PROBABLE STATIC TEST FACILITY, STERLITAMAK, USSR

Document Type:

CREST [1]

Collection:

NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

CIA-RDP78T05439A000200390094-8

Release Decision:

RIPPUB

Original Classification:

T

Document Page Count:

2

Document Creation Date:

December 28, 2016

Document Release Date:

June 8, 2000

Sequence Number:

94

Case Number:

Publication Date:

September 1, 1963

Content Type:

BRIEF

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ILLEGIB Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78TO5439A000200390094-8 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2000/08/04: CIA-RDP78TO5439A000200390094-8 pprove or a ease : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000200390094-8 Title: Probable Static Test Facility, Sterlitamak, USSR Geo Coords: 53-44N 55-58E References: USATC Series 200, Sheet 0165-ISA (S) NPIC Project J-321/63 A new probable static test facility for explosives or solid propellants has been ob- served at an industrial complex 7 nm north of Sterlitamak, USSR. The complex was first observed in an early stage of construction in IJ, and it now appears complete. The probable test facility consists of a firing bay, a bunker against which a hori- zontal blast is probably directed, and an H- shaped support building (Figure 1). BE No: None NPIC/R-232/63 25X1A facility is almost identical to a facility at Perm, USSR, which has one firing bay and to one bay of the test facility at Biysk, USSR 3/. The Biysk installation contains three firing bays and an H-shaped building. 1. 2. NPIC. R-231,'63 (TSR) 3. NPIC. R-177,'63 (TSR)