MISSILE IMPACT CRATERS KAMCHATKA MISSILE IMPACT AREA OMICORN, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 22, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG (2/83)
MISSILE IMPACT CRATERS
22 FEBRUARY 1983
KAMCHATKA MIS
SILE IMPACT AREA OMI
CRON,
USSR
(TSR) SIGNIFICANCE: TWO NEW CRATERS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE
KAMCHATKA IMPACT AREA OMICRON
THIS IS THE FIRST KNOWN USE OF THIS IMPACT AREA AND MAY BE THE
IMPACT AREA FOR A NEW ICBM CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT
PLESETSK MILLILE AND SPACE TEST CENTER. TWO NEARBY FACILITIES,
KAMCHATKA IMPACT AREA OMICRON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY (BE
AND KAMCHATKA IMPACT AREA OMICRON CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITY 2 WERE CONSTRUCTED RECENTLY AND
PROBABLY SUPPORT THE TESTING CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
2. (TSR) REMARKS: TWO
PROBABLE MILE WARHEADS IMPACTED IN THE KAMCHATKA MISSILE
IMPACT AREA OMICRON. THE RESULTING CRATERS ARE 5 TO 7 METERS
IN DIAMETER. CRATER 1. IS IN A CLEAR LEVEL AREA AT 56-52-05N
161-24-01E. CRATER 2 IS ON A STREAM BANK AT 56-51-57N
161-25-14E. EVIDENCE OF NEARBY HELICOPTER LANDINGS AND FOOT
TRACK ACTIVITY EXTENDING TO THE CRATERS INDICATES THE SOVIETS
HAVE CONDUCTED ONSITE DEBRIS/CRATER EVALUATIONS.
(TSR) THE PROBABLE WARHEADS IMPACTED VERY CLOSE TO A RECENTLY
CONSTRUCTED 30-METER HIGH FREE-STANDING STEEL TOWER AT
56-51-35N 161-24-52E. THIS TOWER, REPORTED AS KAMCHATKA IMPACT
AREA OMICRON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY 2, WAS ERECTED
CRATER 1 IS APPROXIMATELY 1,280
METERS FROM THE TOWER~ CRATER 2
IS APPROXIMATELY 770 METERS FROM THE TOWER ON AN AZIMUTH OF 29
DEGREES. CRATERS 1 AND 2 ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,250 METERS
APART.
(TSR) THE TOWER IS CABLE-CONNECTED TO KAMCHATKA IMPACT AREA
OMICRON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY PfflICH IS APPROXIMATELY 4.7 KM TO
THE SOUTHEAST WHERE A PROBABLE PLANAR ARRAY RADAR, SRF-RELATED
VEHICLES, AND OTHER ELECTRONICS WERE RECENTLY IDENTIFIED.
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.
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(S) DEFSMAC REPORTED THE LAUNCH OF FIVE MISSILES M-IICH
IMPACTED IN OR NEAR THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA IMPACT AREAS
BET WEE THESE WERE ONE SS-19 25X1
ONE SS-19 ONE SS-19 25%25X1
ONE SS-18 ON 8 FEBRUARY AND THE FIRST LAUNCH OF THE 25X'1
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(SDQ 56-83, 67-83, 93-83, AND 98-83). 25X1
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COORDINATES 56-50-OON 161-24-30E. 25X1
COLLATERAL REFERENCE:
MINIBOARD NPIC/IEG, NEWLY IDENTIFIED PROBABLE PLANAR ARRAY
RADAR, Z-15941/82, 10 DECEMBER 1982.
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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.
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