NEW ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL CONFIRMED HOHHOT SOLID PROPELLANT COMPLEX, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 18, 1982
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NEW ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL CONFIRMED
HOHHOT SOLID PROPELLANT COMPLEX, CHINA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE NEW ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL IS
PROBABLY PART OF AN EXPANSION PROGRAM AT THE COMPLEX.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A NEW ROCKET MOTOR TEST CELL UNDER
CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AT HOHHOT SOLID PROPELLANT
COMPLEX. THIS NEW TEST CELL, DESIGNATED TEST CELL 3, IS
PROBABLY PART OF A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PROGRAM AT THE HOHHOT.
COMPLEX TO EXPAND THE ROCKET MOTOR PRODUCTION AND TEST
CAPABILITY. THE GENERAL EXPANSION OF THE COMPLEX PROBABLY
REFLECTS BOTH PREPARATIONS FOR SERIES PRODUCTION OF THE
WUZHAI-1 (WU-1) MISSILE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OR MORE
NEW MISSILE SYSTEMS, POSSIBLY INCLUDING AN ICBM-CLASS BOOSTER.
(S/D) THE EXCAVATION FOR THE TEST CELL FOUNDATION WAS FIRST
OBSERVED TEEL REINFORCING 25X1
MESH HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN THE EXCAVATION. 25X1
THE FOUNDATION HAD BEEN FILLED WITH CONCRETE AND A PROBABLE
CONCRETE THRUST BLOCK WAS CONSTRUCTED ON THE TOP CENTER OF
THE FOUNDATION. ALSO AN EXCAVATION FOR A 25X1
PROBABLE EXHAUST APRON WAS OBSERVED IN FRONT OF THE
FOUNDATION. THE THRUST BLOCK AND THE PROBABLE EXHAUST APRON
EXCAVATION CONFIRMED THAT THIS CONSTRUCTION IS A ROCKET MOTOR
TEST CELL.
(S/D) THE HOHHOT COMPLEX HAS BEEN UNDERGOING ALMOST
CONTINUOUS EXPANSION SINCE MID-1978. THIS EXPANSION
INCLUDES: A NEW CAST/CURE BUILDING WHICH CONTAINS FOUR
CASTING BELLS CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING ROCKET MOTORS UP TO
ICBM BOOSTER-CLASS SIZE; TWO NEW BATCH MIX BUILDINGS WITH AN
ASSOCIATED CONTROL BUILDING; A NEW CONTROL BUILDING IN THE
ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY; A NEW TRANSSHIPMENT POINT WHERE
WU-1 TRAINS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED SINCE MAY 1978; AND MANY NEW
HOUSING AND SUPPORT BUILDINGS.
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