QINHUANGDAO (CHIN-HUANG-TAO) CRUISE MISSILE DEPOT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00556A000100160001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 1, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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Qinhuangdao (Chin-huang-tao) Cruise Missile Depot
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ABSTRACT
1. (TSR) This report presents an imagery-derived analysis of activity observed at Qinhuangdao (Chin-
huang-tao) Cruise Missile Depot, Heibei (Hubei) Province, People's Republic of China (PRC), since January
1972. This depot is the only cruise missile depot in the North Sea Fleet area.
2. (TSR) The depot is a multipurpose fleet support installation, the major function of which is
STYX cruise missile support and storage; minor functions include storage and maintenance of unidentified
munitions and specialized missile and munitions support vehicles.
3. (TSR) Events observed at Qinhuangdao since 1972. include the completion of the installation as a
SAM and cruise missile depot, the cessation of SAM activity at the depot, and a doubling of covered
storage area.
4. (TSR) Chinese CSA-l (SA-2) SAM missile equipment was the first equipment to be identified at
the depot after construction of the facility was completed in January 1972. SSM activity was first observed
in August 1972 with the observation of CSS-N-1 (STYX) type A crates. Both the CSA-1 and the STYX
missile systems remained at the depot until August 1975, after which CSA-l equipment was no longer
observed. In 1975, the first of the depot expansion programs was completed. Since then, STYX missile
crates and associated equipment have predominated in order-of-battle observations. A brief description of
the STYX missile system and its capabilities is provided in Appendix A to this report.
5. (U) This report contains a location map, seven annotated photographs, a chart, and a table of
mensural and chronological data.
6. (TSR) The Qinhuangdao Cruise Missile Depot is the only cruise missile depot in the North Sea
Fleet area. The depot is west of the Bohai (Po-Hai) Gulf in a series of ravines in the coastal mountains 8.4
nautical miles (nm) northwest of the city of Qinhuangdao (Figure 1).
7. (TSR) The depot (Figure 2) consists of three operational areas-a torpedo handling/storage area
(Figure 3); a cruise missile (STYX) handling/storage area (Figure 4); and an operations and munitions
handling/storage area (Figure 4). A large administration facility (Figure 5), 0.5 nm west of the depot,
probably provides administrative support to the depot. Access to the depot area is provided via hard-
surfaced roads and a nearby rail-to-road transfer point. Security is moderate; entry is controlled at gates
and by fences and difficult terrain.
BASIC DESCRIPTION
Operational Areas
8. (TSR) The operational areas of the cruise missile depot consist of 51 buildings/structures, 20
adits, and three bunkers in a series of interconnected mountain ravines (Figure 6 and Table 1).
9. (TSR) The torpedo handling/storage area (Figures 3 and 6) consists of two torpedo handling
buildings, a narrow-gauge track, and two adits. The narrow-gauge track connects the torpedo handling
buildings to the adits. Large stacks of torpedo crates (body and warhead) are generally observed piled near
the adit entrances. The torpedo handling/storage facility has been in existence since 1972.
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10. (TSR) The cruise missile (STYX) handling/storage area (Figure 6) consists of two buildings, five
adits, and a large open-air storage area. Depot maintenance functions are probably carried out within the
hillside. STYX missile crates (types A, B, and C)' have been seen routinely in open-air storage areas
adjacent to the five adits since August 1972. The large open-air storage area was graded and completed in
1978. Cruise missile equipment previously observed stored in small areas scattered throughout the depot
and along the roads was placed in ordered storage in this area (Figure 7).
11. (TSR) The operations and munitions handling/storage area (Figure 6) consists of 47 build-
ings/structures, 13 adits, three bunkers, and numerous small open-air storage areas. The operations
portion of this area is centrally situated and consists of a steamplant, messhall, barracks, administration
buildings, storage areas, vehicle storage buildings, and animal pens. The munitions handling/storage
portion consists of 13 adits, several small buildings situated along the sides of small ravines, and small
open-air storage areas.
Related Installation
12. (TSR) The large administration facility, 0.5 nm west of the perimeter of the operational areas,
consists of a large, six-wing, multistory administration building with a single storage/support building
attached at the rear; two probable hospital buildings; five barracks/quarters buildings, seven administra-
tion buildings; and numerous small support buildings (Figure 5).
Construction Chronology
13. (TSR) When the depot was identified in January 1972, construction was complete and initial
operations were underway. Thirty-two buildings with a total roof area of approximately 8,700 square
meters were complete. By 1975, 14 buildings/structures with a total area of approximately 7,500 square
meters had been constructed. Two buildings totaling 368 square meters of roof cover were completed in
1978, and three buildings totaling approximately 1,100 square meters of roof area were under construction
in late 1978. The overall result of these expansion programs has been a 59-percent increase in the number
of buildings (from 32 to 51) and a doubling of roof-covered area (from 8,700 to 17,768 square meters)
from 1972 through 1978.
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