DOLON AIRFIELD USSR, AND ASSOCIATED FACILITES CHANGES SINCE(Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1960
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DtCLASSIFICATION .REVIEW BY NIMA / DoD
-I- 4e purpose of this report is to describe new
developments at Dolon Airfield (50-32N 79-12E),
and its associated' facilities (Figures 1 and 2)
-nearby..hangaratype building at the airfield were
previously designated as "possible checkout and
since hotography ofII
The photography showed construc-'
tion activity (taxiway and hardstand) at Dolon
Airfield and twc5 areas of unusual construction
activity -- Area A located southwest of the air-
field and Area B located west-northwest of the
airfield. The hardstand under construction and a
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DOL(?N AIRFIELD, USSR, AND
CHANGES SINCE
RECEIVING
C OMMUR IC A T IONS
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POSSIB k.AEC ANTI BALLIS
MI LE LAUNCH AREA
SAM SUPPORT
FACILITY
ASSOCIATED FACILITIES
special handling or loading facilities- for an un-
identified weapons system. 1/ These facilities
are nbw considered as possible checkout and
loading facilities
I Area B remains un-
identified. I l photography of
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nated Area C) which is located midway between
Areas A and B on the southeast side of the road
connecting these areas with the airfield (Figures
2 and 5).
DOFLON
AIRIELD
/NEW..AIRFIELD
.ATIN5K
iROUND
AREA
SAM SITE
AIRFIELD
RAILROAD
ROAD
PROBABLE
DUMMY
-AIRFIELD
SEMIPALATINSK
for air-to=surface missiles.
reveals a new area (desig-
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fence-enclosed heptagonal area with y a fenced
inner area measuring 1,300 by 1,150 feet.- The
large outer area was vacant except for a gate-
house at the entrance and a small group of build-
ings along the road to the inner area. Ground
scars, probably indicating buried cables or pipe-
lines, led from the gatehouse to the inner area.
the inner fenced area contained a gatehouse,
tography of 0 showed a 1,642-acre
Area B is located 3 nm west-northwest of the
center df-the runway (Figure 4). __j pho
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several small structures, and ground scarring
-indicating construction activity.
photography of
and indicates that the construction has
app rently; been completed with no significant
additions to the facilities since 0. How-
eve , two ground scars are observed which may
hav been present at the time of the
photography but were not visible because of snow
cover. One of the scars, a probable ditch, is
approximately 1, 800 feet long and is located along
4190'
`PROBABLE DITCH
APPROX 1800' LONG i 4
CABLE R~
PIPELINE SCARS \
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 other ground scar, . possibly a fence line, extends
eastward from a point on the-access road near
the group of buildings to the outer fence.
The function of Area. B has not been deter-
A. qww facility (designated Area C) is located
approxirryately midway between Areas A and Bon
the southeast side of the road connecting these0
facilities with the airfield (Figure 5).
photography of II shows the facility ap-
parently completed. It appeared to be under con-
struction on- the photography of
The facility is. secured and contains three large
warehouse-type buildings and three or four
smaller buildings.
mined. The very large area -enclosed by the
outer fence suggests that it was designed both
to protect personnel from the contents of the
inner area- and to prev&ht unauthorized entry
into the area.
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BUILDING
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HOUSING AND
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DOLON. AIRFIELD
photography of IL showed
several f atures under construction at the air-
field (Figures 6). 1/ These included a_ taxiway
parallelin this runway, a hardstand just west of
the "west . nd of the taxiway where a loading pit
was beings excavated, and a few buildings. II
1'h tography of II indicates that
these features and additional parking space along
the taxies y h ve been completed (Figures 6 and
7). The loading pit at the hardstand meastires
approximately 160 by 20-25 feet. A fence has
been bull around three buildings north of the
hangar-type uilding at the west end of the. air-
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strubtion n Ir Also, a small fenced storage
area conttini g three ?mall buildings is located
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FIGURE DOLON AIRFIELD. Changes since
approximately 7,000 feet northeast of the east
end of the runway (Figure 6). This area may have
been present inlI but was not visible.
The hangar-type building and the hardstand
at the western end of the airfield maybe checkout
and loading facilities for air-to-surface missiles
(ASM). The facilities were previously identified
as "Possible Checkout and Special Handling or
Loading Facilities." A possible flow pattern for
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POSSIBLE CHECKOUT AND
LOADING FACILITIES FOR ASM
aircraft. If the missile frames are stored par-
tially, disassembled, reassembly could also be
performed in the hangar-type building.
photography, 40 BEAR, 13 medium swept-wing
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bombers, and 2 other unidentified aircraft were
visible on the field. One of the BEAR was parked
on the hardstand with the loading pit at the west
end of the field.
SAM SITES
.sites
tifie~
The
and
Live SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM)
and a SAM Support facility have been iden-
in the vicinity of Dolon Airfield (Figure 1).
support Facility located just west of Chagan
the SAM site just east of Chagan which
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tography from
The locations of the Dolon Airfield
SAM sites are as follows:
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PHOTOGRAPHY.
Location from
Airfield
6 nmNE
10.5 nm SSE
50-37N. 79-19E
X50-23N 79-21E
12 nm SW %50-23N 79-02E
12 nm WNW 50-36N 78-57E
19 nm-WSW 50-26N 76-42E
3.5 nm north ty $.O-37N 79-13E
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0239-6A-L, 2d ed, Dec 60,-scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
DOCUMENTS
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l. CIA. PIC/JR-1028/ 61, Unusual Facilities at Dolon Airfield, USSR, Jun 61 (SECRET.I
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A-04
A-15
B-22
B-30
C-27
SAM Support
Facility
3. CIA. OSI-SD-SC/62-4, Scientific Intelligence Di st, Special Sunni ment, "Current Activity on Vladimirovka -
Dzaman Sor Test Range,- n- 5, 20 Feb 62 (T P SECRET
REQUIREMENT
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NPIC PROJECT
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