NEW COMMAND AND CONTROL SILO, SERPUKHOV, USSR

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01782R000300010001-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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New Commapd and_Control
Silo, Serpukhov, USSR (S)
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NEW COMMAND AND CONTROL SILO, SERPUKHOV, USSR (S)
1. (S/D) A command and control silo was under construction in the USSR during July 1980 at
Serpukhov Radio Communications Receiver Station/Hard a probable Soviet General
Staff national-level command and control facility. This is the first command and control silo identified at
a national-level command and control facility. The silo is similar in size and appearance to silos previously
identified at Kapustin Yar Missile/Space Test Center, SSM C -1 and at the Semipalatinsk
2. (S/D) At Serpukhov, the silo under construction is adjacent to the control bunker. Construction
on this silo was first observed on (Figure 1). The silo shaft and headworks section of the silo
had been excavated and faced with probable facing blocks. The headworks portion of the silo is
in diameter and in depth. The silo shaft is in diameter. A probable headworks base
and a probable headworks component were on the ground near the silo, with outer and inner diameters of
respectively. Probable silo wall sections were also
(Figure 2), a truck-mounted crane was observed positioned to lower probable
silo wall sections into the silo. The probable headworks base and probable headworks component were in
the same location as they were on
3. (S/D) At Shagan River Test Area (Figure 3), a probable command and control silo is under
construction at vulnerability area 108. The silo, designated 15, was first observed in late February 1980.
The approximate diameter of the headworks portion of the silo is 0 and it is about in
depth. The diameter of the silo shaft is about A silo base and at least six silo wall sections,
about 0 long, have been installed in the silo. The inner diameter of the silo, after the installation
of the wall sections, was about A probable headworks base, with outer and inner diameters of
about respectively, was assembled next to the silo. No other components have
been observed.
4. (S/D) At Kapustin Yar (Figure 4), the same type of silo was constructed in the administration/
barracks section of the MR/IRBM Bivouac Troop Training Area It was first identified
under construction in September 1976 and was completed by early 1978. It is the only one of the three silos
that has been completed. The headworks portion of the silo is in diameter and Din
depth. The silo shaft is 0 in diameter. The completed silo (Figure 5) has an environmental cover
in diameter and is surrounded by a concrete service apron. The silo is apparently intended for
electronics equipment and not personnel, since the silo cover has no hinged door and there is no under-
ground passageway into the silo.
5. (S/D) The silos at Serpukhov, Kapustin Yar, and Shagan River are different from the type IIIX
silos at launch control facilities LCF) associated with Soviet ICBM systems (Figure 6). The LCF silo is a
larger silo, with headworks in diameter and in depth. The silo shaft is 0 in
diameter (Figure 7). The LCF silo also has an underground personnel passageway leading to a
support building.
6. (S/D) The silo at Kapustin Yar is believed to be associated with SS-20 command and control,
since it is cable connected to two SS-20-associated communications towers and to a command and control
building that is also cable connected to the two towers and to the concrete apron where TWIN EAR
antennas are located. The silo at Serpukhov is associated with command and control, but there is no
evidence of SS-20-related activity in the area. The silo at Shagan River Test Area will be an effects item in
a future vulnerability test at area 108.
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(TSR) All applicable KEYHOLE imagery acquired through ~ ~ was used in the preparation of
this report.
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RFB-22/0009/79, Type IIIX Silo (U), Sep 79 (TOP SECRET R)
NPIC. Z-20008/80, IAR-0103/80, Area 108-New Vulnerability Teti .Site-at Shagan River Test Area, USSR (S)
N PIC. I PI R-017/77, Possible SS-X-20 Associated Command of Silo Under Construction at
Kapustin Yar, USSR, Aug 77 (TOP SECRET
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