SSC-3 COASTAL DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM KORSAKOV CRUISE MISSILE SUPPORT FACILITY, USSR
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November 16, 1983
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SSC-3 COASTAL DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM
KORSAKOV CRUISE MTCGTT.F gTT1:)i5r)P + FACILITY, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: AN SSC-3 COASTAL DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM MOBILE
LAUNCHER IS OBSERVED AT THIS FACILITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE INTRODUCTION OF THE STYX (SS-N-2) VARIANT COASTAL
DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM TO THIS AREA IS CONFIRMED. THIS'IS ALSO
THE FIRST OBSERVATION OF THE SSC-3 SYSTEM AT AN OPERATIONAL
CRUISE MISSILE FACILITY IN THE SOVIET FAR EAST. THE MOBILE
LAUNCHER IS NEAR APPROXIMATELY 25 SS-N-2 MISSILE CRATES, WHICH
FIRST BEGAN TO ARRIVE AT THIS FACILITY IN DECEMBER 1982. (SWN)
THE SSC-3 (FORMERLY DESIGNATED BALAKLAVA-01) COASTAL DEFENSE
SYSTEM INCLUDES A TWIN-TUBE MOBILE LAUNCHER WITH TWO SS-N-2C
CRUISE MISSILES. THE MOBILITY AND RANGE (APPROXIMATELY 50 NM)
OF THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN EXCELLENT COVERAGE OF LA PEROUSE
STRAIT (APPROXIMATELY 20 NM WIDE) AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
SAKHALIN ISLAND BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND JAPAN. KORSAKOV
CRUISE MISSILE SUPPORT FACILITY ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED ONLY THE
MUCH OLDER SEPAL COASTAL DEFENSE SYSTEM, WHICH UTILIZES THE
SSC-1B MISSILE (A VARIANT OF THE SS-N-3 ANTISHIP CRUISE
MISSILE). (SWN)
THE SOVIET-DEVELOPED AND -PRODUCED SSC-3 SYSTEM HAS BEEN
SUPPLIED TO YUGOSLAVIA, ALGERIA, AND LIBYA. (SWN)
COORDINATES 46-39-03N 142-51-23E
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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