STATUS OF SS-7 LAUNCHERS, USSR (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000400010114-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 114
• Publication Date: February 1, 1976
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
STATUS OF SS-1 LAUNCHERS, USSR
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FEBRUARY 1976
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Recipients of PIR-00276, Status of SS-7 25X1
Launchers, USSR (5 December 1975--7 January 1976)
Photo Interpretation Report
Dated February 1976
SUBJECT Replacement of
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1. This report summarizes the status of Soviet soft and
hard SS-7 launchers observed on KEYHOLE photography from
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eight of the 124 SS-7 soft launchers and 48 of the 66 SS-7
hard launchers were observed. New activity was observed at
the soft and hard sites at Drovyanaya and Svobodnyy SSM
complexes. All the soft sites at the Svobodnyy SSM Complex
are now ''being dismantled. '' Possible new dismantlement
activity was also observed at the hard sites at Olovyannaya
SSM Complex.
(Table 1) was observed at Drovyanaya ICBM Launch Site 1 (BE
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the control bunker had been removed and the center of both
launch pads had been excavated, although not to the 20-meter
diameter required by SALT specifications. This launch site
is now considered "dismantled.'' The site had previously
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3. at Drovyanaya ICBM
Launch Site 4 the propellant storage tanks
had been removed from all four propellant storage bunkers.
Both SS-7 erectors had been removed from the launch pads.
This site is being placed in the category of "being dis-
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mantled." It previously had been operational
4.
Launch Site 5
, all four pro
at Svobodnyy
pellant storage
bunkers had been excavated at one end. The north side of the
control bunker and the conduit from the control bunker to the
launch pads were being unearthed. The SS-7 erectors and
launch stands had been removed from the launch pads. This
site is being placed in the category of "being dismantled."
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6. Conversion activity had begun in the C group at
Tatishchevo SSM Complex , where conversion activity was
observed at six of the ten launch sites.
Conversion to Type IIIH Silos
7. No additional conversion activity to IIIH silos for the SS-17 missile
system was observed at Yedrovo SSM Complex
Conversion to Undetermined-Type Silos
8. All components of the Kostroma SSM Complex) were
observed No launch site conversion had been started.
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le-Silo Modification Programs
Oct 75 (TOP SECRET RUFF/
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Project 121101NB
PIN-019/75, Status of ,;,';-7 Launchers.
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TOTAL
LAUNCHERS
OPERATIONAL
LAUNCHERS
Drovyanaya
Gladkaya
Itatka
Kostroma
3 6
3
Novosibirsk
6 6
6
Olovyannaya
9
6
Perm
10
3 6
3
Shadrinsk
9
9
Svobodnyy
14
3
Teykovo
12
8
Verkhnyaya Salda
14
6 14
6
Yedrovo
12
6 12
6
Yoshkar-Ola
12
8
Yurya
16
9 16
9
124
66 82
57
Reduced State
Being
of Readiness
Dismantled
Dismantled
Soft Hard
Soft Hard
Soft Hard
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