TYPE IIIF LAUNCH SITES NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN USSR(Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2002
• Sequence Number: 147
• Publication Date: April 1, 1971
• Content Type: REPORT

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TYPE IIIF LAUNCH SITES
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TYPE IIIF LAUNCH SITES NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN USSR
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6. No construction was observed at an of the 11fF sites at Pervomaysk in
follows--
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f Sites
Dombarovskiy
2 Confirmed
Imeni Gastello
3 Confirmed
Kartaly
3 Possible
Zhangiz-Tobe
1 Probable
Derazhnya
10 Confirmed
Pervomaysk
28 Confirmed
2 Probable
I Possible
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1. Thirty-three confirmed, three probable, and four possible Type IIIF launch sites were newly
identified in the USSR on KEYHOLE photography of This brings the total25X1 D
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of IIIF sites identified in the USSR to date to 43 confirmed, three probable, and four possible.
2. Of the latest sites identified, 28 confirmed, two probable, and one possible are at the
Pervomaysk SSM Complex; two confirmed Type IIIF sites were identified and a probable site
confirmed at the Derazhnya SSM Complex; a confirmed Type IIIF site was newly identified at the
Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex; a previously identified suspect site (designated 59) was confirmed at
the Imeni Gastello ICBM Complex; a probable IILF site (designated 57) was identified at the
Zhangiz-Tobe ICBM Complex; and three possible Type IIIF sites were identified at the Kartaly ICBM
Complex.,
3. Three of the 28 confirmed IIIF launch sites at Pervomaysk are possibly control sites. The
three are centrally located among other new sites and have some 20 support buildings each, while
other sites have only one or two support buildings. The total number of launch sites that will
be grouped around these possible control sites cannot be determined from this mission.
4. Launch site 66 at Pervomaysk (Figure 1),
one of the three possible control sites, is one of
the most advanced of the new sites. There is a
long paved area on one side of the silo and an
equipment turn-around on the access road outside
of the security fence. The equipment turn-around
is similar to that observed at most of the Type
IIID launch sites except for its location outside
of the fence. The stage of construction at site
66 is comparable to that at launch site R4 at the
Tyuratam Missile Test Center. Launch site R4,
however, does not have the turn-around on the
access road.
however, survey marks were present on at two sites.
7. Status of Type IIIF launch site deployment throughout the USSR as of
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