SHUNG-CH'ENG-TZU MISSILE CENTER CHINA

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SM UANG-CH' ENG-1 ZU
MISSILE CENTER
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March 1962
NA-TIONAL- PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Declassification review by'N.IMA/DoD
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PREFACE
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This report, prepared in response to CIA requirement DDI/SI/R-141/61
and supplemental requirements AFIC-32-61 and NSA/B23/R17-K-61,
presents a photographic study of the Shuang-ch'eng-tzu Missile Center in
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scale of this photography precluded the measurement of many buildings,
determination of -security fencing,. or identification of missiles, missile
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ransporter, or rail cars.
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 Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . .
Introduction . . J . . . . . . . . . . .
SSM Launch Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TABLE OF,CONTENTS
Launch Complex A
Launch Complex B
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Launch Complex C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SSM Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SAM Launch Complex - . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . .. . . . .
Launch Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SAM Instrumentation . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . ~,
SAM Housing and-Support Area . . . . . . .. . . . . . .
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port Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .
OperAfional Support Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .
SSM-SAM Assembly and Checkout Complex .. . . . . .
Solid Propellant Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revetted Storage and Handling Area .. . . . . . . . . .
Administrative and, Logistical Support Facilities . . . . . . . .
Main Support Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Thermal Power Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Barracks Area . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Natural-Surface Landing Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shuang-ch'eng-tzu Area Airfield Complex . . . . .
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Launch Complex A .
Figure 4. Launch Complex B
Figure 5. Launch Complex C . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 6. SSM Housing and Support Area . . . . . . . .. . . . . .
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Figure 7. SAM Launch complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 12
Figure 8. Facilities in SAM Laundh Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j~ 13
Figure 9. Operational Support Area . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . \ 15
Figure 10. Photo of SSM-SAM Assembly and Checkout Complex . .. . 16
Figure 11. SSM-SAM Assembly and Checkout Complex . . . . . . . . . _ 17
Figure 12. Photo of Solid Propellant Storage Area, Revetted Storage
and Handling Area, and Nearby Landing Strip . .. . . . . . . _ 20
Figure 13. -Solid 'Propellar ;Storage. Area . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 21
Figure 1-4. _Revetted Storage and Handling Area .................. 21
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-Figure 15. ? Photo of Main Support Base
Figure 16. Main Support Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 17. Sketches of Housing-Space Utilizationq'. ... 24
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Figure 18. Barracks Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 19. Shuang-ch'-eng-tzu Area Airfield Complex . . . . . . . . . . 29
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facilities . ?
The SSM launch facilities, located in the northern part of the center;
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The Shuang-ch'eng-tzu Missile Center (SCTMC) includes surface-to-
surface missile (SSM) and surface-to-air missile (SAM) launch facilities,
missile support ,facilities, and administrative and logistical -support."
comprise three launch complexes (oriented west) with a total of five launch
sites, associated with instrumentation, and a support area. The three launch
complexes (labeled A, B, and C) have a total of two completed launch pads,
and probably three pads under construction. Complexes A and C have
associated final checkout areas, and all three complexes are served by the
SSM Assembly and Checkout Area. Room for expansion is almost unlimited
to the north of the SSM launch, facilities.
The. SAM launch facilities, in the c6ntral part of the SCTMC and
oriented east, include two SA-2 launch areas (labeled A and B) an instru-
mentation network, and a support area. These facilities are served by the
.SAM Assembly and Checkout Area. (To date, only three deployed SAM sites
-have. been identifjed in China in the Peiping area -- but no? operational
SAM support facility has been observed.)
The missile support facilities consist of the Operational Support Area,
the SSM-SAM Assembly and Checkout Complex,-the Solid Propellant Storage `-
Area, ' and the Revetted Storage and Handling Area.. The, administrative and
logistical support facilities include the Main Support Base, a thermal power
plant, a barracks area, two landing strips, and-the Shuang-ch'eng-tzu Area-
Airfield Complex. .
