PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX 1 SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100610005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 6, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
REFERENCE TO:I PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX 1
SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: BEST COVERAGE TO DATE AND THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
GROUP I
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OF POSSIBLE MISSILES AT THIS COMPLEX.
2.5 NM NORTH OF THE MAIN SUPPORT BASE AT THE SSATC.
THIS COMPLEX IS ONE OF 36 DEPLOYED COMPLEXES THUS
FAR IDENTIFIED IN THE USSR.
ANALYSIS OF MISSILES OBSERVED AT SARY-SHAGAN LAUNCH
COMPLEX A. AND TALLINN PLRS LAUNCH COMPLEX SUGGESTS
TWO DIFFERENT MISSILE CONFIGURATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PLRS SYSTEM. THE SINGLE-STAGE MISSILE WITH
SHARPLY SWEPT-BACK DELTA WINGS IDENTIFIED AT TALLINN
IS DESIGNATED "PLRS-SERIES 1", AND THE MISSILE WHICH
APPEARS TO HAVE A CLUSTER OF LARGE BOOSTERS, AS SEEN
AT SARY-SHAGAN, IS DESIGNATED "PLRS-SERIES 2".
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7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 14 KH-4, 3 KH-7,
6. NEGATION DATE:
8. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS :
9. MISSION READOUT:
6 July 1967
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SARY-SHA.GAN PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX 1. FOR THE FIRST TIME,
MISSILES ARE IDENTIFIED AT THIS COMPLEX. ONE POSSIBLE MISSILE IS IDENTIFIED
ON A DOLLY AT LAUNCH POSITION C/2 AND ONE ON A DOLLY AT POSITION B/l, AT
LAUNCH SITE "A" 12 NEWLY IDENTIFIED MISSILE DOLLIES ARE PARKED NEAR THE CENTER
OF THE SITE. DOLLY RAILS HAVE NOT BEEN INSTALLED AT LAUNCH SITE "A" AND DOLLIES
HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN POSITIONED AT THE LAUNCH POSITIONS.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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