ANALYSIS OF SOVIET TYPE III-C ICBM LAUNCH SITES

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
ANALYSIS OF SOVIET TYPE III-C
ICBM LAUNCH SITES
DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW by NIMA1DOD 4/26/00
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ANALYSIS OF SOVIET TYPE III-C ICBM LAUNCH &LIES
INTRODUCTION
total of 67 Type III-C single silo ICBM launch sites at six new
complexes have been identified in the USSR since the first _quarter of 1964
when deployment of these installations commenced-(Figure 1). The following
is a tabulation of the geographic coordinates of these complexes and the:
number of sites currently carried by CIA/IAD at each complex-through
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Complex
Location Number of Sites
- Aleysk . 52-28N 82-42E
Dombarovskiy 51-02N 59-49E
Imeni Gastello 51-07N-66-19E
Kartaly 53-03N 60-34E
Uzhur 55-17N 89-49E
Zhangiz Tobe 49-12N 81-10E
Total
6
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As of this date, the Soviets have not started construction of Type III-C
sites at any of the 18 original ICBM complexes where the SS-7, the SS-8, and
possibly the SS-9 missile systems are deployed; Many of these-single silos
have been cqvered by excellent qualityl lin various phases of 25X1 D
their constructibn. This study will arrange in a proper sequence the best
examples of these construction stages, provide pertinent.mensuration data,
and at the same time elucidate on the system suggested by CIA/ORR Forces
Division and utilized by CIA/IAD in defining the construction status of Type
111-C launch sites (Figure 2).
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-.)HE Includes one-probable and two possible.
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All measurements in this report except heights have been made by the
CIA/IAD project analyst. They should not be construed as being mensuration
data compiled by the NPIC Technical Intelligence Division. Those measure-
ments labelled as- estimates are based on repeated measurements of very small
- Widths in which slight scale errors, halation, or pointing inaccuracies
could introduce a significant percentage of error. They are however,
believed to fall within the limits as shown.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
1. The Type III-C sites are designed to accomm9aate an_in-silo launch
of a storable liquid,:faeled missile estimated to proUbly be the SS-9.
2. The construction of a nearby permanent site support factlity leads
to the conclusion that each site-will be manned.
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3. A. well-engineered road will eventually serve each site in d complex.
4. Each "L" shaped interferometer will serve at least six single silos
and it is quite possible that there will be only one of these facilities at
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6. The construction schedule at the deployed sites closely parallels
that of Launch Sites K-1, K-2 and G77, Tyuratam Missile Test Center (TTMTC),
and is significantly longer than that experienced at Launch Sites B-2, A-3 -
and I, TTMTC. All six of these sites at Tyuratam appear identical in
configuration hnd_construction techniques and are believed to be system
prototypes.
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