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The. layout of the facilities of the SCTMC generally resembles that-'at
the Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka Missile Test Center (KYMTC) as they'
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the naval facilities at Launch Complex B at the KYMTC was identified.
addition, no -short-range tactical. SSM facilities, such -as for the FROG
(free rocket over ground) or SCUD systems, were identified, but it is
None of the typical SSM training-type launch
sites observed at the KyMTC are present at the
SCTMC. - Also, Launch Complex C of the SCTMC is unique, resembling
Neither the others at this -center nor any launch complex at the KYMTC.
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Primary access to the center is by rail and air. Rail se
provided by a branch from the Lan=chou Urumchi rail line. Air-travel
facilities are provided by the large-Shuang-ch'eng-tzu Area Airfield and.
two natural-surface landing strips. A rail spur terminating in the desert
southeast possibly indicates the
4$ nautical miles (nm) by rail to the,
location of other missile-related activity.
-The -interpretation in this report is based on a study of that photography
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This report presents a - photographic study of the Shuang-ch' eng-tzu
Missile Center (SCTMC), the only, Chinese -Communist missile center
identified to date. The center is located in- northwest China at approximately
41-05N,100-15E, along the O-Chi-na Ho (River) Basin in the- Gobi Desert.
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SSM LAUNCH FACILITIES .
The SSM launch facilities .,(Figures 2 throe 6) consist of three
road-served SSM laundh complexes (designated A. B, and C, from-south to
north), rangehead instrumentation, and a housing and support area. There
is no firm evidence of an expansion of the launch facilities; however, - they _ -
could be expanded to the. north. The launch areas of the complexes, do not
form -a straight firing line; Launch Complex B is 'set to the rear' of a line
connecting the launch areas at -Complexes A and C. The direction of fire
is to the' west, on an approximate azimuth of 270 degrees. The maximum
firing range within the limits of China is 1,100 nm. An 1,100-nm terminal-
range facility, if existing, would be located in the western extremity of the
Takla Makan desert. _ The general areas of impact for 150-; 350=, 650-, and
1,100-nm missiles were examined. No evidence of terminal-range facilities
was found. However,..these areas were covered by scattered to heavy clouds.
Launch Complex A-
This launch complex (Figure 3) consists -of a launch area with two
nearly identical road-served research and development (R & D) type
launch ' sites and a Missile Checkout Area. Each of the two launch `sites
(designated IA and 2A)has' one pad and a control bunker served by a loop
25X1 D . road. -On the photography the pads were clear and- _
unoccupied, but the complex appeared completed. The complex is 3 rim by
road from the SSM Housing and Support Area and 11 nm north of the SSM
Assembly and Checkout Area.
The launch -pads, which measure 210 by 210 feet, are 1, 000 'feet apart -
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on. center and oriented (downrange)- one an azimuth of approximately
degrees. Control" bunkers; probably earth mounded- and measuring
approximately 160 by,'30 feet, are positioned on the south side of .each pad.
No vehicle or equipment revetments were identified near' the pads. A
small building,- probably a security checkpoint, is located at the intersection
of the loop road and the access road.
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The Missile Checkout Area, .5 nm ease of the launch area, contains a
single-story drive-through Wilding, measuring 120 by 40 feet, positioned on
-a handstand -which measures 550 by 100 feet. This is the final checkout
building.- A building approximately 60 feet square is visible about 1,600 feet
eaFgt of the checkout area. =
Although this complex- is not identical with any at the KYMTC, Soviet
influence is obvious. The complex most nearly resembles KYMTC. Laun6b-qb~-S.
Areas IC and 3C and their associated final checkout areas. The small
scale of the photography may preclude identification of vehicle revetments
near the launch pads such as those found at- the KYMTC. Missile assembly
-for Launch Areas IC and 3C at the KYMTC was done entirely in the Test
and Support Complex, and* each launch area had its own checkout area about
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.5 rim' 'behind it. This arrangement was undoubtedly used for several
?-SSM ?systems at the KYMTC.up until- late 00 The same procedure is
evidenced at- Launch Complex A of the 8CTMC. ' The SSM Assembly and
Checkout- Area is-used for assembly; and the complex has its own final
Launch.Complex B-
This launch complex (Figure 4.5 nm north of Complex A, is in the
early stage of construction. The only complete item in the complex is the
access road leading to the launch area from-the main-access road. This
road is parallel to the access road` at Complex A. The concentration of
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track activity, a shown on Figure 4, indicates that the- complex will have
two launch sites when it is completed. .The launch pads will probably be
the same in. size and configuration as-those at Complex A. --
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This launch complex (Figure 5), approximately 4.5. nm and 3.2 nm
north of Compl fixes A and B,, respectively, appears to be in the final
stages of - constriction. When 'Completed, it will have one launch- site,
but -different in configuration nfiguration from the launch sites of Complexes A and B.
