PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER CENTRAL SUPPORT FACILITY

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER
CENTRAL SUPPORT FACILITY
JANUARY 1968
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 TYURATAM MISSILE TEST
CENTER
CENTRAL SUPPORT FACILITY
The central support facility for the Tyuratam Missile
Test Center is composed of a group of small generally un-
related ancillary facilities located near the junction of the
access road to Complex I and the test center main road,
approximately 16 nm north-northeast of the main support
base at 45-53N 063-27E (Figure 1). The separate facili-
ties that make up the central support facility include a
a Type I SAM support fa-
cility, an air warning radar facility, a possible training
school, and a probable warehouse area which is still under
construction (Figures 2 and 3).
Construction in the central support facility was apparent
as early as when the area was
observed to contain a ore rail spur under construction
and a construction support area containing a batch plant, an
open storage area, and quarters for construction personnel.
located at the end of the
longest fork of the new rail spur, was the first of the facili-
ties to be started. It consists of a triple-fenced storage
area containing a road-served, earth-covered storage
bunker, a road- and rail-served weapons checkout building,
and a rail siding with adjacent road-served hardstand. 1/
By
the SAM support facility
I work had begun on
and just north of the
main road serving the east end of the rangehead. No evi-
dence of the rectangular Type I SAM support facility was
apparent in it presently con-
sists of an assembly and checkout area enclosed by a board
fence, and a separately fenced equipment storage area.
Contained within the assembly and checkout area are all
the elements necessary to receive, store, assemble, and
check out SA-2 missiles. The largest building in this
portion of the facility is a rectangular building with drive-
through road service along its short axis, probably used
for receiving and storing sustainer stages. To the rear of
this large drive-through building are 2 smaller drive-
through buildings, probably used to assemble and check out
completed SA-2 missiles. Additional structures within this
area, some of which are revetted, are thought to be for the
storage of boosters, warheads, fuses, and fuel. The equip-
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ment storage area at the east end of the facility contains
6 vehicle/equipment storage buildings and an additional
fenced compound. A heat plant and several other smaller
unidentified buildings are also located within the facility.
Outside the security fence southwest of the SAM support
facility is a large, nearly square revetted area connected
by road to the assembly and checkout area. The purpose
of this revetment has not been determined. A water stor-
age and distribution facility consisting of 2 large storage
tanks, a pumphouse, and a separately secured auxiliary
building is just south of the SAM support facility, between
it and the rail line serving the eastern end of the rangehead.
To the east, is a small substation and a railroad station.
and south of
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the SAM support facility, is an air warning radar facility.
Although early coverage of this area was not of sufficient
quality to allow identification of radar antennas, a prob-
able radar mound was present as early as
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Southeast of the air warning radar facility,
is a group of
multistory buildings which were under construction as
early as he relatively large number of
vehicles and other pieces of equipment, and the general
layout of the facility suggest that its function maybe that
of a technical training school,
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At the southeast
edge of this area are 2 rectangular rail-served buildings
which are at least partly enclosed by a fence. Each of
these buildings is served by 4 rail spurs, but neither is
served by an improved road. Their function has not been
established definitively, but they may be related to some
portion of the training involving the handling of missiles.
Initial construction of this possible training school was ob-
served in
negated in
and can be
It now contains
25 major buildings, numerous smaller support buildings
and sheds, 2 associated vehicle/equipment parks, a heat
plant, and a swimming pool. Near the entrance, just east
of the entrance road, is a rectangular area secured by a
board fence enclosing a small, nearly square building and
a pattern of walkways. A pair of tall towers or masts is
located at the end of 2 of the walkways and a pair of
shorter towers or structures is located at the end of 2
other walkways. This facility may be a weather station.
The westernmost element of the central support facil-
ity, located southwest of the air warning radar facility,
is a fence-secured area containing 9 buildings. At least
4 of the buildings have broad road-served concrete aprons in
front of them, suggesting that they may be warehouses or
storage buildings. Three other buildings have the ap-
pearance of warehouses, but have not yet been provided
with road access. Two building foundations and consider-
able open ditching also are visible within the single security
fence. One of these ditches presently extends through the
southeast fenceline and terminates at a point southeast of
a nearby lake. A steamline, which is still under construc-
tion, is being extended toward this facility from the heat
plant associated with the possible technical training school.
