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UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION DOMBAROVSKIY SSM COMPLEX, USSR (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 3, 2011
Sequence Number: 
4
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
December 20, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9 DOMBAROVSKIY SSM COMPLEX, USSR = /i~ UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION 3A Y/ ~f Z-15943 NPIC/IEG 112/821 1 OF 4 } Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9 Q Next 2 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9 e ~Ff'RFT (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 2 Co py~~-~ Attachment to Z- 15 9 4 3/ 8 2 NPIC/IEG (12/82) 20 DECEMBER 1982 UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION DOMBAROVSKIY SSM COMPLEX, USSR ai. r... rti.....i.. ..~... .. ._--??--- (GRAPHIC 1). THIS CONSTRUCTION WAS NOT PRESENT BUT 25X1 WAS UNDERWAY THIS TYPE OF FOUNDATION HAS NOT 25X1 PREVIOUSLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION AT ANY OF THE 19 DEPLOYED ICBM COMPLEXES. DOMBAROVSKIY ICBM RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT _ _ 25X1 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION AT DOMBAROVSKIY SSM COMPLEX BETWEE LAUNCH GROUPS A AND B. 2? (SWN) REMARKS.: FOOTINGS FOR A LARGE UNIDENTIFIED-TYPE (SWN) THERE WERE TWO PARALLEL ROWS OF CIRCULAR 25X1 EXCAVATIONS (CENTER-TO-CENTER) AND 86 METERS 25X1 LONG. EACH ROW CONSISTED OF FIVE EXCAVATIONS AND SCARRINGS FOR GRAPHIC 2). THE EXCAVATIONS ARE APART (CENTER-TO-CENTER) 25X1 AND APPEAR TO B EACH EXCAVATION CONTAINS A CIRCULAR FOOTING 25X1 DIAMETER HOLE CENTERED IN THE TOP OF THE FOOTING. THREE CRANES AND SEVERAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. A CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT CAMP THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST 20 HOUSETRAILERS WAS NEARBY. AN EXCAVATION, APPROXIMATELY 39 BY 10 METERS, WAS NEAR THE SUPPORT CAMP. A POWER LINE AND AN IMPROVED ACCESS ROAD WERE ALSO PRESENT. NO SECURITY FENCES HAD BEEN ERECTED AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, HOWEVER; THE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT CAMP MAY BE PARTIALLY FENCE-SECURED. (SWN) ONLY ONE CIRCULAR EXCAVATION FOR A 25X1 FOOTING WAS PRESENT. HOWEVER, THE SUPPORT CAMP HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THE EXCAVATION NEAR IT HAD BEEN DUG. ~~ 25X1 NINE ADDITIONAL EXCAVATIONS HAD BEEN DUG AND FOOTINGS 25X1 , HAD BEEN INSTALLED (GRAPHICS 3 AND 4). Z~X1 25X1 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 boardls) 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 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9 SFC'RFT (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 -Copy Attachment to Z- 15 9 4 3/ 8 2 NPIC/IEG (12/82) 20 DECEMBER 1982 25X1 25X1 (S) COORDINATES 51-07-46N 060-09-57E 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 boardlsl 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200380004-9

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