Although no.launch pad or control b i ker hhs been i4entified, the probable
configurations o of these and of the road network are. unlike those of the
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other complexes at, the SCTMC or of any at'the KYMTC. The Missile
Checkout Area, however, is similar to that at .Complex `A of the' SCTMC.
The checkout building, is situated on aahardstand which measures 310 by.
60 feet. The- 2,40U-square-foot area - covered, by the building, which
measures 80 - by 3Q feet, is exactlyJhalf that of the checkout buildings at
Complex A.
SSM Instrumentation
At least five S5M rangehead instrumentation sites (Figure 2) have
been identified on the photography. Although no-details of the individual
its can be discerned; in general _featuresj location, and pattern these
could support-all three laaunch complexes'. -
SSM Housing and Support Area
The SSM Housing and Support ,Area (Figure 6) is` ozie rim east of the
main access road which serves the three SSM launch complexes, and 3,
6.5, and 11.6 nm by road from Complexes A, ' B, and C, respectively. No
security is apparent. The area is -divided into two distinct road-served
sections: a Vehicle Maintenance and. Storage Section ".and a Housing -
Section:
The Vehicle Maintenance and Storage Section conrains. three buildings
located" around a handstand. Two of the buildings, rectangular in shape,
measure 160 by 50 feet and are probably garages for- vehicles and ground
support/handling equipment. The third building (160 by 100 feet) is probably
a maintenance. and repair, shop for the vehicles and equipment used-at the
missile checkout and launch-areas.
The Housing Section, _probably used by support .personnel for the SSM
launch facilities, contains 12 barracks-type buildings ranging from approxi-
mately 100 by 40 feet to 150 by 50 feet. This section is not served by wide-
radius-turn roads, as is the Vehicle Maintenance and Storage Section. The
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FIGURE 6. SSM HOUSING-AND SUPPORT AREA.
section also contains a probable heat plant and coal pile (indicated by .an
irregular black.. image) which would provide heat for both sections.
SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX
The.. SAM Launch Complex is composed of two fan-shaped SA-2 SAM
launch areas (labeled A and B), an instrumentation network, and a Housing
and Support Area (Figures 7 and 8). The complex appears to be completed:..
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The launch areas pre 10 nm by road from the SSM-SAM Assembly and
Checkout Complex and are oriented to the east on an azimuth of about 90:
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degrees.- h4 appear- -similar except' that. the guidance .r--evetment- t
Area B has a rectangular btiildirig in it, whereas this revet t-.at-Area A
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has none. The. areas are similar in configuration to the two SA-2practice
(Live) Firing Sites at the 'KYMTC 2/. but are different in the 'fol1 i
respects:
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-1. The distance between launch areas (center to -center)- is much
greater approximately - 5,700 feet, against approximately 1, 300..feet at
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SAM Instrumentation
Five sites providing instrumentation 'for the SAM Launch Complex have
been identified. The instrumentation pattern, which- is centered on Launch
-Area B, is similar to that at the. KYMTC 2/ except for spacing between
sites, which is greater at the~'SCTMC. - Site separation at the SCTMC is
approximately 6 nm for the two -sites closer to the launch areas and
approximatelc-8 nm for the two sites farther east. - One-possible. explanation
for*- the greater -distance . between the SCTMC sites is that whereas' the
instrumentation at -the KYMTC was originally set 'up for the SA-1 missile
system, the -increased capabilities of the SA-2 system made it-desirabi
.the SCTMC to spread out-the instrumentation pattern. The. fifth instru I
mentatibn site, located .near the S4kM Housing and Support Area, maybe
the range instrumentation control. center. No details of the. ind idual sites
can be given, but pattern ' and cable scarsare- similar. to those'of SAM
instrumentation site,
SAM Housing and Support Area
is a waste-treatment facility.
