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CSS-3 ICBM TROOP TRAINING JINGYU POSSIBLE SSM R&D/TRAINING LAUNCH SITE B, CHINA

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CREST [1]
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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000200510009-9
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 3, 2011
Sequence Number: 
9
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
January 12, 1983
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200510009-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200510009-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200510009-9 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy_ Attachment to Z-10049/83 NPIC/PEG (1/83) CSS-3 ICBM TROOP TRAINING JINGYU POSSIBLE SSM R&D TRAINING LAUNCH SITE B, CHINA 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: TROOP TRAINING CONTINUES AT THIS ICBM COMPLEX. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: A CSS-3 ICBM ROLLOUT, ERECT-TO-LAUNCH TROOP TRAINING EXERCISE, IN PROGRESS SINCE AT LEAST CONTINUES AT JINGYU POSSIBLE SSM R&D/TRAINING LAUNCH SITE B. A CSS-3 MISSILE IS ERECTED ON THE LAUNCH PAD AND APPROXIMATELY 20 SUPPORT VEHICLES, INCLUDING EIGHT PROPELLANT TRANSPORTERS, ARE PARKED ON THE LAUNCH APRON. NO ERECTED MOBILE LIGHTNING ARRESTERS, AN INDICATOR THAT AN ERECTED MISSILE MAY BE FUELED, ARE OBSERVED ON THE LAUNCH APRON. TRACKING STRIPES ON THE MISSILE ARE NOT DISCERNIBLE. (SWN) THE LAST TROOP TRAINING CYCLE AT JINGYU TOOK PLACE HOWEVER, NO LAUNCH OCCURRED. 25X1 (SWN) JINGYU MISSILE TEST COMPLEX SSMI IIS T HE 25X1 ONLY KNOWN CSS-3 TROOP TRAINING LAUNCH FACILITY IN CHINA A CONSISTS OF ONE ELEVATE-TO-LAUNCH SILO AND ONE ROLLOUT, ND ERECT-TO-LAUNCH SITE. AST CSS-3 LAUNCH FROM THIS COMPLEX OCCURRED FROM THE ROLLOUT, ERECT-TO-LAUNCH SITE (LAUNCH SITE B). COORDINATES 42-17-52N 126-52-41E 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 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200510009-9

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