MOSCOW ABM FACILITIES DEPLOYED STRATEGIC AMM FACILITIES USSR USSR DECEMBER 1972

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REPORT
MOSCOW ABM FACILITIES
DEPLOYED AMM FACILITIES, USSR
USSR
DECEMBER 1972
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Installation Name Coordinates Category
Moskva ABM Launch 56-23-43N
Complex E03 038-11-19E
Moskva ABM Launch 56-14-26N
Complex E05 038-34-09E
Moskva ABM Launch 55-09-OON
Complex El 5 038-22-OOE
Moskva ABM Launch 55-04-OON
Complex E21 037-02-OOE
Moskva ABM Launch 55-21-10N
Complex E24 036-29-24E
Moskva ABM Launch 56-08-05N
Complex E31. 036-29-37E
Moskva ABM Launch 56-20-1 ON
Complex E33 036-48-07E
Naro-Fominsk ABM/ 55-29-41N
Space Trkng Rdr Fac 036-40-49E
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Naro-Fominsk ABM/ 55-28-52N
Space Trkng Rdr Fac 036-38-53E
Chekhov ABM/Space 55-14-50N
Radar Site A 037-17-OOE
Chekhov ABM/Space 55-12-50N
Radar Site B 037-1.8-1 OE
Moskva ABM Support 55-18-OON
Facility Borovsk 036-33-05E
Moskva ABM Training 55-33-05N
Site D25-1 036-41-10E
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ABSTRACT
1. Significant developments at the Moscow ABM Facilities during the reporting 25X1
period included the following:
a. The assembly of two 25-meter-(82-foot-) diameter dish antennas at com-
plex E21.
b. The construction of a trench between Chekhov ABM/Space Radar Site
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c. The identification of 70 GALOSH missile canisters, the largest number
ever observed at the Moscow ABM facilities. Forty-one of these canisters
were at the four operational launch complexes, the largest number ever
observed there.
d. Continued construction at launch complex E15 and at Chekhov ABM/
Space Sites A and B.
This report contains a location map showing the status of the ABM facilities, a
table listing GALOSH missile canisters seen at the Moscow facilities, an artist's concept of
the feed mechanism on the dish antennas at complex E21, and five annotated photographs.
It updates NPIC report RCA-02/0005/72. 25X1
INTRODUCTION
3. The Moscow ABM system consists of three complexes with renewed construction,
four operational complexes, two large ABM/space tracking radar facilities (one of which is
under construction), a support facility, and a training site (Figure 1).
LAUNCH SITES
SUPPORT FACILITIES RADARS
R Operational--8 launchers each Moscow ABM support 0 Operational
New construction facility Borovsk
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Ti Construction suspended A Moscow ABM training
site D25-1
0 20 40
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION MAP, MOSCO W ABM FACILITIES
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4. Construction of the Moscow ABM system has been characterized by sporadic starts
and stops. A brief history of the system as observed on KEYHOLE photography since 1962
is given in the previous NPIC report on the facilities.1
5. Photography of
coverage of all ABM facilities.
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Moscow ABM Complex E21
6. Construction at complex E21 has continued at a rapid pace. By 25X1
25-meter (82-foot) diameter dish antennas were completely assembled on the concrete
aprons adjacent to antenna buildings 1 and 4. A third dish antenna was partially assembled
on a concrete apron adjacent to antenna building 2. On at antenna building 3 25X1
a dish antenna template was on a concrete apron (Figure 2 .
7. The feed mechanism on the two completed antennas has been identified as a
Cassegrain type (Figure 3). However, a diameter dish antenna was 25X1
mounted atop the large tripod feed mechanism (inset, Figure 3). This type of feed
mechanism with a smaller top-mounted dish has also been observed at one of the Molniya
receiving terminals. Another NPIC report provides further details of this antenna and other
parabolic antennas in the USSR.2
8. Although the antenna mounts have not been installed on the antenna pedestals at
E21, the size and shape of the pedestals indicate that azimuth-elevation (az-el) steering
mechanisms will probably be used. All other 25-meter (82-foot) dish antennas identified in
the USSR have az-el mounts.
Construction resumed on a T-shaped structure west of TRY ADD building A
between April :1972 and The T- bar portion of the structure is
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feet) across and wide. The "stem" portion long
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and wide. This structure is similar in size and shape to the T-shaped
structures at the operational ABM facilities and at six SA-1 sites around Moscow.
10. On a waste catch basin was observed under construction
approximately 485 meters (1,590 feet) east of antenna building 3. The catch basin is 168
meters (553 feet) long and 81 meters (266 feet) wide and is equally divided into four catch
ponds. The type of waste to be transferred to the basin is not known at this time.
11. Six pyramid-shaped mounds were constructed in and around the TRY ADD area
during the reporting period. The purpose of these mounds is not yet known.
