CABE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001600020007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 7, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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CITE NPIC 8706.
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NPIC CONFIRMS THE IDENTIFICATION OF A PROBABLE LONG RANGE
SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR VOLGOGRAD, USSR.
NPIC COORDINATES OBTAINED FROM USATC - SERIES 200, SHEET 0235-
21HL, 4TH EDITION MARCH 1964 PLACE THE COMPLEX AT 48-22NO44-19E,
22.5 NM SSW OF VOLGOGRAD.
THIS COMPLEX CONSISTS OF THREE LAUNCH SITES, DESIGNATED
A, B, & C, A TRACKING/GUIDANCE FACILITY, A SUPPORT AREA AND A
PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT FACILITY. EACH LAUNCH
SITE IS COMPOSED OF SIX LAUNCH POSITIONS AND A CONTROL CENTER.
LAUNCH SITES A AND C HAVE WEDGE-SHAPED DRIVE-THROUGH LAUNCH
POSITIONS. SITE B CONSISTS OF RECTANGULAR, DRIVE-THROUGH
LAUNCH POSITIONS. THE CONTROL CENTERS AT B AND C APPARENTLY
CONSIST OF FOUR PARALLEL REVETMENT WALLS. SITE A CONTROL
CENTER APPEARS TO BE OF A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BUT UNDETERMINABLE
DESIGN. THr AZIMUTH OF A LINE FROM THE TRACKING/GUIDANCE
FACILITY CENTRAL CONTROL THROUGH SITE B CONTROL CENTER IS
150 DEGREES. THE TRACKING/GUIDANCE FACILITY IS COMPOSED OF
THREE RADAR POSITIONS IN VARYING STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AND A
CENTRAL CONTROL. THE SUPPORT AREA CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY
SIX BUILDINGS. A PROBABLE MISSILE ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT FACILITY
IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SUPPORT
AREA.
A PROBABLE EARLY WARNING RADAR SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
2.5 NM NW OF THE COMPLEX.
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