PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EVENTS PREPARATIONS ASTRAKHAN PNE SITE 1, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 20, 1982
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TWO PART GRAPHIC
PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EVENTS PREPARATIONS
S P NE SITE SSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: IF ALL FOUR EMPLACEMENT SITES ARE
COMPLETED TIMES-SITE AND DETONATED IN CLOSE SUCCESSION IT
WOULD BE THE FIRST QUADRUPLE PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EVENT EVER
CONDUCTED IN THE SOVIET UNION.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: LATE-STAGE PREPARATIONS FOR THREE AND PROBABLY
FOUR PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EVENTS (PNE) ARE OBSERVED NEAR ASTRAKHAN
PNE SITE 1. TWO PROBABLE TYPE I NUCLEAR WARHEAD VANS (ONE WITH
REAR DOORS OPEN) HAVE ARRIVED AT THE CENTRAL CONTROL POINT
(CP)/SUPPORT CAMP (GRAPHIC 1) SINCE THE 25X1
WARHEAD VANS AND ONE CARGO TRUCK ARE INSIDE A SECURED PARKING
AREA NEXT TO THE SECURED CP WHERE EIGHT PROBABLE SUPPORT VANS
ARE PRESENT. THE PRESENCE OF THESE WARIIEAD VANS INDICATES THAT
TWO OR MORE OF THE NUCLEAR DEVICES TO BE USED IN THIS EVENT MAY
BE AT THE CP/SUPPORT CAMP. SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY IS ALSO
OBSERVED AT THE EMPLACEMENT SITE (GRAPHIC 2) 2134 METERS
SOUTHWEST OF THE CP AT 46-45-05N 048-15-20E. THIS EMPLACEMENT
SITE CONTAINS A LARGE DRILL RIG THAT HAS BEEN FENCE SECURED
SINCE A FENCE-SECURED FORWARD RECORDING 25X1
SITE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED APPROXIMATELY 200 METERS NORTHEAST OF
THE EMPLACEMENT SITE, AND TWO PROBABLE LIGHTNING ARRESTERS ARE
ON THE GROUND NEAR IT. EXCAVATION OF AN ADDITIONAL CABLE
TRENCH IS IN PROGRESS BETWEEN THE CP AND THIS EMPLACEMENT
SITE. THE HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AT THIS EMPLACEMENT SITE
SUGGESTS THAT A CONCERTED EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO BRING THIS
SITE TO THE SAME READINESS STATUS AS THE OTHER THREE. ONE
SMALL TRUCK-MOUNTED DRILL RIG REMAINS AT OR NEAR EACH OF THE
OTHER THREE FENCE-SECURED EMPLACEMENT SITES.
COORDINATES 46-45-18N 048-16-23E 25X1
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