12. A heating plant and two fuel storage tanks remained under construction at the on-
site support area immediately east of the existing heating plant. The new larger heating
plant will probably be oil fired and will replace the smaller coal-fired heating plant.
13. Since April 1.972, when the pace of construction was accelerated, numerous
buildings have been constructed at the ABM/SA-1 housing and support area. They include
apartment-type buildings, barracks, and support-type buildings. Still others are under
construction (Figure 4).
14. On photography of July-August 1972 a trench was observed in various stages of
construction between complex E21 and Chekhov ABM/Space Tracking Radar Facility B.
This trench was not present in January 1972. On the trench appeared to 25X1
end approximately 60 meters (200 feet) southwest of the power substation under
construction at Chekhov radar site B. At complex E21 the trench had been extended to a
point just outside the security fence at the eastern edge of the complex (Figure 2). The
trench will probably be utilized for either communications or power.
15. Another trench, probably also for communications or power, extends from a point
near the northeastern corner of the power substation at Chekhov radar facility B and
connects with the Venyukovskiy Bunkered Unidentified Facility 25X1
approximately 5 nm southeast. This trench has been under construction since January
1972.
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Moscow ABM Complex E15
16. Construction continued at complex E15 but at a slower pace than at complex E21.
The function of the large excavation southwest of the TRY ADD area is still not known.
However, a significant increase in the amount of construction materials was observed
during the reporting period and on large steel reinforcement sections
covered approximately 40 percent of the floor of the excavation (Figure 5).
17. On a ring base in diameter was under
construction on the roof of the antenna building immediately east of TRY ADD building A.
Similar but larger ring bases have been constructed on the antenna buildings at complex
E21. There was still no evidence of antenna mounts or antenna rnmponents at complex
atop the old pedestal at TRY ADD building A and is aligned diagonally to the sides of the
old pedestal. A building at the eastern edge of the TRY ADD area previously thought to be
for support has been identified as a probable power substation under construction. Another
power substation was under construction in the support area.
18. Numerous trenches were dug throughout the TRY ADD area during the reporting
period. Rectangular concrete conduit sections were placed in the trench that connects TRY
ADD building A with the probable antenna buildings immediately to the east and west. A
building was under construction immediately north of TRY ADD building C.
Moscow ABM Complex E03
19. Minor construction activity was observed at this complex during the reporting
period. On a probable building foundation was under construction
immediately north of TRY ADD building A., On the same date an arch-roofed building was
under constr on adjacent to the northeastern corner of the SA-1 site (Figure 6). On[
numerous pieces of unidentified construction material were adjacent to the
missile checkout building just north of TRY ADD building A.
Operational ABM Complexes E05, E24, E3 1, and E33
20. A new building was under construction in the on-site support area at each of the
four operational complexes. Each building was
wide. Their function has not been determined.
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21. On I 141 canisters were obs
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This is the largest number observed here to date. Table 1 shows the canister counts at the
four operational complexes and at Borovsk ABM Support Facility during the reporting
period.
Chekhov ABM/Space Radar Sites A and B
22. At Chekhov two separate but apparently identical ABM radars were under
construction. Construction on the first radar (I) began in 1967. It consists of a receiving
antenna at radar site A and a transmitting antenna at radar site B. Each antenna has a
boresight azimuth of A second layer of paneling was installed on ABM radar I
during the reporting period. In September 1972 a third layer was being applied to the face of
the receiver antenna. The paneling which will be applied to the face of the transmitter
antenna was lying on the ground in front of it. There was no significant change in the tulip-
shaped antenna at the northern end of receiving antenna I.
