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ROCKET MOTOR POSTTEST ACTIVITY BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II, USSR

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500010-8
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 8, 2011
Sequence Number: 
10
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
January 6, 1983
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500010-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500010-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500010-8 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page Copy 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE ROCKET MOTOR IS IDENTIFIED AT BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II FOLLOWING A RECENT TEST. 2. ABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR WITH DIMENSIONS AND A PROBABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR/TEST 25X1 FIXTURE, (AT OPPOSITE ENDS), ARE OUTSIDE 25X1 THE LARGE HORIZONTAL TEST CELL. THE SIZE OF THE MOTOR SUGGESTS THAT IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SS-NX-20 SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER WHICH WAS POSITIONED AGAINST THE THRUST BLOCK IIS AT 25X1 THE ENTRANCE TO THE TEST CELL. A LARGE MOBILE CRANE REMAINS Y INSIDE THE REVETTED TEST POSITION. THIS POSTTEST ACTIV FOLLOWS A ROCKET MOTOR TEST CONDUCTED HERE BETWEEN 25X1 A LARGE BURN MARK EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 25X1 280 METERS FROM THE TEST POSITION WAS OBSERVED ON Attachment to Z-10014/83 NPIC/PEG (1/83) ROCKET MOTOR POSTTEST ACTIVITY BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II, USSR (SWN) BIYSK SOLID MOTOR TEST AREA II IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BIYSK SOLID PROPELLANT PRODUCTION COMPLEX (NO BE NUMBER ASSIGNED) AND IS INVOLVED IN THE STATIC TESTING OF LARGE DIAMETER ROCKET MOTORS. COORDINATES 52-31-17N 085-02-06E 25X1 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 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500010-8
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