The SAM Housing and Support Area, approximately one nm west. of
the launch areas, includes' nine buildings and a probable central. heating
facility with an adjacent coal.e. Approximately 2,600 feet to the northeast
MISSILE SUPPORT FACILITIES
between the Main Support' Base_ and the -SSM launch facilities, include the,
Operational Support Area,. the SSM-SAM Assembly. -and Checkout Complex,
the Solid Propellant Storage Area, and the Revetted Storage and Handling
Area. All are road and rail served except the Revetted Storage. and 'Handling
Area, which is only road served. Portions of these-facilities are - similar to
known Soviet missile support facilities.
The missile support facilities, all situated along the main access- road
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fencing is discernible, but cloud shadow and lack of contrast hinder detailed
interpretation. Because of these -conditions, the dimensions expressed are
,only -approximate. A rail spur off the branch line divides into two-spurs .
before entering the area. In addition, a good wide, radius- turn.loop road
system serves the area.
At least six buildings of various sizes and configuration are located
?.wiihih the area enclosed- by the loop road. -Each building is served by.a
-good road or hardstand off the loop road. A probable heat plant is-near the
entrance to the area, adjacent to .one of the rail -spurs.- Approximately ' 600
feet west of the area unidentified earthwork is visible.. -
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SM-SAM Assembly and Checkout 'Complex (Figures 10 and 11) is
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8 rim north of the Main Support Base and is both. road and rail served. The
complex is divided into two separate areas by a rail spur which also serves
a central heating plant. This physical division also denotes a division.by,
function, with one area being for SSM assernbJy and checkout and the other
for SAM assembly, and checkout. Ample room for expansion -of both areas is.
available.
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The- SSM Assembly and Checkout Area is divided- into two sections:
the Service and Logistics Section and the Missile-.Handling Section. In
the Missile-Handling Section missiles and missile components are trans-
loaded, assembled or fabricated, and initially checked out. Cold-flow
testing and. maintenance of ground handling equipment may also be. done in
this ' section. Facilities in the section, particularly the-large rail-served
building; are reminiscent of those i the Test and Support Complex of the.
KYMTC. However, the large buildin in, although nearly identical in size,
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at Launch Area 2C and Complex E m_ -
supporting buildings. Also, a rail-served static test stand is located, near
this complex 'at the KYMTC.
The SSM Assembly and Checkout Area -probably, fulfills all'the
fabrication and *assembly-needs of -The SSM facilities at present. Similarly,
all the Y fabrication and assembly at the--KYMTC were done at the Test and
Support Complex: until the construction of the missile assembly buildings 25X1'D
probably .has laboratories for checkout of component party of systems, as
well -as administrative and logistical facilities. Also, the existenrt, of
classroom. and billeting facilities -cannot be discounted. - The compaxabie
KYMTC facilities at the -Test and Support Complex consist of 2 assembly
and test= buildings, a steam , plant, 6 buildings probably used for the
maintenance and storage of ground handling equipment, and 4 small
-The total area of all the- buildings in- the Missile-Handling Section is
approximately 72, 000 square feet;. the total area at the Test and. Support
Complex at the KY~VITC is 72,200 square feet.
The Service and- Logistics Section contains a heat plant, water
standpipe, ten completed buildings, and four buildings under construction.
There is also ample room in this section'. for expansion. The section
appears .to be planned.
does .. not' have -a probable hydrostatic tower at one end as does the com-
parable building at the KYMTC. ' Expansion. of the. section to the west
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designed for expansion. The Equipment and Maintenance Section has six
The SAM Assembly and Checkout Area, composed of a Missile-.Handling
Section and an Equipment and Maintenance Section, is similar to functional '
design t6 two-SAM support facilitiesin
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The area has, two assembly lines, labeled north and south. The north line
appears , complete and the south line is either under construction or is
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buildings with a total floor space of approximately 75,750- Square -feet. -It is
presumed that missile transporters, launchers, prime-movers, and trailers.
