LATE-STAGE TEST PREPARATIONS SARY SHAGAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 14, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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LATE-STAGE TEST PREPARATIONS
SARY SHAGAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
TEST ARE UI~(DERWAY ON THE [JEW WEST TEST PAD.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: -THE TEST DEVICE IS BEING ASSEMBLED FOR THE
FIRST TEST TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE TEST PAD THAT IS
APPROXIMATELY 280 METERS WEST OF THE APEX BUILDING. FOUR
CANVAS-COVERED ARCHED SHELTERS ARE ALIGNED OVER THE TEST DEVICE
SUPPORT RACK. THREE SHELTERS COVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE
RACK. THE EASTERNMOST SHELTER HAS BEEN MOVED EXPOSING AN
UNOCCUPIED PORTION OF THE RACK. A CRANE IS WORKING NEXT TO THE
SHELTERS. FOUR CRATES SIMILAR TO THOSE~USED IN TESTS CONDUCTED
IN DECEMBER 1981 AND MARCH 1982 ARE AT THE TEST SITE. THREE OF
THE CRATES APPEAR TO CONTAIN CIRCULAR DISK-SHAPED OBJECTS. A
CARGO TRUCK, A VAN TRUCK, A TRACTOR-TRAILER CARGO TRUCK, AND
TWO ARCHED-ROOF VAN TRAILERS ARE ALSO ONSITE. FOUR CRYOGEN
TRAILERS (NOT ON GRAPHIC) REMAIN NEAR THE APEX BUILDING.
(SWN) PREPARATIONS FOR AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE TEST HAVE BEEN
UNDERWAY SINCE AT LEAST THIS-TESTING PROBABLY
REPRESENTS SUBSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED.WITH A DIRECTED
ENERGY WEAPONS PROGRAM THOUGHT TO BE UNDERWAY AT THIS COMPLEX.
3.1 I COORllINATES 45-52-OON U73-31-OOE
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