SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SAM) ACTIVITY KOMSOMOLSK, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2001
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: November 29, 1960
• Content Type: BRIEF

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J?INT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
ARMY-NA.V'Y-CIA
(Published and Disseminated by:CIA/PIC)
SUBJECT o Surface-to-Air Missile NO o PIC/,7B-124/60
(SAMj Activity DATE e 29 November 1960
L?CA.TION: Kornsomolsk., USSR
FIGURE 1 o L?CATION OF' SAM AC'I'IYITY, KOMSOMOLSK, USSRa
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MAPS or CHAR.?TS
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~omsamalslc, ane of this mast imparta;nt ixidu~stria.l centers in the
Soviet Far East, is on the .left ba,n:~: of tb.e Amur :R..i~ye:~ at th.e ~unctian vf' 25X1 D
the Far Eastern and the Bailz.al-Amur magistral rail. systemso Its
industrial importance and strata is location mals.e Kamsomalsk a sus act
area fa:~? SA.M activitye the photograph~~ of 25X1D
shows two SAM sites a a probable thi~~d_SAM site, and a pro a e.
support facility in the :C~.ornsamals~ areao None of these appear vn
TALENT photography of The- SAM sites are wYthin a
.ra.diua of approximately l8 na.utYcal miles f.ram K.amsomalslc:a ."The pro"b_
able support faciltye in the western section of th,e city9 is centrally
located with respect to the SAM sites e Altho~.gh not identif3.ed on the
phatagxaphy because of scattered cloud eaves at least ane atb.er SA.M
site may be l.acated northwest a#' T~amsamolslco A .site the:t?e wou~.d corn-~
plate acing aa?aund the city li'~.e that obse:r~red, araaand other SKyvi.et citieso
In Figures 2, 4~ and 5, the cax~f:~g~.ratiax~s a.s a.~n,te:rpreted i'.rom KE~''HOLE
coverage have been a1vexpx:~.nted on the . ALENT pl:oatograp]h.y o 25X1 D
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FIGUR,.E 2 a SA.M SITE NE OF' I~OMSOMOLSK Fig 1, item 1 ~ a Th.e
configuration is ove rp:r. inted on the _TA.LENT photogra.phy~,
COORD
50~43N 137-1~Ee
L,OCA.TION
13, 5 nm NE of:" :RP9 gust N of Am~x~' R at edgF, oi:" f.'o:rested iYi~i.?y tr~:r:raino
R EMA'RKS
The site is probably ope:e?ati.Gnale ~.'J~~e operations a:rPa appea.~~s corn-
plete o:r in final const~rue".tion stageso A.t ~ea.st one mi.ssil~;~"1?iuld :re~vetme-=.t
is served bar a loop road e.x.tending oa,r.t;sicle the c:~:rr.ula.:~~ roa.do A possi.b:ie~
support areas under const:wu~c:ti.on, is located beta+een the operations area.
.and the main :road to i~oms~~molsk:, No fencing is disc;e~rni~b~.eo
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I'I~URE 3. SAM ST:`TE S;E Off' K.OMSOMOLSK ~F' r~, 1 , it:~:m 2`~',.
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LaOOAT.~:O1~T
1$~ 5 nm SE of .RP, gust hfE ~'~f~ 0~~~:e~o ~L.a~:~;~ .Khux~;~rzi, .isi h~t~~ ~ t~~~ *`~a.~r,
i.mme~.ia.te~~ N o.f. &~.a:ctel ~vily.a.~e;t.
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Construction ap~~a:~?s ~ori~~rsL~;te. a.nd the site a~ ~-e~tw[aa.b~~~; rr~s~^:r?a.t.on.al.
'Thr. ~ircula.:r r-oa~ axis loop~ty~ e s~ :~~:aid:~. :r?oa~s tr< t~e~.~ 1:.run~:h. rec>,:tmr:rt~s
in the operations a:~?ea a:r~e c;orn~leted., A ~:~:roba~.-f.e s~.z~~x~o~r?t: aroa is just
southeast of the opE^xa.t~ans a.~~ea.. Sc.atte.rez~. c.oud ccnv r 1.imi~:s fuz~tta~~,;:
riff; r~a~?etatlon.
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F3:GURE 4o PROB SA.M SITE SSW OF KOMSOMOLSK Fig l,, item .3~a
The conf'igu.ration is oaerp:rinted on ~A.LENT 1>hc;r.ography
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50-23N I~f~-S~IE,
LOGATTON
1.0 nm SSW of :[ZP,, in rela.tiv~l~y flat wooded terra.r ri on the west; hank.
of the Amur River and approximately 1.5 nm SW of tt~t ]~lNWI'SSE r~.~.n:~ray
of :Komsr,~molsk: South A.i:rf.iel.d..
It F;MA_R:KS
ldentif~.i.cation of this a.s a ,,.~~obabi~. SAM site i,~ b.a_.~,s~ can the c i:rcula.
pattern o:f the p:robabl~:; ~po~rat:ions ar?ea., thc: prescnc:r ,x#' an adjacent. p;cof~-
ab:Lc support area, its isola.teci lo~,.ation, and its positic,n in :relation to the
SAM sites de~lo~,red for the defense of Komsomolsl~u `I'h_?~ gY.a.alit~;~- of the
~yhotogra:~h;- in th.c.-; area, of the si.tf: pry c:lud.es f'+_zrthe:r ~~ tc;rpretation.
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FIGURE 5. PROB SAM SUPPORT FACILITY, KOMSUMOLSK Fig 1,
item 4~. The configuration is overprinted on_TALENT photography. 25X1D
COO:RD
50-~3N 136-.55E.
LOCATION
1, 5 nm W of.' :RP, in rolling terra.:in near north edge of Amu:TM~ R flood
plain.
R. EMA.R:KS
The facility app~.ars complete and is probably operationa.l.. T.t is adja-
cent to the Komsomolsk.-Khabarovsk. railroad. a.nd is ccntrall-q~ located Frith
respect to the SA.M sites :t.n t:he area.. Tn sire and a..rra.ngement, the build-
ings in this facil.i.ty a.re simiTa_? to those observed on previous photo
coverage o.f other SAM sizppo-wt la.c.~.lities.
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