KAPUSTIN YAR MISSILE TEST CENTER USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000400090004-4
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 4, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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YAR MISSILE TEST CENTER
PROVIDED THE FIRST KH-7 COVERAGE OF KYMTC, BUT CLOUDS,
OBLIQUITY AND HEAVY SNOW HAMPERED INTERPRETATION.
1. TALENT PHOTOGRAPHY OF SEP 57, FIRST REVEALED THIS INSTALLATION
AS A MAJOR SOVIET GUIDED MISSILE TEST RANGE. THE 57 COVERAGE
AND ADDITIONAL COVERAGE IN DEC 59, REVEALED FOUR SURFACE-TO-
SURFACE BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST LAUNCH COMPLEXES IN VARIOUS
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, ONE FOR AERODYNAMIC VEHICLES AND TWO
FOR TRAINING; A LARGE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE DEVELOPMENT COM-
PLEX; AND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SUPPORTING FACILITIES FOR
THE OPERATION OF THIS HIGHLY ACTIVE AND DIVERSIFIED PAD FACI-
LITY.
2. SIXTEEN SUBSEQUENT KH MISSIONS FROM AUG 60, THROUGH SEP 63 RE-
VEALED THE COMPLETION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, AND THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ADDITIONAL FACILITIES: SUCH AS, NEW LAUNCH SITES AT THE SAM
R&D COMPLEX, MRBM AND IRBM SILO TEST FACILITIES AND SOFT SITE TRAIN-
ING FACILITIES, AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRONICS AND SUPPORT FACILITIES.
PROVIDED THE BEST COVERAGE TO DATE. LAUNCH COMPLEXES
"A", "B", AND "C" WERE OBSERVED IN GREAT DETAIL. HIGHLIGHTS REPORTED
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WERE AN SS-4 TRAINING EXERCISE UNDER WAY AT COMPLEX "A"; A NEWLY
IDENTIFIED LAUNCH FACILITY AT COMPLEX "B"; A TRAINING EXERCISE
AT "3-C" WITH MISSILE, ERECTOR, AND OTHER SUPPORT VEHICLES
VISIBLE; SILOS AT 4C-1 AND 4C-2; AND TWO MISSILES ON TRANSPORTERS
AT 5C-1. A RAIL-SERVED UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY WAS LOCATED BEHIND
LAUNCH COMPLEX "B".
I REVEALED THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITY:
LAUNCH COMPLEX "C". A NEW RAIL SPUR WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND
BRANCHED FROM THE RAIL SERVING LAUNCH AREA 1C JUST WEST OF COM-
PLEX "C" OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER AND EXTENDED TO THE FORMER
4C SUPPORT AREA. ROAD BED CONSTRUCTION TERMINATED AT THE ROAD
SERVING LAUNCH AREAS 4 AND 5C. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED AT LAUNCH
AREA 1C. VEHICLE TRACKS APPEARED TO ENCIRCLE THE ENTIRE LAUNCH
AREA. A PROBABLE MISSILE EXERCISE WAS UNDERWAY AT LAUNCH AREA 3C.
SAM FACILITIES. THE ROAD SERVING THE NEW ACTIVITY HAD JOINED THE
MAIN ROAD INTO THE SAM COMPLEX IMMEDIATELY TO THE REAR OF THE SAM
R&D LAUNCH AREA. THE CENTER OF THE NEW ACTIVITY AT THE END OF THE
NEW ROAD WAS BEING FENCED.
PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA. THE AREA WAS RAIL-
SERVED AND SHOWED NEW CONSTRUCTION SCARRING SINCE
WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING FACILITY.
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THE UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY NORTHWEST OF THE SAM R&D LAUNCH AREA AP-
PEARED TO STILL BE JNDER CONSTRUCTION. NO FUNCTION COULD THEN BE
ASCRIBED TO THIS FACILTIY. THE UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURE AT THE END
OF ACCESS ROAD APPEARED TO HAVE GREATER HEIGHT THAN WHEN PREVIOUSLY
OBSERVED.
SCARRING INDICATIVE OF A FIREBREAK CLEARING WAS EVIDENT
THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ELECTRONICS AREA
WAS IDENTIFIED AS A LARGE DISH ANTENNA ON A TOWER WHICH IN TURN WAS
MOUNTED ON A BUILDING.
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6. PORTIONS OF THE TEST CENTER WERE SUBSEQUENTLY COVERED BY TWO KH
MISSIONS WHICH REPORT NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
LAUNCH COMPLEX "A". A PROBABLE MISSILE EXERCISE WAS UNDERWAY AT THE
SOUTHERN PAD WITH ONE ERECTED MISSILE AND NINE POSSIBLE VEHICLES.
