AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX CHEREPOVETS, USSR

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CREST [1]

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):

CIA-RDP78T05929A001100010002-6

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RIPPUB

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December 28, 2016

Document Release Date:

October 6, 2006

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Publication Date:

June 20, 1965

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REPORT

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1. LED A NEWLY IDENTIFIED INSTALLATION LOCATED 8 NM ESE OF CHEREPOVETS, CONSISTING OF A DOUBLE SECURED AREA CON- TAINING 5 HEXAGONAL EARTH SCARS WITH RECTANGULAR CLEARINGS BEING PREPARED IN EACH HEXAGON. 2. THE COMPLEX HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN COVERED BY 9 KH MISSIONS RESULT- ING IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF 5 LAUNCH SITES AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WHICH IS PROBABLY THE ELECTRONIC SITE FOR THE COMPLEX. WITHIN THIS ELECTRONIC SITE, AREAS OF SCARRING HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE THE HARDSTANDS FORMING A PENTAGON CONFIGURATION SIMILAR TO THAT OBSERVED AT THE ELECTRONIC SITE OF THE TALLINN AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX. ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES HAS ALSO BEEN OBSERVED AT THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY, ON ROAD FACILI- TIES NORTHWEST OF THE SUPPORT AREA, AND IN SMALLER MISCELLANEOUS AREAS AROUND THE COMPLEX. 3. THIS MISSION REVEALS THAT THE COMPLEX CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED AS AN AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF SIMILARITIES 10/06: CIA-RDT O8ECRIJ Page 'Y1 AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX CHEREPOVETS, USSR These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be es trtcted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. 25 Approved For Release 2006/10/06 : CIA-RDP7 19S 0010002-6 Approved For Release 20t/10/06 : CIA- 5 0110001 f 002-6 25 1 20 June 19b) IN APPEARANCE, ARRANGEMENT, AND MENSURATION OF FACILITIES TO THOSE OF THE TALLINN AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS UNDER WAY WITHIN EACH LAUNCH SITE. LAUNCH SITE "D" IS IN A LESS ADVANCED STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION THAN THE OTHER SITES. THE CENTRAL PROBABLE GUIDANCE/CONTROL AREAS OF SITES "A", "B", "C", AND "E" ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE STATUS OF LAUNCH POSITION CONSTRUCTION VARIES WITHIN THE SITES. NEW ACCESS ROADS SERVING LAUNCH SITES "A" AND "E" ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AT THE ELECTRONIC SITE, 3 POSITIONS, A CLEARING FOR A FOURTH, AND A CENTRALLY LOCATED POSITION ARE OBSERVED. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT THIS SITE IN MARCH 1965 BUT IT WAS NOT PRESENT IN OCTOBER 1964. A NEW AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUC- TION ACTIVITY IS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE SECURED COMPLEX ALONG THE ROAD LEADING FROM THE SUPPORT AREA TOWARD THE COMPLEX. These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. Approved For Release 2006/10/06: CIA-RDNJf0 REi 00010002-6 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX CHEREPOVETS, USSR 59-06N 38-10E AP1I-6 1 For Release 2006110/06: CIA-RDP78T05929A001100010002-6