are -garaged and maintained in this section, Which probably also includes
workshops and small machine shops. The Missile-Handling Section -ha's
approximately 15 buildings (many cannot be measured accurately) where
missile components are stored, assembled, and checked out before delivery
to the SAM Launch Complex. - '
Solid-Propellant Storage Area
The Solid-Propellant Storage Area (Figures 12 and-13), both road and
rail served, is approximately '2 nm by road north, of the SSM-'SAM Assembly
and Checkout Complex. The area- contains six revetted storage buildings
'df various sizes and a seventh revetment- under construction.. At the
entrance to the area is a traansloading point. -The terminus of the rail spur
cannot be determined. This area is similar to the probable booster storage
area at the Istra-type SAM storage sites in--the-USSR. 5/
that other types of explosive. components may be stored?' one or more of
them. A central heat plant and coal pile are along the north-side-of the'
access. road into the area.- No security fencing .can be discerned,`
-construction. The- variety in the size of the revetted buildings. suggests
Revetted -Storage and Handling. Area
The, Revetted Storage and Handling Area (Figures--12-and..14) appear_d
generally complete in The area, which is road served only,
is approximately 2 nm by_ road north ? of the SSM-SAM Assembly and
Checkout Complex. It appears similar -to the Missile Checkout-and
Propellant Storage Area at the SAM-Launch Complex of the KYMTC, 2/ and,-
therefore, propellants may be stored-in. it. The area contains a 100-foot-
square handling building on a 270 by 150-foot _hardstand, six revetted
storage buildings of various sizes, and two probable revetments under
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The administrative and logistical support facilities 'include the Main
Support Base, a thermal power plant, a barracks area, two natural-surface
landing - strips,. and an. airfield complex. with an M-type storage site.
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The Main Support Base (Figures `1-5 and 16) contains the major portion
of the administrative and logistical support facilities for the SCTMC.- The
base is rail and road served and contains a Housing Area, an Administration
Area, and a Warehouse Area. Ground scarring and probable construction
material storage indicate that some construction was underway at the time
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of the photography. 'No satisfactory explanation has been found for. the
apparently excessive size of the base other .than that it may have been
constructed'-in anticipation of expansion of the center.
As shown in Table 1, the Housing Area.-contains 146 buildings with a
total of approximately 992,500 square feet of floor space. It is estimated- -
that this area accommodates approximately 9,700 persons, including 205 .
with dependent families. This estimate is purely hypothetical and is based
on a number of assumptions regarding space utilization in. this area. Theses
assumptions formed the basis for three formulas devised to determine a
maximum, minimum, and mean utilization of the buildings (Figure 17).
Since all three formulas are probably represented at this- installation, all.
have been utilized in reaching this estimate. Formula details follow.
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The thermal power plant, with an-adjacent coal pile and two'possible
cooling towers, i 1.5 nm east of the Main Support Base and is both road and
'rail served., o power traces from this plant have been identified.-
This area, llocated approximately 9 nm north-northeast of the Main
Support Base and just north of the SAM access road (Figure 18), has
approximately 70 buildings with a total square. footage of approximately
130, 000. If all buildings are sinTe story ar;d :25 percent of the total square
footage is devoted to silpport, the area can accommodate'. approximately-
2,500 men.
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other landing strip (Figures 2 and 1.2), with length of approximately 4, 200
feet (including 2,500 feet of prepared surface), is 11 nm. north of the Main
S6ppo rt Base and 7 nm south of SSM Launch Complex A. The main road
cuts_ through the western end of the, runway, but. ample runway length
remains. Associated with . the strip is a road-served- unidentified area
with at least one major building.
The location of this area (Figure
2) suggests that it was constructed
for the billeting of. troops. Two
secondary roads serve the area.
Orie connects to the main road and
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plex access road. It is approxi-
mately 8' nm from this area to the
SAM launch areas, approximately 14
nm to SSM Launch. Complex A, and
-approximately 4 nm to the SSM-SAM
Assembly and Checkout Complex.
Natural-Surface Landing Strips
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strips are located near the SCTMC
support facilities. One strip (Fig-
ures 2 and 16) with a 7,600-foot
east-west runway, is 1.5 nm south-
east of the Main Support Bass. Jt
has no visible support facilities and
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The airfield near Shuang-ch'eng-tzu (Figure 19), located at 40-17N.