NEW BIVOUAC/TRAINING AREA. LOCATED 2.3 NM WEST OF LAUNCH COMPLEX "B",
CONSISTING OF FOUR SECTIONS CONTAINING FOUR PROBABLE BUILDINGS, AP-
PROXIMATELY 67 TENTS, 59 VEHICLES, FOUR LONG VEHICLES AND SIX PROBABLE
TRANSPORTERS.
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LAUNCH COMPLEX "C". THE TWO PADS AT LAUNCH AREA "1C" WERE STILL
UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH A RAIL SPUR LEADING ONTO EACH. A NEW
FENCE LINE HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED AROUND THIS WHOLE LAUNCH AREA,
AND VARIOUS PIECES OF EQUIPMENT/VEHICLES WERE PRESENT. A CON-
SIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT LAUNCH AREA "2C"
INCLUDING A PROBABLE TRANSPORTER AND A PROBABLE ERECTOR ON THE
SOUTHERN LAUNCH PAD. NO ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT LAUNCH AREA 3C,
BUT THERE WAS A NEW BUILDING 90 X 30 FT AT THE FINAL CHECKOUT AREA.
A NEW RAIL LINE FROM THE LINE SERVING LAUNCH AREA "1C" WAS OB-
SERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION TOWARD LAUNCH AREA "4C1". ALSO IDENTI-
FIED WERE A NEW SQUARE EXCAVATION AND A LARGE STRUCTURE WHICH WAS
BETWEEN THE EXCAVATION AND THE SITE ACCESS ROAD.
VEHICULAR ACTIVITY WAS NOTED AT BOTH "4C1" AND 114C2". LAUNCH SITE
"5Cl" ALSO CONTAINED MUCH VEHICULAR ACTIVITY INCLUDING THE PRE-
SENCE OF TWO POSSIBLE TRANSPORTERS; HOWEVER, LAUNCH SITE "5C2"
CONTAINED NO ACTIVITY AND REQUIRED ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE LAUNCH
PADS.
PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA. ONE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
DRIVE-IN BUILDING AND THREE POSSIBLE DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDINGS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION WERE OBSERVED. IN ADDITION ANOTHER NEW BUILDING WAS
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OBSERVED WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE RAIL-ENTERED.
LAUNCH AREA "E". NEW SCARRING AND FIRE-BREAKS WERE EVIDENT ALONG
WITH SOME UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
NEW AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION. A NEW AREA SERVED BY A CONTINUATION
OF THE ROAD FROM LAUNCH AREA "E" WAS OBSERVED WHICH WAS RECTANGULAR,
HAVING A RAISED STRUCTURE AND A CIRCULAR REVETMENT WITHIN ITS SINGLE
SECURITY FENCE.
A BIVOUAC/TRAINING AREA CONTAINING 73 TENTS AND TEN VEHICLES IN ONE
AREA, AND A MOTOR POOL WITH 46 VEHICLES AND FOUR POSSIBLE TENTS. A
DRIVE-THROUGH REVETMENT`EX'TENSIVE VEHICULAR TRACK ACITIVITY AND A
FEW TENTS AND VEHICLES WERE ALSO OBSERVED.
9. THIS MISSION REVEALS THAT THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED NEW AREA OF CON-
STRUCTION CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED AS A NEW LAUNCH COMPLEX (H), CON-
TAINING TWO ROAD-SERVED SOFT LAUNCH PADS APPROXIMATELY 80 x 180 FT
WITH A CENTER-TO-CENTER SEPARATION OF 495 FT AND A PROBABLE CONTROL
BUNKER. THIS LAUNCH COMPLEX IS LOCATED 2.5 NM NORTHEAST OF LAUNCH
COMPLEX "E" SOMEWHAT IN FRONT OF THE FIRING LINE WITH A DIFFERENT
ORIENTATION FROM THE OTHER LAUNCH COMPLEXES; IN-
ADDITION, A NEW PROBABLE LAUNCH AREA CAN BE IDENTIFIED 1.5 NM NORTH-
WEST OF THE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE R&D FACILITIES WHICH CONTAINS A
CIRCULAR STRUCTURE STRADDLING A LOOP-ROAD AND A BUNKER ADJACENT TO
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THE LOOP-ROAD TO THE SOUTH. BETWEEN THIS PROBABLE LAUNCH AREA
AND THE SAM R&D FACILITIES CAN BE SEEN SOME UNIDENTIFIED CON-
STRUCTION ACTIVITY.
LAUNCH AREA "IC" CONTAINS ACTIVITY ON BOTH PADS THE NATURE OF
WHICH IS UNKNOWN DUE TO QUALITY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. LAUNCH AREA "3C"
HAS EQUIPMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST DUMBBELL AND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE
PAD AND IN THE PAD AREA.
A NEW DIRT STRIP 11,500 FT LONG IS LOCATED PARALLEL TO AND ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE 13,350 FT RUNWAY LOCATED 3.5 NM NORTHEAST OF
THE ORIGINAL VTADIMIROVKA. AIRFIELD.
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KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROYKA MISSILE TEST CENTER
USSR
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