Construction of this probable warehouse area was first seen
in and can be negated in
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3 PROD BOOSTER STORAGE BLDG
4 PROB FUEL STORAGE BLDG
5 PROB FUSE STORAGE BLDG
6 BLDG
7 PROS ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BLDG
8 PROB SUSTAINER RECEIVING &STORAGE
BLDG
BLDG
SECURITY BLDG
BLDG
FENCED COR?POUND
BLOC
14 BLDG
15 4 VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT STORAGE BLDGS
16 2 VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT STORAGE BLDGS
17 BLDG
18 BLDG
19 GUARD SHACK
20 BLDG
21 BLDG
22 HEAT PLANT
STACK
23 PUMP OUSE
24 2 EARTH-MOUNDED WATER TANKS
25 BLDG
26 BLDG
27 BLDG
28 SWITCHING BLDG
29 BLDG
30 RAILROAD STATION
31 STRUCTURE
32 BLDG
33 SECURITY BLDG
34 PROS WAREHOUSE
35 BLDG
36 PROS WAREHOUSE
37 PRDB WAREHOUSE
38 PRDB WAREHOUSE
39 SHED
40 SHED
41 BLDG
42 BLDG
43 3 PRDB WAREHOUSES
44 SEMI BURIED STRUCTURE
45 BLDG
46 BLDG
47 EARTH-BANKED STRUCTURE
48 BLDG
49 BLDG
50 SEMIBURIED STRUCTURE
51 SEMIBURIED CONTROL BLDG
52 BLDG
53 SEMIBURIED STRUCTURE
54 2 SINGLE-STORY BKS
55 2 THREE-STORY MASONRY BLOCS
56 2 TWO-STORY MASONRY BLDGS
57 BLDG
SB BLDG
59 BLDG
60 PRDB CLASSROOM BLDG
61 SWIMMING POOL
62 POSS GYMNASIUM
63 SHED
64 SHED
65 SHED
66 SHED
67 SHED
68 SHED
69 SHED
70 BLDG
71 VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT BLDG
72 U/I STRUCTURE
73 7 U/I STRUCTURES
74 SHED
75 SHED
76 BLDG
77 EARTH-BANKED STRUCTURE
78 BLDG
79 BLDG
BO BLDG
BI VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT BLDG
82 SHED
B3 BLDG
B4 BLDG
85 BLDG
86 BLDG
87 4 THREE-STORY BKS
BB BLDG
89 4-STORY ADMIN BLDG
90 PROS MESSHALL
91 BLDG
92 BLDG
93 BLDG
94 SHED
95 SHED
96 SHED
97 WAREHOUSE
989 SHED
100 BLDG
101 SHED
102 BLDG
103 BLDG
104 SHED
L0S SHED
106 SHED
107 SHED
108 SINGLE-STORY FRAME BK5
109 H-SHAPED FRAME BKS
110 MESSHALL
I11 BLDG
112 BLDG
113 4 CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES
114 H-SHAPED FRAME BKS
115 BLDG
116 BLDG
117 H-SHAPED FRAME BKS
118 SHED
109 SHED
120 BLDG
121 SHED
122 CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE
123 MESSHALL
124 SHED
125 EARTH-BANKED STRUCTURE
126 BLDG
127 SHED
12B STORAGE SHED
129 BLDG
13D SHED
131 BATCH PLANT
2 CONVEYERS
132 BLDG
133 BLDG
134 LOADING DOCK
135 BLDG
136 WEAPONS CHECKOUT BLDG
137 BLDG
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138 STRUCTURE
139 BLDG
140 SECURITY/ADMIN BLDG
141 SECURITY/ADMIN BLDG
142 3 FUEL OIL TANKS
143 PUMPH OUSE
144 2 EARTH-MOUNDED TANKS
145 PUMPHOUSE
146 BLDG
147 BLDG
148 HEAT PLANT
a
2 STACKS
149e BLDG
150 BLDG
151 2 POSSIBLE MISSILE-HANDLING SLOGS
152 TANK
153 ANIMAL SHED
b
154 SHED
155 SHED
156 SHED
157 BLDG
ISO SHED
159 STRUCTURE
160 STRUCTURE
161 EARTH-COVERED STORAGE BUNKER
162 SHED
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