PINSK MRBM COMPLEX, USSR FIXED FIELD SITE

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2000
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: December 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PINSK MRBM COMPLEX, USSR
FIXED FIELD SITE
Launch Area No '2 (TDI name: \lotol \1R13V Launch Site) -- T\pe I 52-12-45N 25-44-45E
Pink Fixed Field \IRR\I Site (11)I nanit Lychko%ts% Fixed Field Pu_>ition) 52-15-00\ 25-21-45E
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with the four padlike clearings being distinct
- and appearing complete; a tent camp had been
established and several buildings/tents erected.
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This report supplements NPIC/R-.99/64, 1/
which discusses the Pinsk MRBM Complex,
which previously consisted of . two Type I MRBM
launch areas.
The Pinsk Fixed Field MRBM Site (Figure_1)
is located in a heavily wooded area at an approx-
imate elevation of 230 feet, 2.0-nautical miles
(nm) north of Lychkovtsy in. the Belorussian
SSR. Pinsk MRBM Launch Area No I is 12..E
nm to the southeast and Launch Area No -2 is
14.2 nm to the east-southeast. The rail yard
at Ivanovo, 10 nm to the southeast, is the prob-
able rail-to-road transfer point for Launch
Areas No 1 and 2 and for the field site. It con-
tains 15 tracks, a roundhouse, and shops. The
field site is connected to the remainder of the
MRBM complex, and to the rail yard, by primary
and secondary, probably all-weather roads.
The fixed field site can be negated in early
which time. the basic road network and the four
padlike clearings were present but in a rough
form. The Pinsk complex had been long es-
tablished at this time Launch Area No l being
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being completed in One small possi-
ble structure or object was also present in a
clearing between two of the padlike clearings
at this time. When next observed, again in late -
the site showed no
change. -
The site was again covered in
and although haze and
clouds precluded a detailed interpretation, it
was possible to determine that the padlike
clearings had been enlarged and improved and
that a possible tent camp and several possible
buildings had been constructed. . When next
covered, in early
- the site showed continued expansion,
When last observed, in
the site showed no expansion or im-
provement and did not appear changed but haze
and cloud shadows preclude a detailed interpre-
tation.
The site (Figure 2) is situated alongside one
--of the roads of the local road network and con-
sists of four padlike clearings in a west-north-
west/east-southeast line 1,575 feet long. The
clearings are separated into two pairs
of the clearings, starting with the westernmost,
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clearings is' approximately 235 degrees, which
is close to the 225-degree azimuths of Launch
Areas No 1 and 2. Located to the rear of the
northernmost clearing is a probable tent/build-
ing 120 by 30 feet. Approximately 1,160_ feet
northeast of the center of the site. is an area
containing an undetermined number of tents/
tent bases. Located - in this same area are
several small clearings, one containing a small
possible building or- structure whose size is un-
determined, and one containing four unidentified
objects.
Two unidentified objects are located in two
small clearings between the easternmost pair
of padlike clearings. Between the westernmost
pair of padlike clearings is a clearing containing
two unidentified objects and a small possible
building or structure whose size is undeter-
mined. Also, adjacent to one of these padlike
clearings are two unidentified objects. No se-
curity fence is evident around the site and no
erectors or activity have been observed on the
padlike clearings. -
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