STYX MISSILE ACTIVITY CHIN-HUANG-TAO SAM SUPPORT FACILITY, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000400010065-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: January 1, 1975
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
I NTERPRETATION
REPORT
STYX MISSILE ACTIVITY
CHIN-HUANG-TAO SAM SUPPORT
FACILITY, CHINA
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JANUARY 1975
COPY NO.123
PI R-080/74
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STYX MISSILE ACTIVITY
CHIN-HUANG-TAO SAM SUPPORT FACILITY, CHINA
1. STYX missile activity has gradually increased at Chin-huang-tao SAM Support Facility,
China, since the facility was first identified on photography in January 1972. STYX missile support
may now be the primary function of the facility. This report describes the facility and the changes
that have occurred there since January 1972. It also contains a map, a table, and an annotated
photograph.
2. Chin-huang-tao SAM Support Facility) ~ 40-01-48N 119-27-23E) is situated
in three interconnected stream valleys in mountainous terrain, 150 nautical miles (nm) east-northeast
of Peking and 14 nm northwest of Chin-huang-tao, China (Figure 1). The facility consists of an
administration/support area, a vehicle maintenance area, and an operations area. It is road served
with a rail transshipment point 4.5 nm east of the facility. Since Chin-huang-tao SAM Support Facility
was first identified, expansion of its facilities has continued and the primary function has probably
shifted from CSA-1 missile support to STYX missile support.
3. The CSA-1 SAM site nearest the facility is Tang-shan SAM Site D36-1
This site, at 40-12-30N 118-06-54E, is 60 nm west of Chin-huang-tao SAM Support Facility. The
nearest cruise missile site is Chin-hsi Coastal Defense Site CM TSR 85 nm to
the northeast at 40-41-36N 120-54-49E (Figure 1).
4. The administration/support area has remained basically unchanged since the facility was
first identified in January 1972. It consists of one large, six-wing, multistory probable hospital with
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Table 1. Missile-Related Equipment at Chin-huang-tao SAM Support Facility
6 CSA-1 missile launchers
5 prob canister transporters
8 CSA-1 canister transporters
10 CSA-1 missile transporters
16 CSA-1 canister transporters
9 CSA-1 missile transporters
3 CSA-1 canister transporters
8 CSA-1 canister transporters
None observed
67 STYX missile crates
76 STYX missile crates (approx)
42 STYX missile crates
50 STYX missile crates
40 unid pieces of equipment
51 STYX missile crates
39 unid pieces of equipment
31 STYX missile crates (2
stretched)
40 unid pieces of equipment
4 CSSC-2 (STYX) launchers
1 prob CSSC-2 (STYX) launcher
3 light truck STYX transporters
38 STYX missile crates
34 stretched STYX missile crates
48 STYX assembly/handling carts
87 unid pieces of equipment
14 truck-mounted cranes
50 oxidizer kegs
49 truck-mounted cranes
50 oxidizer kegs
25 truck-mounted cranes
200 oxidizer kegs
29 poss fuel trucks
61 truck-mounted cranes
50 oxidizer kegs
59 truck-mounted cranes
143 oxidizer kegs
21 fuel trailers
31 truck-mounted cranes
149 oxidizer kegs
18 flatbed trucks
58 truck-mounted cranes
131 oxidizer kegs
7 oxidizer transfer truck
3 propellent service truck
4 water washdown truck
1 air compressor truck
12 flatbed trucks
10 flatbed trailers
a cookhouse attached; two multistory administration buildings; three large and two smaller multistory
barracks; one large flat-roofed messhall; six quarters; and a heating plant. Additional facilities include
a probable vehicle maintenance building, a vehicle service rack, two adits, eight large storage/support
buildings, ten small support buildings, a water tower, and two basketball courts.
5. The vehicle maintenance area is on the west bank of the same stream valley which contains
the administration/support area. This area has also remained relatively unchanged since the facility
was first identified. It contains one large vehicle maintenance building, two probable shop buildings,
two barracks, one messhall, a heating plant, nine support buildings, and a basketball court.
6. The operations area (Figure 2), just west of the vehicle maintenance area, has grown
considerably since it was first identified under construction; at that time only seven major buildings
were observed. Construction was continuing when the area consisted of a probable
maintenance/checkout building connected by narrow-gauge rail track to two adits, 12 drive-in adits,
two drive-in adits with loading docks, and two storage adits with loading docks. Storage and
maintenance buildings in the operations area include one L-shaped shop building, two smaller shops,
two large double-bay maintenance /storage buildings (one under construction), a smaller double-bay
maintenance/storage building, five single-bay maintenance /storage buildings, and seven storage
buildings. Additional support includes two barracks, two messhalls, a heating plant, 12 support
buildings, and a probable security checkpoint building. At least three additional buildings will probably
be constructed in a newly graded area at the south edge of the facility.
7. The amounts of equipment observed in the operations area have steadily increased since
January 1972 (Table 1). At that time, six CSA-1 missile launchers and five probable canister
transporters were identified. STYX missile-related equipment was first observed in August 1972 when
67 STYX missile crates were identified. 40 unidentified pieces of
canvas-covered equipment were observed. These unidentified objects, 87 seen most recently,
inset 1, Figure 2). The objects are probably cruise
missile associated inasmuch as 16 similar unidentified objects have been observed at Yen-tai CD Site
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8. four confirmed and one
probable CSSC-2 (STYX) launchers (inset 2, Figure 2) at Chin-huang-tao. These were the first
confirmed STYX launchers identified at this facility. This coverage also revealed three light truck
STYX transporters (inset 3, Figure 2); this was the first identification of this transporter in China.
They were similar in design to the SSN-2 transporters identified in other countries using the STYX
missile system in a naval role. Forty-eight STYX assembly/handling carts were also observed on the
28 August coverage (inset 4, Figure 2).
9. CSA-1 related equipment continues to be observed at the facility; however, the major portion
of the equipment now observed appears to be related to the STYX missile system.
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