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PROBABLE SS-20 ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT LUTSK MRBM LAUNCH SITE 1, USSR

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP89-00121R000200330005-0
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
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5
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 23, 2011
Sequence Number: 
5
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
February 23, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE I NITIALS 1 Di rpctn-r/ - 2 - 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE (Security Classification) (See inside cover CONTROL NO. Z -- OQEE~~ Copy 27 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) SECRET 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved USIBONLY- USIB Departments Only ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 JCI.n r- I (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of Copy Attachment to Z-10259/82 NPIC/PEG (02/82) PROBABLE SS-20 ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT LUTSK MRBM LAUNCH S USSR 1. (S./D) SIGNIFICANCE: PROBABLE SS-20-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: AT LEAST SIX PROBABLE SS-20-ASSOCIATED VEHICLES ARE UNDER WINTER CAMOUFLAGE CANVAS IN THE LAUNCH AREA OF LUTSK MRBM LAUNCH SITE 1. LUTSK MRBM LAUNCH SITE 1 IS AN SS-4 SITE THAT WAS ASSESSED TO BE IN A REDUCED STATE OF READINESS L__ 25X1 AND NO SS-20-ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY HAS PREVIOUSLY 25X1 BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THE FACILITY. THE PROBABLE SS-20 E UIPMENT MAY BE A UNIT ASSOCIATED WITH LUTSK MOBILE IRBM BASE 1 25X1 APPROXIMATELY 3 NM NORTH OF LAUNCH SITE 1. LUTSK 25X1 MOBILE IRBM BASE 1 WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED BUT ~~A-) HAS NOT BEEN ASSESSED TO BE OPERATIONAL. SS-20 EQUIPMENT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AT TWO OTHER DEACTIVATED MRBM LAUNCH POSITIONS, YELSK SSM LAUNCH POSITION 3 AND VSELYUB SSM LAUNCH POSITION 25X1 25X1 LUTSK IS IN THE WESTERN USSR, APPROXIMATELY 30 NM EAST OF THE USSR-POLAND BORDER. 3.I (COORDINATES 50-46-50N 025-02-52E COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER. 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 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/23: CIA-RDP89-00121 R000200330005-0

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