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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: March 26, 1968
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CITE NPIC 3313.
PRELIMINARY OAK NO. 1, MISSION 1046-1, DETAILS TO
FOLLOW IN A LATER OAK EDITION.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OAK CABLE BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHY FROM KH-4
MISSION 1046-1, DATED 14 - 21 MARCH 1968. PART I COVERS PRIMARILY
THE USSR AND PART II, THE FAR EAST. ANALYSIS IS CONTINUING.
PART I.
1. PORTIONS OF 11 OF THE SOVIET DEPLOYED ICBM COMPLEXES ARE COVERED.
IMENI GASTELLO, ITATKA, KOZELSK, NOVOSIBIRSK, OLOVYANNAYA,
SHADRINSK, SVOBODNYY, TYUMEN, AND ZHANGIZ-TOBE ARE COVERED BY CLEAR
PHOTOGRAPHY. YEDROVO AND ALEYSK ARE OBSERVED THROUGH SCATTERED
CLOUDS AND HAZE. FOUR SINGLE SILOS ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED ON THIS
MISSION: ONE TYPE IIIC IS IN LAUNCH GROUP E AT ZHANGIZ-TOBE;
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TWO TYPE IIID ARE IN LAUNCH GROUP L AT KOZELSK; AND ONE TYPE IIID
IS IN LAUNCH GROUP K AT YEDROVO. THE NEW SITE AT ZHANGIZ-TOBE,
TOGETHER WITH THE CONFIRMATION ON THIS MISSION OF TWO SITES
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS POSSIBLE, FILLS OUT LAUNCH GROUP E. AND
THE SITE AT YEDROVO FILLS OUT LAUNCH GROUP K.
THE ENTIRE PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE CENTER IS OBSERVED,
BUT INTERPRETATION IS HAMPERED BY HEAVY SNOW. AN SS-7 MISSILE ON
A TRANSPORTER IS OBSERVED AT BOTH LAUNCH SITES 4 AND 5. THE ONLY
EVIDENCE OF ACTIVITY AT LAUNCH SITES 9 AND 10 IS THE PRESENCE OF
THE GANTRIES ON THE PADS. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE SINGLE
SILOS IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CENTER, BUT HEAVY SNOW PRECLUDES
A DETERMINATION OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION STATUS.
2. THE TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER IS COVERED BY TWO PASSES OF
PHOTOGRAPHY WHICH TngrTHrR OVIDE COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE RANGEHEAD.
ACTIVITY IMAGED ON S AS FOLLOt!S: THE SERVICE TOWER AT
LAUNCH PP Al APPEARS TO BE IN AN OPEN POSITION; A PROBABLE MISSILE
OR MISSILE COMPONENT IS ERECTED ON PAD Cl; AND AT COMPLEX J, THE
SERVICE TOWER/ERECTOR IS ON THE PAD AT J1 A'ID THE
TRANSPORTER/ERECTOR IS PARKED AT THE END OF THE MISSILE ASSEMBLY
BUILDING. PHOTOGRAPHY ON REVEALS THAT THE MODIFICATION
AT LAUNCH AREA C31-G2 IS PROBABLY COMPLETE; THE GANTRY IS ON LAUNCH
PAD G4; AND A PROBABLE LOADING EXERCISE IS IN PROGRESS AT LAUNCH
SITE N-2N-3.
3. THE KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER IS NOT OBSERVED.
4. SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER IS COVERED ON TWO PASSES
OF FAIR TO POOR INTERPRETABILITY FROM THE MAIN SUPPORT BASE IN
THE EAST TO TRACKING FACILITY 6 IN THE WEST. CLOUDS LIMIT INTER-
PRETATION. NO NEW MISSILE FACILITIES ARE OBSERVED IN VISIBLE
PORTIONS. THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER, NENOKSA MISSILE TEST CENTER,
AND KUULI MAYAK MISSILE TEST FACILITY ARE NOT COVERED.
5. THE FOLLOWING ABM INSTALLATIONS IN THE MOSCOW AREA ARE OBSERVED:
ABM LAUNCH COMPLEXES E03, E21, E24, E31, AND E33; THE BOROVSK ABM
SUPPORT FACILITY; AND THE NARO-FOMINSK ABM/SPACE TRACKING RADAR
FACILITY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE OBSERVED AT THESE FACILITIES.
6. TWENTY OF THE 46 SA-5 SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES ARE OBSERVED. THEY
ARE ANGARSK B03-5; BABAYEVO C30-5; KADUY B30-5; KALININ B19-5;
KIMRY A19-5; LENINGRAD B05-5, D34-5, AND D25-5; MOZHAYSK B32-5;
NEYA A35-5; PLESETSK D04-5; ROSTOV C23-5; SARY-SHAGAN D10-5 AND
804-5; SEVASTOPOL A21-5; SHARYA A36-5; TIKHVIN A33-5; TOMSK B30-5;
TYURATAM B23-5; AND VLADIVOSTOK B34-5. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
ARE NOTED.
