ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX, SVOBODNYY, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 10, 2002
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• Content Type: REPORT

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ICBM LAUNCH COMPLEX, SVOBODNYY, USSR
25X1 D The Svobodnyy ICBM Launch Complex, initially identified on
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(nm) north of Svobodn , USSR, and just east of the Trans-Siberian Rail-
25X1 D road. In __]the complex consisted basically of a rail-served
complex support facility and three road-served launch areas, in varying
stages of construction (Figure 1).
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A search of existing photography revealed that in
25X1 D I mno unusual activity, was evident at or near the present loca-
tions of any of the complex facilities.
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that apparently defend Ukraina Airfield
but
at that time there was no activity.
This ICBM complex is the easternmost site identified to date in the
USSR. The only SAM defenses in the area are provided by four SA-2 sites
The location of Launch Area C was
located south of Svobodnyy. No other
COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY AND NEARBY AREAS
The support facilities for the ICBM complex include the Complex
Support Facility and four nearby areas: a rail-to-road transfer point, a
large housing and administration area, and two areas of unidentified
activity, one of which is secured. The rail spur serving the complex leaves
the Trans-Siberian Railroad at Stantsiya Ledyanaya, 21.5 nm north of
Svobodnyy, and goes northeast for 3 nm to the Rail-to-Road Transfer Point,
where it terminates (Figure 2).
About 4,000 feet southwest of the Transfer Point, the spur branches
northwest and enters the Complex Support Facility, which is located at
51-46-20N 128-07-40E. This branch spur expands in this facility into
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three rail spurs 3,100 feet long and 530 feet apart. The shortest rail
turning radius is approximately 1,000 feet. The Complex Support Facility
has 75 buildings and covers about 550 acres. Of the larger structures,
2 buildings are 220 by 90 feet, 4 are 180 by 90 feet, 4 are 180 by 60 feet,
and 16 are 160 by 40 feet.
A large road-served housing and administration area is located 2.3
nm south-southwest of the Transfer Point. The area covers about 140
acres and contains over 100 apartment and administration-type buildings.
A good road connects this area with the road serving other parts of the
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Immediately southeast of the .rail line and across from the Complex
Support Facility is an area of unidentified construction activity. It has
a rectangular road pattern and contains two large probable buildings under
construction, each measuring 310 by 130 feet, and a building 200 by 60 feet.
The Transfer Point is located at 51-46-20N 128-09-OOE, at the
terminus of the rail spur serving the complex. It consists of a wide-
looping road with a turning radius of 150 feet. The road parallels the
rail spur for 750 feet. At least four buildings, none of which have a rail-
through capability, are located in the area. Two of these measure 120
by 60 feet and two measure 120 by 40 feet. From the Transfer Point a
good road serves the three launch areas, all of which are within 15 rim
by road.
About 2.7 nm east-northeast of the Transfer Point on the south side
of the road which serves the launch areas is a secured area of unidentified
activity (Figure 1). This road-served area, located at 51-47-40N 128-12-
30E, covers 28 acres and is. enclosed by a fence measuring 1,350 by 900
feet. Inside the fence line is unidentified scarring, possibly a shallow
excavation. Along the short road serving the area and on the north side
of the fence is a row of six buildings, each measuring 180 by -60 feet.
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Launch Area A, the farthest advanced in construction of any of the
launch areas at the Svobodnyy complex, is locatedin a forest at 51-55-OON
128-10-30E, 12.3 nm by road (8:9 nm straight-line distance) north of the
Transfer Point. It appears to be in a late stage of construction and has two
elongated launch pads 135 feet wide and 980 bet apart. Their long axis is
25X1 D oriented on an azimuth of approximatelyQFigure 3). The area is secured
by a roughly rectangular fence measuring 2,300 by 2,000 feet which encloses
106 acres. The center service road between the pads is offset to the right.
Two small structures, one of them a probable bunker, are positioned
between the pads. Two missile-ready buildings, each 675 feet behind the
center of the pat it serves, are evident. The right building is offset from
the pad orientation and measures 180 by 135 feet. The left building,
aligned with the left pad, measures 180 by 90 feet. About 3,000 feet south
FIGURE 3. LAUNCH AREA A
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of the launch area is a launch support area containing two groups of build-
ings. One group has five buildings measuring 180 by 65 feet. The other
group has 19 buildings; 12 of these measure 160 by 40 feet and the others
are smaller.
Launch Area B is located in a forest at 51-49-30N 128-19-10E,
10.5 nm by road (7.2 nm straight-line distance) east-northeast of the
Transfer Point. This area is 7.5 nm southeast of Launch Area A and
4.7 nm southwest of Launch Area C. It covers 116 acres and is enclosed
by a fence measuring 2, 300.. by 2,200 feet. TheGrea is almost identical
with Launch Area A except that it is in an earlier stage of construction
and the center road between the pads is.,offset to the left (Figure 4). The
two pads are elongated, 135 feet wide, and 990 feet apart. The long axis
of each pad is oriented on an azimuth of approximately 0 Structures
usually found between the pads in ICBM launch areas are not visible here,
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but extensive scarring indicates their probable construction. Two mis-
sile-ready buildings under construction are visible; each is 675 feet
behind the center of its pad. The right building measures 180 by 135
feet and is offset to the right from the azimuth of the pads. The' left
building, aligned with the left pad, measures 180 by 90 feet.
A launch support area with three groups of buildings (one group not
shown on Figure 4) is south of the launch area. Onoe group has 4 buildings
measuring 180 by 60 feet; the second, 8 buildings 180 by 40 feet; and the
third, 4 buildings 160 by 40 feet.
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Launch Area C, in a. very early stage of construction, is at 51-53-20N
128-23-40E, in a forest 15 nm by road (12.5 nm straight-line distance)
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the area consisted of two shallow excavations 990 feet apart, with a center
road offset to the right passing between them on an azimuth of approxi-
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25X1 D mately~(Figure 5). A clearing 675 feet behind the left excavation indi-
cates Ithat the left missile-ready building will probable be offset when
construction is, completed. Figure 5 indicates the projected configuration
of 'this launch area when completed. A launch support area is south-
southwest of the excavations and at the time of photography had seven
buildings measuring!, 160 by 40 feet.
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