POSSIBLE SSM LAUNCH AZIMUTH SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A002200080006-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 8, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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POSSIBLE SSM LAUNCH AZIMUTH
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA
1.
SIGNIFICANCE:
A PROBABLE MISSILE
CRATER IS OBSER
VED
630 NM
DOWNRANGE FROM SHH
UANG-CHENG-TZU M
ISSI
LE TES
T
CENTER ALONG AN AZ
IMUTH OF 300 DEG
REES
.
2.
LOCATION:
630 NNIIv1 NW OF SHUAN
G-CHENG-TZU MISS
ILE
TEST
CENTER AT 46o4N -
08723E.
3.
REMARKS:
A REANALYSIS OF TH
E SSM INSTRUMENT
ATIO
N SITE
AT THE SHUANG-CHEN
AND THE GEOMETRIC
STRONGLY INDICATES
G-TZU MISSILE TE
PATTERN FORMED B
THAT THE PRIMAR
ST C
Y TH
Y FI
ENTER,
ESE SI
RING
S
TES
AZIMUTH IS CLOSER
TO 300 DEGREES T
HAN
THE PRE
-
VIOUSLY REPORTED 270 DEGREES AZIMUTH. A SEARCH
OF THE TERRAIN BENEATH THE NEWLY PROJECTED FIR-
ING AZIMUTH REVEALS POSSIBLE IMPACT AREAS AT THE
500 NM AND 550 NM MARKS.
TWO CRATERS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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8 December 1966
NEAR LAUNCH COMPLEX A. THE FIRST CRATER,
MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 80 FT IN DIAMETER BY
20 FT DEEP WAS OBSERVED 1,500 FT NW OF COMPLEX
THE SECOND CRATER,
MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 80 FT IN DIAMETER WAS
OBSERVED 3.5NM WEST OF COMPLEX A IN
4. COLLATERAL: NONE
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: THIS MISSION
6. NEGATION DATE: THIS NEWLY IDENTIFIED CRATER CANNOT BE DEF-
INITELY NEGATED DUE TO PHOTOGRAPHY OF POOR
INTERPRETABILITY IN THIS AREA. IT WAS PROB-
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: NONE
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: CRATERS: APPROXIMATELY 80 FT IN DIAMETER.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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9. MISSION READOUT: A PROBABLE MISSILE CRATER IS OBSERVED 630 NM
DOWNRANGE FROM SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER ON AN AZIMUTH OF
300 DEGREES. THIS CRATER MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 80 FT IN DIAMETER AND
IS SIMILAR TO AND APPROXIMATELY THE SAME SIZE AS THE TWO CRATERS PRE-
VIOUSLY IDENTIFIED NEAR COMPLEX A (SCTMTC).
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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