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GEOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
PROBABLE UNITED STATES AND USSR GEODETIC
ACCURACIES BETWEEN ICBM LAUNCH
SITES AND TARGETS
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November 1957
CIA/RR-GR-166
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND REPORTS
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November 3,957
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This material contains information affecting
th : National Defense of the United States
i Mrhin the meaning of the espionage laws.,
Ti-.le 18, USCD Secs. 793 and 794,, the trans~-
x?ission or revelation of which in any manner
to an unarfhorized person is prohibited by law.
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D STATES AND USSR GEODETIC
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4k-7-the: the US or the USSR-, it is evident that the launch a. tea of
nn: nation will be prii e targets of the other in case of open hostili,ti.oesa
of a launch site may be 'soft,' that is, spread out on the
? . pace of the earth; or they may be "hard,,," that is., built underground
to sin ize surface ensure and vulnerability, The vulnerability of
any launch site depends upon its degree of hardness and upon the :any'a
: p ility for hitting the selected target, which is usually e rovaed
ao circular probable erzor (CEP),
is AMt orte.nt to distinguish between the purely open at ..onal rrors
(r?:? dom) of the misfile and the geodetic errors (s;yste ,tic) which are
.Rnherent in connecting the launch and target points on the ea?thas ourfacefl
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