POSTAVY MRBM COMPLEX, USSR LAUNCH AREA NO 3

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CREST [1]

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

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CIA-RDP78T04759A002300010019-2

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December 28, 2016

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August 27, 2004

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December 1, 1965

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REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETA 230 9-2 DECEMBER 1965 COPY1 44 4 PAGES Declassification Review by NGA/DoD GROUP I EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION 002300010019-2 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/12/01 : CIA-RDP78TO4759AO02300010019-2 Approved For Release 2004/12/01 : CIA-RDP78TO4759AO02300010019-2 X1 d For Release 2{1/RRE -RDP78T POSTAVY MRBM COMPLEX, USSR LAUNCH AREA NO 3 Launch Area No 3 (Trill name: Postavy MRBM Launch Site 2) -- Type IV 55-06-20N 27-00-OOE Fixed Field MRBM Site No 1 (TDI name: Sivtsy SSM Fixed Field Position) 55-09-30N 26-53-45E 0019-2 Fixed Field MRBM Site No 2 (TDI name: Bogatoye SSM Fixed Field Position) 54-57-15N 26-28-45E Fixed Field MRBM Site No 3 (TDI name: Kobylnik SSM Fixed Field Position) 54-56-30N 26-37-15E FIXED FIELD SITE NO 2 Ozero Bolshaya Shvakshta POSTA VV AIRFIELD -1- Approved For Release 211 4 1I. ELD SITE )1 / 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Approv ed For Release 2Vb:5ptRVI -1 25 25 Approved For Release 2 1Sk?REli44RDP78TO4$9AO0230~ 25 25 X1 X1 X1 X1 ApprUV For Release 2TnAlltit fif This report supplements NPIC/R-23/64, NPIC/R-859/64, and NPIC/PIR 1/, /, 3/ which discuss the Postavy MRBM Complex, consisting of 2 Type II, 1 Type IV, and 3 fixed field MRBM sites, an HF communi- cations facility, and a rail-to-road transfer point. Launch Area No 3 is located in a wooded area 5.4 nautical miles (nm) east of Postavy and 4.6 nm southeast of Postavy MRBM Launch Site 1 (Figure 1). The Postavy rail-to-road transfer point, on the northern edge of Postavy, is connected to Launch Area No 3 and the other launch areas by direct roads with wide-radius turns. The installation consists of a secured launch site with 4 launch silos andasemiburied, earth- covered launch control building; a secured site support facility 1 nm to the west, with at least 22 buildings and 1 garage/vehicle maintenance building; and a probably doubly RDPJ8T0j759AO0230001 stage when it was first identified ii I with 1 silo and the unmounded launch control building identifiable at the launch site. Con- struction continued during the winter of 1963-64 on both the launch site and the site support facility. By the entire area was in a late stage of construction and by Sep- tember the launch site appeared complete and operational, with silo covers in place and the area graded. Approved For Release 2(TQP12 CROP 1 25 25 25 25 25 25 Approved 759AO0230001 25 MAPS OR CHARTS DIA. US Air Target Chart,, Series 200, Sheet 0168-9HL, 3d ed, Sep 62, scale 1:200,000 (SECRET) SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0168-4HL, 2d ed, Aug 62, scale 1:200,000 (SECRET) II I I 3. NPIC. ~Postavy MRBM Complex, USSR, Fixed Field Site No 3, Feb 65 (TOP SECRETI Approved For Release 2bG 115'5CR?l -RDP78T0475 25 25 25 25 25 r Release 2W WMI Approved For Release 20TM/03EGRVbP78TO4759AO02300010019-2 Approved For Release 20.. / EGIMP78T04759AO02300010019-2