CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TYPE IIID ICBM LAUNCH SILO

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October 1, 1966

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MORETelease 2003/05/15 : CIA-RDP99TO1396R000100100001-1 INTERPRETATION REPORT CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TYPE IIID ICBM LAUNCH SILO OCTOBER 1966 COPY 16 PAGES 25X1 25X1 Declass Review by NIMA / DoD GROUP 7 EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING AND DECLASSIFICATION Approved Fo1Vjte fff5/15 : CIA-RDP99TO1396R010100100001-1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/05/15 : CIA-RDP99T01396R000100100001-1 Approved For Release 2003/05/15 : CIA-RDP99T01396R000100100001-1 Approved For Release 2njb5$'X*I*- CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TYPE IIID ICBM LAUNCH SILO 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2 44 ft ft DP99T01396R000100100001-1 25X1 me it 25X1 D 25X1 B io 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 1W Approvefd For Release 2CJ*,b5S' REJF- Continuing. study of photography of the Kostroma, Olovyannaya, and Svobodnyy ICBM Complexes indicates that the headworks of the Soviet Type IIID ICBM launch silo is probably prefabricated. Numerous square, hollow objects are frequently observed in the vicinity of a silo under construction. These objects are probably prefabricated sections of the silo headworks. The square objects have been observed in the railhead and storage area at the Olovyan- naya ICBM Complex. The were stacked on the ground and on a flatcar At Launch Site , at ovyan- the first time, The liner was upright and protruding from the silo coring. No evidence of concrete forms was observed in the area; however, the square objects were stacked beside a crane which was working over the silo. At Launch Site 70, Olovyannaya (Figures 1 and 2) evealed a silo coring being excavated y a crane. Nu- merous square objects were visible in the vicinity of the site. There was no evidence of a silo headworks. On the same mission an emplaced silo liner was visible at Site 79, Olovyannaya (Figures 3 and 4). A crane was working over the liner and the square objects were scattered about the silo excavation. Con- struction of the silo headworks had not started. The mission further revealed that the silo head- works at Site 72 (Figures 5 and 6) was under construction and that it probably consisted of 2 levels, one being only partially complete. Six square objects were visible around the silo, and a probable crane was on the south lip of the silo excavation. overage f the Svobodnyy ICBM Complex revealed at Site 21 a silo headworks under construction (Figures 7 and 8) which is definitely in2 levels. It ap- pears that the top level is about half completed, with lines which indicate that it is composed of sections. A possible crane is on the lip of the silo excavation. Possible square objects are visible in the vicinity of the silo. Kostroma ICBM revealed what is probably an em- placed silo liner in the silo excavation at Site 9 (Figure 9). Dark, tapered lines radiate from the liner to the side of the silo excavation and may indicate sections missing from the first level of the silo headworks. Neither a crane nor the square objects were visible on this fair-interpretability photography. A wedge-shaped gap is visible in the silo headworks at Site 72, Olovyannaya (Figure 10), One square, hollow object is visible approximately 50 feet southeast of the silo. The silo liner is visible in the headworks. Measurements obtained from the Technical Intelligence Division, NPIC, indicate that the square objects measure approximately Approved For Release 2Tup5t T 25X1 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 D 25X1 B 25X1 Approved For Release 2PPONERFIN 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2f 0~ R INRDP99TO1396R000100100001-1 Approve 1 For Release 21t 25X1 25X1 I --J Y . FIGURE 2. ARTIST'S CONCEPT OF SILO CORING BEING EXCAVATED AT SITE 70, OLOVYANN 25X1 Approved For Release 2 M ~eRE~L49RDP99T01396R000100100001-1 Approved For Release 2 Vzff- f- 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 21Q, pg/ttkf 25X1 Approve d For Release 2fS1 J 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2ff~ ttRtlf Approve For Release 2POP053FER R 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release ftfo-Jg Rf 25X1 Approved For Release 2T4- FIGURE 6. ARTIST'S CONCEPT OF SILO HEAD WORKS IJNDER CONSTRUCTION AT SITE 72, OLOVYA A. 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2Q.Q3/.p5 ft:R~Q}RDP99TO1396R000100100001-1 Approved For Release 2003/05/15 : CIA-RDP99T01396R000100100001-1 25X1 ',5X1 5X1 Approved For Release 2003105/15 : CIA-RDP99T01396R0001100100001-1 25X1 D Approved For Release 2003/05/15: CIA-RDP99T01396R000100100001-1 25X1 4 C rn 9X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/05/15 : CIA-RDP99T01396R000100100001-1 Approved or Release 2Tg053'C 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2TMfjy f JRDP99T01396R000100100001-1 Approve d For Release 2FD9%K-IT- 25X1 25X1 D Approved For Release 2 1 VY 5 ftRc t 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/05/15 : CIA-RDP99T01396R000100100001-1 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2003/05/15 : CIA-RDP99T01396R000100100001-1 Approved For Release 2003/U~11 EUkIP99TO1396R000100100001-1 Approved For Release 200f"1 .~ PIk P99T01396R000100100001-1