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SOVIET TYPE IIIA ICBM LAUNCH SITES

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
T
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
May 30, 2013
Sequence Number: 
11
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
February 1, 1969
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/30: CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9 ISLA-UIRM11/69 25X1 TOP SECRET Basic Imagery Interpretation Brief NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER -25X1- SOVIET TYPE IIIA ICBM LAUNCH SITES B.E. NONE DEPLOYED STRATEGIC SSM FACILITIES USSR FEBRUARY 1969 TOP SECRET COPY NO.104 1 PAGES GROUP 1: EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/30: CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/30: CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9 WARNING This document contains information affecting the national security of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to receive information in the designated control channels. Its security must be maintained in accordance with regulations pertaining to TALENT-KEYHOLE Control System. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/30: CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved forRelease2013/05/30 : CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9 TOP SECRET RUFF ? INSTALLATION OR ACTIVITY NAME SOVIET TYPE IIIA ICBM LAUNCH SITES' DIM COORDINATES NA GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES NA CATEGORY BE NUMBER MAP REFERENCE NA LATEST IMAGERY USED NEGATIONDATEW NA NOTICE 25X1 COUNTRY UR NA COMIREX NO. NA NIE1B NO. NA 25X1 25X1 The reports listed below satisfy the reporting requirements for this type of target. Deployment of Type IIIA launch sites was terminated in March 1965 after the completion of 23 sites, and no significant changes have been observed since that date. 1. NPIC. R733T4, Construction of Soviet Type IIIA ICBM Launch ? Sites, May 6 (TOP SECRET RUFF) Drovyanaya ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site 2. NPIC. Feb 67 3. NPIC. Feb 67 4. NPIC. Jun 67 5. NPIC. 1, Feb 6. NPIC. 1, Oct 7. NPIC. 2, Aug 8. NPIC. 3, Jul 9. NPIC. Apr 67 10. NPIC. Dec 66 11. NPIC. Feb 67 REQUIREMENT (TOP SECRET 2, RUFF) Gladkaya ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site 5, SECRET RUFF) Kostroma ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site 5, (TOP SECRET RUFF) Novosibirsk ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site (TOP 67 TOP 66 (ToP SECRET RUFF) Olovyannaya SECRET RUFF) Olovyannaya SECRET RUFF) Olovyannaya T RUFF) Plesetsk ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site 6, RUFF) Svobodnyy ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site 7, RUFF) Yedrovo ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site 8, ' 25X1 RUFF) ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site (TOP SECRET ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site ICBM Complex, USSR, Launch Site (TOP SECRET 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 (TOP SECRET COMIREX BR-A/001-69 NPIC Project 2101)-i-1 -1- 25X1 TOP SECRET RUFF Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/30: CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/30: CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9 TOP SECRET TOP SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/05/30: CIA-RDP78T04739A000100010011-9

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