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SS-20 EQUIPMENT LUTSK MOBILE IRBM BASE 1, USSR (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP83T00574R000101510001-8
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
3
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
July 6, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
October 22, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/06: CIA-RDP83T00574R000101510001-8 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO, DATE-71 SECRET (SecUrity PI ecifina+inn) CONTROL NO. Z-11547/82 NPIC/PEG (10/82) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) 289 TT'-T[--- -- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/06: CIA-RDP83T00574R000101510001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/06: CIA-RDP83T00574R000101510001-8 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/06: CIA-RDP83T00574R000101510001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/06: CIA-RDP83T00574R000101510001-8 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to 2-11547/82 Copy SS-20 EQUIPMENT LUTSK MOBILE , USSR 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE BASE CAN NOW BE CONFIRMED AS OPERATIONAL. 25X1 2. (SWN) REMARKS: SS-20 MOBILE IRB11 EQUIPMENT IS'OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE OPERATIONS AREA AT LUTSK MOBILE IRBM BASE 1 CONFIRMING ITS OPERATIONAL STATUS. THREE SS-20 MISSILE SUPPORT VANS ARE IN FRONT OF A FIVE-BAY GARAGE IN THE OPERATIONS AREA. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF VEHICLE WASHDOWN IN FRONT OF AN 11-BAY GARAGE IN THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE AREA. SS-20 VEHICLES HAD BEEN SEEN IN THE DRIVER TRAINING AREA OF THE SUPPORT FACILITY LAST MAY, BUT CONSTRUCTION WAS CONTINUING IN THE OPERATIONS AREA AT THAT TIME. BASE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN UNDERWAY SINCE AT LEAST A NEW REGIMENTAL 25X1 HEADQUARTERS HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED AT THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE SUPPORT AREA. (SWN) THIS FORMER SS-4 MRBM LAUNCH SITE IS ONE OF FOUR RECENTLY' COMPLETED SS-20 BASES IN THE WESTERN SOVIET UNION. THIRTY-SIX OF THE THIRTY-EIGHT SS-20 BASES IDENTIFIED TO DATE ARE CONSIDERED OPERATIONAL. COORDINATES 50-50-O1N 025-04-02E COMMENTS AND OIIFRTF.R RFGARnTNc1 T1TC RPTTii,'TM!'7 BOARD MAY BE 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/06: CIA-RDP83T00574R000101510001-8 NPIC/PEG (10/82)

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