CHERNYAKHOVSK SAM SITE B21-3, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04560A001200010035-7
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: December 1, 1963
• Content Type: BRIEF

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N PIC/R-307/63
December 1963
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Handle via TALENT -KEYHOLE Control Only
This document contains classified information affecting the national security of the United States within the
meaning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission
or the revelation of its contents in any manner To an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner
prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
detriment of the United States. It is to be seen only by personnel especially indoctrinated and authorized to
receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must ba maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and
TALENT regulations.
~HERNYAKHOVSK SAM SITE B21-3, USSR
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References: USATC Series 200, Sheet 0168-111IL, 2d ed, Sep 62 (S)
NPIC Project J-363/63 (partial answer) (C-RR3-80,595; Supplement 1)
Chernyakhovsk SAM Site B21-3 is located
19 nm SSW of Chernyakhovsk, USSR, in flat,
open terrain. It is adjacent to Chernyakhovsk
SAM Site B21-2. This SA-3 site was first
identified on KEYHOLE photography of _
on which it appears
in a late stage of construction.
The only discernible components of the site
are four revetted launch pads arranged in a
trapezoidal pattern, and a central guidance area
(Figure 1). No equipment is in evidence. A
definite site configuration is undeterminable
because no well defined internal road pattern
is present. The site i.s oriented on an azimuth
NPIC/R-307/63
Date:
December 1963
of approximately- Distances between
launch pads are 180 and 185 feet.
The site first appeared on the photography
Its presence can be negated
on -Photography. 1/ The site was
cloud covered on KEYHOLE coverage between
these dates. 2-4/
RELATED DOCUMENT: NPIC,/R-49/63, Apr 63 (TS CHESS
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