PROBABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER UNDER CONSTRUCTION SAKI AIRFIELD, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 21, 1982
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21 DECEMBER 1982
SAKI AIRFIELD, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: CONSTRUCTION OF A PROBABLE
ENVIRONMEN SHELTER OVER A CATAPULT TROUGH AT SAKI
AIRFIELD SUGGESTS THAT EMPLACEMENT OF THE LAUNCH ENGINE
CYLINDERS IS UNDERWAY.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A RECTANGULAR STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR A
PROBABLE NVF IRONMENTAL SHELTER WAS ERECTED OVER THE
CATAPULT TROUGH ORIENTED AT 045 DEGREES AT SAKI AIRFIELD.
THE FRAMEWORK EXTENDED OVER THE ENTIRE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF
THE TROUGH
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FRAMEWORK BEG
WHEN AT LEAST SEVEN
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(SWN) ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THIS IS THE FIRST OBSERVATION
OF THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY AT SAKI. NO SHELTER WAS OBSERVED
AT THE CATAPULT TROUGH ORIENTED AT 225 DEGREES, WHICH HAD
BEEN COVERED WITH PECK PLATES DURING THE SUMMER.
(SWN) ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTERS ARE USED TO FACILITATE THE
EMPLACEMENT AND ALIGNMENT Of LAUNCH ENGINE CYLINDERS IN
THE CATAPULT TROUGH. THE PLACEMENT TOLERANCES OF THE
CYLINDERS IN THE TROUGH ARE CRITICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY
SENSITIVE. ANY INACCURACIES IN THE PLACEMENT OF THE
CYLINDERS COULD CAUSE THE PISTON ASSEMBLIES, WHICH
TRANSMIT POWER TO THE LAUNCH AIRCRAFT, TO DAMAGE THE
CYLINDERS WHEN THE CATAPULT IS FIRED. SIMILAR
ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTERS HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER THE CATAPULT
TROUGHS DURING THE INSTALLATION AND ALIGNMENT OF LAUNCH
ENGINE CYLINDERS ON US NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER CATAPULTS
(SEE INSET).
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