DEPLOYMENT OF THE SOVIET AS-6 AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: June 1, 1971
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
DEPLOYMENT OF THE SOVIET AS-6
AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE
ZOP-SECRE~-
GROUP 1: EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
JUNE 1971
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DEPLOYMENT OF THE SOVIET
AS-6 AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE
1. The AS-6 air-to-surface missile (ASM) and its asso-
ciated shipping crates are being seen on KEYHOLE photography
at an increasing number of Soviet airfields. AS-6 missiles or
crates have now been seen at ten locations in the USSR and at
an operational airfield in Egypt (Figure 1).
2. The first operational airfields where the AS-6 mis-
siles and crates were seen were Soviet Naval airfields. Since
however, they have appeared at three Long Range 25X1
Air Army (LRAA) airfields, indicating their use by both
branches of the Soviet strategic aviation establishment. The
TU-16 BADGER aircraft is used by both the Soviet Navy and the
LRAA to carry the AS-6 missile.
3. Actual AS-6 missiles have been seen at only four air-
fields in the USSR: at Akhtubinsk Flight Test Center (where the
AS-6 was tested), at Severomorsk, at Stryy, and at Soltsy. At
Akhtubinsk and Severomorsk the missile was seen under the wing
of a BADGER, and only the fuselage length and width could be
measured. At Stryy and Soltsy the entire missile was seen, and
its general configuration and dimensions were ascertained
(Figures 2 and 3). Places and dates where the missiles have
been seen are presented in Table 1.
4. AS-6 shipping crates (Figures 4 and 5) are the primary
indicators of AS-6 activity. They have been seen at Smolensk
Guided Missile and Aircraft Components Plant 475, USSR, where
the AS-6 missile is manufactured, at Akhtubinsk Flight Test
Center, and at eight operational airfields. Places and dates
where the crates have been seen are presented in Table 2.
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Table 1. Sightings of the AS-6 Air-to-Surface Missile
Akhtubinsk Flight
Test Center
Stryy Airfield and
ASM Facility
Soltsy ASM Support
Facility
Number of 25X1
Missiles
*Installations are listed in the chronological order of first
sightings of AS-6 missiles. All installations are in the USSR.
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Table 2. Sightings of AS-6 Shipping Crates
Smolensk Guided Missile
& Aircraft Components
Plant 475
Akhtubinsk/Vladimirovka
AAM & ASM Storage
Facility
Severomorsk ASM
Support Facility
Aswan Airfield (Egypt)
Alekseyevka ASM
Support Facility
Soltsy ASM
Support Facility
Ostrov Gorokhovka ASM
Support Facility
Stryy ASM Support
Facility
Belaya Tserkov ASM
Support Facility
Gvardeyskoye ASM
Support Facility
Number of 25X1
Crates
35 (approx)
41
48
22
8
4
15
7
6
5
34
41
5
6
6
6
6
11
11
11
11
26
45
47
7
*Installations are listed in the chronological order of first
sightings of AS-6 crates. Except for Aswan Airfield, Egypt,
all installations are in the USSR.
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