CONSTRUCTION TIMING AT SOVIET SINGLE SILO ICBM SITES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000400370037-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 55
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: February 19, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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SUBJECT: Constru
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initially identif a as
itemss identified as 'Bites B.5 and B-7 have towers resembling oil derricks also-
ciated with them and do not reflec'd single silo construction techniques.
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d Site A.4 has been determined to be a borrow pit and the
ntrol/guidance faailltles nave Deer
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p
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tam and five o$ the V=U- r
possible.' This type'of silo appears to be deployed in groups of ten silos, inter-
. . __ L _-A _a .,-t..'. ed nrA nAv voR by a einvle launch control/guidance facility.t , ;
tio4 Timing at Soviet Single Silo
M/]s 5l/65
4. 'Nine sin6lesilos have been identified to date at Tyuratam and in addi-
tion CIA/PIA now carz4ies a total ofd 94 sites of this type-under construction in
the field. Of the 4j larger (30 At in diameter) silos such as those fOd at
Aleysk, D tbarovskiy, etc., six are at Tyvratam. At the test center these can be
grouped into two oet$ of three silos with an;+"L' electronics facility serving
each set. 'Cable scats connect Ccmplex wit1 fl-2 and A-3 'and connect G?7 with
xa and 2. In the field "L" electroni(.facil~ties have been identified under
construction at Intent Gaatello Launch Ajrea D, Uzhur Launch Area B, and Dambarovskiy
haunch Area B. Four of the six deployed eolexea of this type consist of. six
launch areas each while DoOaravskiY ha had only five launch areas identified
to date and Uahur had a total of eight,'two of them in an extremely early stage
of construction.
5. CIA/PID now'-carries a .total of 60 of the smaller 16 foot diameter silos.
such as found at Tat .shchevo, Olovyann4ya, etc.. Of these, three are Tyura?
loyed sites are listed as only suspect or
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This projet is considered to be coatplete.
Enclosures:
1 - One table (CIA,/PID/MEB-101/65)
2 ? Si,x tables oy` construction timing - 50
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-TABULATION-OF STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION
Stage of Construction
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Guidance Control
Complex
Launch Site
'Silo
(if present)__,_
yuratam
A-3
VI-A
B-2
VI-A
G-7
I
V
VI-A
(VI-B)
(VI-B)
K-1-2
Identification only
'Aleysk
Dombarovskiy
;Imeni Gastello
G-8-9
A
B
C
D
F,
A
B
D
E
A
B
C
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IV-A
IV-A.
IV-A
cation,only
IV-A
cation only
V
IV-A
IV-A.
IV-A
III
IV-A
IV-A
IV-A
(IV-B)
D
IV-A. ? (IV-B)
E
IV-A ? -
F
IV-A
Kartaly
IV-A
V
Identification only
(possible IV-B)
V
Identification only
Identification only
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Drovyannaya D-1
D-2'
D-3
D-4
D-5
D-6
D-7
IV-A
IV; A
IV-A
IV-A
IV-A
IV-A
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Not observed
Not-observed
Not observed
Identification only
Identification only
VII
VIT
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VI-A
V
VII
D-8 VII
D-9 .,,Identification only
D-10 ``,'Identification only
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