HIGH LEVEL OF MOBILE MISSILE TEL TESTING VOLGOGRAD REMOTE TEST FACILITY 3, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 20, 1982
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HIGH LEVEL OF MOBILE MISSILE TEL'TESTING
VOLGOGRAD REMOTE TEST FACILITY 3, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THIS INCREASED ACTIVITY COULD BE THE START
OF PRODUCTION -TESTING OF A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE BASIC
RANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL), OR IT COULD 25X1
EVENTUALLY INVOLVE THE TESTING OF A NEW, HEAVY DUTY TEL CHASSIS
THAT WAS IDENTIFIED MI K MOTOR VEHCILE AND GM SUPPORT
EQUIPMENT PLANT 25X1
(SWN) REMARKS: A HIGH LEVEL OF MOBILE MISSILE TEL TESTING HAS
BEEN IN PROGESS AT VOLGOGRAD REMOTE TEST FACILITY 3 SINCE
MOBILE 25X1
MISSILE TEL WERE PARKED IN THE RAVINE IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE
FACILITY MAIN SUPPORT BUILDING. SINCE ONLY 25X1
ONE TEL WAS OBSERVED IN THE RAVINE. HOWEVER, THE OTHER TEL MAY
HAVE BEEN MOVED NEAR A SET OF TEL LEVELING JACK HARDPOINTS IN A
HEAVILY WOODED PORTION OF THE ROADWAY. ON 25X1
EXTENSIVE DRIVER TRAINING ACTIVITY WAS ALSO EVIDENT ON A LARGE
HARDSTAND AREA APPROXIMATELY 1 NM EAST OF THE MAIN SUPPORT
BUILDING. CIRCULAR PATTERNS FORMED BY A WHEELED VEHCILE(S) ARE
PRESENT AND HAVE A RADIUS OF AND A TRACK WIDTH OF 25X1
THIS ACTIVITY SINCE IS THE FIRST 25X1
EVIDENCE OF TEL TESTING SINCE MARCH 9 81.
(SWN) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE FACILITY INCLUDES THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND EXTENSION TO THE SINGLE-BAY,
SLIDING ROOF GARAGE. VERTICAL STANCHIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR A
11-METER EXTENSION TO THE EAST END OF THE GARAGE. THE 25X1
EXTENSION IS SIMILAR TO ONE AT THE WEST END OF THE BUILDING AND
WHEN COMPLETE WILL EXTEND THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE GARAGE TO
APPROXIMATELY 39 METERS.
3.I (COORDINATES 49-00-10N 044-34-45E
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