ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX SVOBODNYY, USSR

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• Publication Date: June 1, 1962
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N P I C/R-82/62
June 1962
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ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX, SVOBODNYY, USSR
(nm) north of Svobodnyy, USSR, and just east of the Trans-Siberian Rail-
25X1 D road. In the complex consisted basically of a rail-served
complex support facility and three road-served launch areas, in varying
stages of construction (Figure 1).
25X1 D A search of existing photography revealed that in
25X1 D no unusual activity was evident at or near the present loca-
tions of any of the complex facilities. The location of Launch Area C was
25X1D observed on but
at that time t ere was no activity.
This ICBM complex is the easternmost site identified to date in the
25X1 B USSR.
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COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY AND NEARBY AREAS
The .support facilities for the ICBM complex include the Complex
Support Facility and four nearby areas: arail-to-road transfer point, a
large housing and administration area, and two areas of unidentified
activity, one of which is secured. The rail spur serving the complex leaves
the Trans-Siberian Railroad at Stantsiya Ledyanaya, 21.5 nm north of
Svobodnyy, and goes northeast for 3 nm to the Rail-to-Road Transfer Point,
where it terminates (Figure 2).
About 4,000 feet southwest of the Transfer Point, the spur branches
northwest and enters the ~i~~~x Sun ou rt F~~~lity, _wh~c_ h _ is_locat~d at _~;;W
51 -4h-20N 128-QZ-40E. This branch spur exnand~ i:~ this faclt.y_into
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NAUTICAL MILES
FIGURE 1. AREA ORIENTATION MAP SHOWING SVOBODNYY ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX.
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three rail spurs 3,100 feet long and 530 feet apart. The shortest rail
turning radius is approximately 1,000 feet. Tlie Complex Support Facility
has 75 buildings and covers about 550 acre". Of the larger structures,
2 buildings are 220 by 90 feet, 4 are 180 by 90 feet, 4 are 180 by 60 feet,
and 16 are 160 by 40 feet.
A large road-served housing and administration area is located 2.3
nm south-southwest of the Transfer Point. The a~~ea covers about 140
acres and contains over 100 apartment and administration-type buildings.
,A good road connects this area with the road serving other parts of the
complex.
Immediately southeast of the rail line and across from the Complex
Support Facility is an area of ~,j,~~n~,i ied ~?rl ruction activity. It has
a rectangular road pattern and contains two large probable buildings under
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25X1D (Figure 5). A clearing 675 feet behind the lef le be offset when
Cates that the left fissile-r a buildin well probab
construction is completed. Figure 5 indicates the projected configuration
of this launch area when completed. A launch su?~port area is south-
southwest of the excavations and at the time of photography had seven
buildings measuring 160 by 40 feet.
MAPS OR CHARTS
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0203-3AL., 2d ed, Juri 60, scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
REQUIREniENTS
CIA. DDI/RR/E/R-31/62
Air. AFIC 62-20
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