7. TWO PASSES OF CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR INTERPRETABILITY PROVIDE
TOTAL COVERAGE OF THE MISHELEVKA ASAT/SPACE TRACKING RADAR FACILITY.
THE SKRUNDA AND OLENEGORSK ABM/SPACE TRACKING RADAR FACILITIES
ARE NOT COVERED.
8. AN SA-2 SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED 8.4
NM ESE OF MINGECHAUR AT 40-45-1ON 047-13-30E AND IS DESIGNATED
MINGECHAUR SAM SITE A09-2.
9. NONE OF THE FOUR KNOWN DEPLOYED SCALEBOARD MISSILE SITES ARE
OBSERVED.
10. A POSSIBLE SECOND UNIT OF THE 194A-CLASS NUCLEAR
POWERED SUBMARINE (SSN) IS OBSERVED AT LENINGRAD SHIPYARD
ADMIRALTY 194. THE SHIP IS AT POSITION 46 LYING .BETWEEN TWO
AUXILIARIES WITH FLOATING SCREENS AT EACH END OF THE VESSEL.
THE FIRST UNIT WAS SEEN AT THIS POSITION WITH THE SAME ARRANGEMENT
OF VESSELS ON ACROSS THE RIVER, THE
SPACE EVENTS SUPPORT SHIP (SESS) K UT KOMAROV IS OBSERVED AT
LENINGRAD SHIPYARD BALTIYSK ORDZH 189.
11. AT THE MAKHACHKALA AMMUNITION PLANT DVIGATEL 182, USSR,
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14. ONLY RUMANIA, YUGOSLAVIA, AND BULGARIA
SATELLITES ARE IMAGED ON TWO PASSES OF PHOTOGRAPHY. INTERPRETATION
IS LIMITED BY HAZE AND SCATTERED CLOUDS.
15. THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ARE COVERED BY 11 PASSES. THE
PHOTOGRAPHY IS GENERALLY CLOUD FREE AND OF FAIR TO GOOD INTERPRETA-
BILITY.
PART II
1. THREE OF THE FIVE KNOWN SUSPECT ADVANCED WEAPONS RELATED
FACILITIES (SAWRF) IN CHINA ARE OBSERVED -- THE TWO NEAR SHUANG-
CHENG-TZU AND PEKING ESE. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS APPRENT AT THE
TWO SITES NEAR SHUANG-CHENG-TZU. CONTINUED ACTIVITY IS NOTED AT
THE PEKING ESE FACILITY.
2. ONE PASS OF CLEAR SEREO PHOTOGRAPHY OF POOR INTERPRETABILITY
PROVIDES PARTIAL COVERAGE OF THE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX, SHUANG-CHENG-TZU
MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA. THE FOUR SAM LAUNCH SITES CAN BE
IDENTIFIED ONLY. NO MAJOR CHANGE IS OBSERVED AT THE SIX DOWNRANGE
INSTRUMENTATION SITES COVERED.
3. A NEWLY IDENTIFIED SA-2 SAM SITE IS OBSERVED UNDER
CONSTRUCTION 13.5 NM EAST OF SHANGHAI AT 31-14-23N 121-44-26E.~
4. PORTIONS OF CHINA AND MONGOLIA ARE IMAGED ON 11 PASSES
WITH SCATTERED CLOUD COVER. TWO PASSES COVER THE SOUTH CHINA/
NORTH VIETNAM BORDER WITH NO SIGNIFICANT INTELLIGENCE ITEMS
NOTED IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OR NEW
TARGETS ARE OBSERVED.
5. NORTH KOREA IS IMAGED ON TWO PASSES WITH APPROXIMATELY 85
PERCENT CLOUD COVER. CLOUD-FREE COVERAGE IS LIMITED TO A SMALL AREA
ALONG THE COASTS OF THE NE AND NW SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OR NEW TARGETS ARE OBSERVED. THERE IS NO
COVERAGE OF THE CHANGJAHWAN-MAN (BAY) OR THE MUNCHON NAVAL
BASE WONSAN ON THIS PART OF THE MISSION.
6. NORTH VIETNAM IS IMAGED ON TWO PASSES WITH APPROXIMATELY
75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER. NO NEW SAM ACTIVITY OR EVIDENCE OF
OFFENSIVE SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED.
HANOI IS PARTIALLY OBSERVED THROUGH SCATTERED CLOUDS AND THE PORT
OF HAIPHONG IS COMPLETELY CLOUD COVERED. OF THE SEVEN MAJOR
AIRFIELDS, FIVE ARE OBSERVED THROUGH SCATTERED CLOUDS AND TWO ARE
CLOUD COVERED. ORDER OF BATTLE IS DISCERNIBLE AT ONLY HANOI/GIA
LAM, PHUC YEN, AND KEP AIRFIELDS.
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