23. Construction on the second Chekhov ABM radar (II) began in August 1970. The
receiving antenna at radar site A and the transmitting antenna at radar site B have
boresight azimuths of During the reporting period the superstructure for the
transmitting antenna was erected and the superstructure for the receiving antenna was
partially erected. The control buildings were in a late stage of construction. Further details
on the ABM radar at Chekhov are provided in another NPIC report.3
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Table 1. Galosh Missile Canisters Observed at Moscow ABM Facilities
FACILITY DATE NUMBER
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CANISTERS
LOCATION
(NUMBERS & LETTERS DESIGNATE LAUNCH POSITIONS)
12 1B1, 1B2,1B4, 1C1, 1C2, 1C4,2B1,2B2,2B4,2C1,2C2,2C4,
9 1 B 1 , 1 B2, 1 B4, 1 C 1 , 1C4, 2B1, 2B4, 2C1, 2C4
9 1B1, 1 B2, 1 B4, 1 C1, 1 C4, 2 B1, 2B4, 2C1 , 2C4
9 1B1, 1 B2, 1 B4, 1C1, 1C4, 2B1, 2B4, 2C1, 2C4
10 1 B1 , 1 B2, 1 B4, 1 C1, 1 C4, 2 B1 , 2B4, 2C1 , 2C3, 2C4
9 l B2, 1 B3, 1 B4, 1 C1 , 1 C4, 2 B1 , 2B4, 2C1, 2C4
4 1B3, 1B4, 1C1, 1C4
9 1B1, 1 B2, 1 B3, 1 C1, 1C4, 2B1 , 2B4, 2C1 , 2C4
9 1B1, 1 B2, 1 B3, 1 B4, 1 C1 , 2 B1 , 2B4, 2C1 , 2C4
9 1 B1, 1 B2, 1 B3, 1 B4, 1C4,2B1, 2B4, 2C1, 2C4
8 1B1, 1B3, 1C1, 1C2, 1C3, 1C4, 2B2, 2C3
6 1 B1 , 1 B4, 2B2, 2B3, 2C2, 2C3
10 1B1, 1 B2, 1 B4, 1 C3, 1 C4, 2B2, 2B3, 2B4, 2C2, 2C3
9 l Bl , 1 B2, 1 B4, 1 C3, 1 C4, 2 B2, 2B4, 2C2, 2C3
11 1B1, 1 B2, 1C1, 1C3, 1C4, 2B2, 2B3, 2C2, 2C3, 2C4, & one on road
8 1B4, 1C1, 1C3, 1C4, 2B2, 2B3, 2C2, 2C3
1 (prob) one on loop road
10 l B1, l B4, 1C1, 1C3, 2B2, 2B3, 2B4, 2C2, 2C3, 2C4
1(prob) one on loop road
10 1 B1 , 1 B4, 1 C1, 1 C3, 2B1 , 2B2, 2B3, 2C2, 2C3, 2C4
1 (prob) one on loop road
8 181, 1 B4, 1 C1, 2B2, 2B3, 2C2, 2C3, 2C4
8 1 B1, 1 B4, 1C1, 2B2, 2133, 2C2, 2C3, & one on road
6 1 B2, 1 B3, 1C1, 1C2, 1 C3, 2B2
8 1B2, 1B3, 1B4, 1C1, 1C2, 1C4,2B4,2C3
8 1 B2, 1 B3, 1 B4, 1 C1 , 1 C2, 1 C4, 2B4, 2C3
8 1B2, 1 B3, 1 B4, 1 C2, 1 C3, 1 C4, 2 B4, 2C4
9 1B2, 1 B3, 1 B4, 1 C2, 1 C3, 'I C4, 2 B3, 2 B4, 2C4
8 1 B3, 1 B4, 1C2, 1C3, 2B3, 2B4, 2C3, 2C4
8 1 B1 , 1 B3, 1 C2, 1 C3, 2B3, 2B4, 2C3, 2C4
7 1B1, 1B3, 1C2, 1C3, 283, 2B4, 2C4
7 1 B1 , 1 B2, 1 B3, 1 C1, 1 C2, 1 C4, 2C4
11 1131, 1 B2, 1 B3, 1 C1, 1 C2, 2B1, 2B3, 2B4, 2C1, 2C2, 2C3
11 181, 1B2, 1C1, 1C2, 1C4, 2B1, 2B2, 2B3, 2C1, 2C2, 2C3
11 1 B1, 1B2, 1C1, 1C2, 1C4,2B1,2B2,2B4,2C1,2C2,2C3
11 181, 1 B3, 1C1, 1C2, 1C4, 2B1, 2B2, 2B3, 2C1, 2C2, 2C3
11 181, 1B2, 1B3, 1C1, 1C2, 1C4, 2B1, 2B3, 2C1, 2C2, 2C3
11 lBl, lB2, 1B3, 1C1, 1C2,2B1,2B2,2B3,2C1,2C2,2C3
9 181, 1 B2, 1C1, 1 C2, 2B2, 2B3, 2C1, 2C2, 2C3
15 Western missile-hold hardstand
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5 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
1 Large receiving bldg.
19 Western missile-hold hardstand
10 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
19 Western missile-hold hardstand
12 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
19 Western missile-hold hardstand
11 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
19 Western missile-hold hardstand
13 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
19 Western missile-hold hardstand
11 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
17 Western missile-hold hardstand
12 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
17 Western missile-hold hardstand
12 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
17 Western missile-hold hardstand
11 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
18 Western missile-hold hardstand
12 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
Large receiving bldg.
Loop road
17 Western missile-hold hardstand
15 Eastern missile-hold hardstand
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Naro-Fominsk ABM/Space Tracking Radar Sites A and B
24. No significant change was observed during the reporting period.
Moscow ABM Support Facility Borovsk and Moscow ABM Training Site D25-1
25. No significant changes in facilities were observed during the reporting period. A
training site I)25-1 a GALOSH canister and a transporter were observed near the launcher
o This was the second time a canister had been observed at the training 25X1
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