99-46E, approximately 40 nm south-southeast of the -Main Support Base,
is the only major airfield in the-area of the SCTMC. The rail line, which
serves both the airfield and -the missile center, provides the only good
ground transportation between the two.
The airfield and an- adjacent portion of the rail line were visible on
TALENT photography, but extreme obliquity precluded
interpretation of the field or a. determination of whether the rail. line
With its- runway of 13,575 by 270 feet (oriented northeast-southwest),
the airfield can handle any known Sino-Soviet aircraft. Facilities observed
continued to the missile center area,,
include the following:
1. Alert aprons at each end of .the runway.
2.,- Taxi strips, parking apron, and a service apron.
3. ILS facilities at each end of the runway.
4. A hardstand area.
-5. A firing-in butt.
A rail offloadiiIg facility.,
7.- Two drive; through hangars.
8. A - road- and probably rail-served POL storage area
four circular, probably underground, storage tanks.
containing
9. - Unidentified areas.
10. A rail- and road-served M-type storage site. This site falls into
the second of four groups of M-type sites. 6/
It is especially similar to the M-type site at Limanskoye Airfield,.
USSR. 7/ While no specific function has. been definitely assigned to the
M-type storage sites, they- may Be used to store weapons for bomber
aircraft.
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CONCLUSIONS
Apparently the SCTMC was bolt. with an intimate knowledge of Soviet
including testing.
The SCTMC has facilities capable of SSM and SAM launchings,
R.& D. missile facilities at the K..fMTC. .
Although SSM Launch Complexes_-A_and_ B resemble a known Soviet
more than at the KYMTC.
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Housing space is available)for a large number of persormel, possibly
There was .- current _ construction activity, as of
R & D launch site, SSM Launch Complex C has. a unique configuration that
does not resemble that of- any known R & D, training, or .deployed Soviet
launch site.
The types or programs (i.e., R & D, troop training, etc.) underway at
the SCTMC cannot be deterrrpined from the KEYHOLE photography.
By Army, Navy,,ahd CIA PI Analysts
By Air Force PI Analyst
Sufficient evidence has been presented to justify a mo- e specific
set of conclusions.
First, R & D was, eliminated-as a function of this missile center as
of the date of the photography. W,ithh one exception, all the operational areas
analyzed have been determined to be of Soviet design.- It is illogical to
presume that the Chinese are conducting R & D on systems that the Soviets
have already developed. The area not sufficiently similar to be positively
identified as Soviet is SSM Launctf., Complex C No Chinese-designed
facilities as such have been identifies .and there is-no evidence to support
the notion that any of the missile systems may be Chinese..
Secondly, it is concluded that at present the function of the center is
primarily familiarization, and, -in the SAM complex, possibly troop training
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as well. As used here, "familiarization" means. the instruction- of -a
Chinese cadre of scientific and technical personnel in the storing and
handling of propellants, assembly -and checkout of components, launch and I _
guidance, and the monitoring by instrumentation of internal and external
missile performance in flight. -
It has been shown in the body of this report that the physical facilities.-
of this` center, including instrumentation, are of Soviet origin. Also, it is
apparent that the procedural philosophy is Soviet. For example, the center
adheres to the Sciviet practice of final assembly of the missile in the 'launch
area, rather than at the factory. Similarly, both- SSM and. SAM systems are
present as separate entities; that is., there is no,mixing of the systems. It
is concluded, therefore, that in its present stage of development this -
center is physically and procedurally recognizable as Soviet.
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1. CIA. PIC/JB-1016/60, Missile Test Center, Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka, USSR, 1 Dec 60
(SECRET
2. CIA. PIC/JR-1008/61, Surface-to-Air Missile Facilities Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka Missile
-Test Center, USSR, Mar 61 (SECRET - Downgrading
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5. Air, AFIC. DPIR S 60-1, Istra Surface-to-Air Missile Storage Site, USSR, Jun 60 (TOP
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6. NPIC. R-1001/61, M- a Storage Sites at Soviet, Airfields, Jun 61 (SECRET
Downgrading Prohibi %e
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7. ? CIA. RR/HTA/M-15/57, Munitions Storage Area aimanskoye Airfield, USSR, 17 Apr 57
(T?P SECRET CHESS)
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