NEW USES FOR DISMANTLED SOVIET ICBM LAUNCH SITES (TSR)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: March 1, 1978
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
I NTERPRETATION
REPORT
NEW USES FOR DISMANTLED
SOVIET ICBM LAUNCH SITES (TSR)
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MARCH 1978
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NEW USES FOR DISMANTLED SOVIET ICBM LAUNCH SITES (TSR)
1. (TSR) As permitted by terms of the SALT interim agreement, 20 former SS-7 ICBM
launch sites in the USSR have been converted to alternate uses. Some sites continue to serve the
Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces while others have no connection with strategic forces. Of the 20 dis-
mantled launch sites covered in this report, six now support mobile IRBM bases, seven have been
converted to army barracks, and three are used as vehicle storage areas. The remaining four dis-
mantled launch sites are-or appear to be-functioning in a variety of capacities (Table 1).
2. (TSR) The construction of SS-20 mobile IRBM bases at or near dismantled SS-7 ICBM
launch sites was first identified in November 1976. To date, three bases have been identified at the
Drovyanaya ICBM Complex, two at Novosibirsk ICBM Complex in the eastern USSR, and one in
the very early stages of construction at Verkhnyaya Salda ICBM Complex in the central USSR.
3. (TSR) Of the seven SS-7 ICBM sites converted to army barracks, four are at Yedrovo
ICBM Complex in the Leningrad Military District and three are at the Itatka ICBM Complex
(Figure 1) in the Siberian Military District. These barracks areas now house Soviet ground combat
units.
4. (TSR) The new functions of the remaining launch sites include an air warning radar site at
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storage areas at Svobodnyy, and a facility possibly associated with agriculture or animal husbandry
at Teykovo.
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Table 1. Dismantled Soviet ICBM Launch Sites
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Drovyanaya ICBM Launch Site 3
Drovyanaya ICBM Launch Site 4
Drovyanaya SSM Launch Position 2
Gladkaya ICBM Launch Site 2
Itatka SSM Launch Position 1
Itatka SSM Launch Position 2
Itatka SSM Launch Position 3
Novosibirsk ICBM Launch Site 2
Novosibirsk ICBM Launch Site 4 .
Svobodnyy ICBM Launch Site 3
Svobodnyy SSM Launch Position 2
Verkhnyaya Salda SSM Launch Position 10
Yedrovo SSM Launch Position 1
Yedrovo SSM Launch Position 5
Yedrovo SSM Launch Position 6
Yedrovo SSM Launch Position 7
Yoshkar-Ola SSM Launch Position 1
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Drovyanaya Mobile IRBM Base 2
Drovyanaya Mobile IRBM Base 1
Drovyanaya Mobile IRBM Base 3
Now an air warning (AW) site
Itatka Army Barracks AL-2
Itatka Army Barracks AL-4
Itatka Army Barracks AL-3
Novosibirsk Mobile IRBM Base 1
Novosibirsk Mobile IRBM Base 2
Shimanovsk Veh Stor Area DO 1
Vehicle storage areas presently
containing engineer equipment
Vehicle storage areas presently
containing engineer equipment
New construction suggests a
probable non-military use;
the structure type and the pattern
of building placement is not con-
sistent with Soviet military con-
struction
Functions as the nuclear
warhead handling facility for
the complex
Mobile IRBM base
Yedrovo Army Bks 1
Yedrovo Army Bks 5
Yedrovo Army Bks 6
Yedrovo Army Bks 7
Probably functions as the
nuclear warhead handling
facility for the complex
The term "dismantled" as used here reflects the definition used in the attachment to the Standing Consultative Commission Protocol of the SALT interim agreement.
**MRN in process of being changed.
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