSERVED. THE POSSIBILITY IS NOT OVERLOOKED THAT A LESS
ELABORATE FACILITY MAY BE EMPLOYED TO HOLD THE MISSILE Al THE PAD.
A TEMPORARY SHELTER OR STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THE READY TENTS USED IN
CUBA COULD BE EMPLOYED AT THE PADS. THIS WOULD ENABLE THE SOVIETS
DURING PERIODS OF ALERT TO HOLD THE MISSILE HORIZONTALLY AT THE
LAUNCHER FOR PROLONGED PERIODS. THIS WOULD IN EFFECT BE A CHEAP
PUPLICATE OF OUR SOFT ATLAS MODE OF OPERATION. HOWEVERg IT IS NOTED
THAT IID SITES ft YURA 8 FOR EXAMPLE8 HAVE AN INCREASED READY
BUILDING CAPABILITY TO THE IMMEDIATE REAR OF THE LAUNCH AREA. THIS
TENDS TO INDICATE THE MISSILE IS HELD IN THESE READY BUILDINGS UNTIL
REQUIRED ON PAD. THE ABSENCE-OF A LOOP ROAD PATTERN IN FRONT OF THE
PADS IN IID SITES REPRESENTS A MODIFICATIONg HOWEVER IT IS NOTED
THAT THE PAD AREA AND SHAPE HAVE BEEN ALTERED. ITS 450? X 200'
DIMENSION APPEARS ADEQUATE TO PERMIT MOBILE MODULAR EQUIPMENT AND
THE MISSILE TRANSPORTER TO U TURN ON THE PAD AREA RATHER THAN
CIRCLING AROUND THE LOOP ROAD. ANALYSIS OF THE CANTED BUILDINGS
INBOARD OF THE LAUNCH PADS INDICATES THEIR FUNCTION MAY BE TO HOUSE
PROPELLANT LOADING FACILITIES AND/OR OTHER 'LAUNCH SERVICING EQUIP
NEWT. THE CONDUIT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LAUNCH PAD AREAS CAN BE
DISCERNED HOWEVER THE TIE IN WITH THESE BUILDINGS IS NOT AS APPARENT.
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IN 66277 DIA 2686-3 T OP SECR ET RUFF PAGE THREE
PART II. THE PUS CONFIGURED AREA NOTED APPROXIMATELY 1400 BEHIND
THE OLD TIC TYUMEN SITES AND THE NEWER HD CONFIGURATIONS APPEARS
TO CONSIST OF THREE SMALL STRUCTURES POSITIONED AT THE END OF A PLUS
ROAD PATTERN. THE SYNETRY OF ARRANGEMENT SUGGESTED AN ELECTRONICS
FACILITY POSSIBLY GUIDANCE ASSOCIATED. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE S57
KAY REQUIRE RADIO ASSIST FOR YAW CONTROL HOWEVER ANTENNAS HAVE NOT
BEEN OBSERVED ON OR NEAR THESE SMALL STRUCTURES. THE QUALITY OF
PHOTOGRAPHY WOULD PRECLUDE THIS DETERMINATION. THE PLUS MAY EQUATE
TO A STORAGE AREA. HOWEVER IT IS BELIEVED THE INITIAL SALVO AND THE
REFIRE MISSILE WILL BE MAINTMNED IN THE SITE READY BUILDINGS WITH
NOSE CONE AND WARHEAD ATTACHED. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NUCLEAR STORAGE
AT EACH SITE WOULD THEREFORE NOT BE CRITICAL. IT IS PROBABLE THAT
EACH COMPLEX HAS A CENTRAL NUCLEAR WARHEAD STORAGE AREA TO HOLD
SPARE WARHEADS AND PARTS FOR RECYCLING AND MAINTENANCE. THIS
FACILITY IS PROBABLY A LARGE BUNKERED STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THE
NUCLEAR STORAGE BUILDING IDENTIFIED IN CUBA. PART III. THE POSSI-
BILITY THAT THE IID SITES ARE DESIGNED TO HOLD THE MISSILE AT THE
LAUNCHER HAS MERIT. HOWEVER BETTER QUALITY *COVERAGE WILL BE
REQUIRED TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF THE OBJECTS
SEEN ON THE PAD.
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