GROUND-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY KAPUSTIN YAR CRUISE TEST COMPLEX D, USSR

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December 9, 1982

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100050009-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100050009-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100050009-1 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-11756/82 NPIC/PEG (12/82) Copy- J GROUND-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY KAPUSTIN YAR CRUISE TEST COMPLEX D, USSR 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: CRUISE MISSILE PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY IS IN PROGRESS AT KAPUSTIN YAR. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: GROUND-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (GLCM) PREFLIGHT PREPARATIONS-ARE OBSERVED AT KAPUSTIN YAR CRUISE TEST COMPLEX D SITE 1. THE CANVAS HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE GLUT TRACKED TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL) AND A PROBABLE WORKSTAND HAS BEEN ERECTED BEHIND IT. THE TEL IS CABLE-CONNECTED TO SUPPORT VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT ON THE LAUNCH PAD, AND AT LEAST NINE VEHICLES HAVE ARRIVED AT THE PAD SINCE GLCM LAUNCH OCCURRED 25X1 WHEN A NEWLY EXPENDED 25X1 PROBABLE GLCM LAUNCH CANISTER WAS OBSERVED A FEW HUNDRED METERS DOWNRANGE. (SWN) AT NEARBY KAPUSTIN YAR CRUISE MISSILE TEST COMPLEX D SITE 3, A PROBABLE ADV-2 C I VEHICLE ENGINE RUN-UP HAS OCCURRED A NEW-TYPE ADV-2 25X1 LAUNCHER WITH.' AN ERECTED ADV-2 AIRFRAME IS NEXT TO THE LAUNCH PAD; A RECENT EXHAUST PLUME IS TO THE REAR OF THE AIRFRAME. THE TWO PROTOTYPE ADV-2 LAUNCHERS, NORMALLY HERE, ARE ALSO ON THE PAD. THIS IS THE FIRST OBSERVATION OF ADV-2 RELATED ACTIVITY BY JUNE 1982, THE ADV-2 TEST 25X1 ACTIVITY HAD BEEN HALTED, THE RSBN-4N ELECTRONIC SUPPORT EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN STORED, AND MOST OF THE OTHER ADV-2-RELATED EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE LAUNCH PAD. (SWN) KAPUSTIN YAR CRUISE TEST COMPLEX, APPROXIMATELY 13 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF-AKHTUBINSK, IS A CRUISE MISSILE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEST AREA AND A HIGH ALTITUDE DRONE LAUNCH FACILITY. COORDINATES 48-28-21N 046-19-11E 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 2011/02/07: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100050009-1