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POSSIBLE NEW NAVAL CRUISE MISSILE TEST PROGRAM NENOKSA, USSR (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82T00709R000101750001-3
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 30, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
June 24, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101750001-3 ROUTING TO. NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 =A A.A-e -A a 3 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRE NCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. 2 -1 S~ y I IL~- COPY 1 - OF 12- Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security. Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101750001-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101750001-3 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101750001-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101750001-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101750001-3 (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER SECRET Attachment to Z-15647/82 NPIC/IEG (06/82) 25 JUNE 1982 POSSIBLE NEW NAVAL CRUISE MISSILE TEST PROGRAM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101750001-3 Page 1 of 1 Copy (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR A POSSIBLE NEW CRUISE MISSILE TEST PROGRAM MA BCE UNDERWAY AT NENOKSA. (S/D) REMARKS:I IA CRANE WAS POSITIONED OVER LAUNCHER A3 AT 25X1 NENOKSA. SOME OF THE PANELS COVERING THE CABLE TRENCH TO THE CONTROL BUNKER WERE MISSING. THE LAUNCH TUBE WAS REMOVED FROM THE LAUNC 25X1 LAUNCHER A3 WAS PREVIOUSLY USED DURING THE SS-N-12 TEST PROGRAM. 25X1 ACTIVITY AT THE LAUNCHER ESSENTIALLY CEASED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PROGRAM IN MAY 1974. THE LAUNCHER REMAINED INACTIVE UNTIL JUNE 1981 WHEN THE LOADING TRAY WAS REMOVED FROM ITIE RAMP AT THE REAR OF THE LAUNCHER. THE LOADING TRAY AND THE LAUNCHER TUBE REMAINED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE LAUNCHER SINCE REMOVAL, SUGGESTING THAT THEY WILL BE REINSTALLED AFTER MODIFICATION TO THE LAUNCHER IS COMPLETE. RENOVATION OF THE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING, WHICH WAS USED IN THE SS-N-19 PROGRAM, BEGAN IN FEBRUARY 1982. THIS ACTIVITY MAY ALSO BE RELATED TO THE POSSIBLE NEW CRUISE MISSILE TEST PROGRAM. 25X1 3. (S) COORDINATES 64-38-40N 039-11-47E These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET (1--7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101750001-3

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