PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX TALLINN, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 2, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX
TALLINN, USSR
CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT THE NEWLY
DESIGNATED PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COM-
PLEX AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN AIR WARNING
FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
ALL PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AMM/SAM LAUNCH COM-
PLEXES ARE NOW DESIGNATED AS PROBABLE LONG
RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES. THEY ARE LOCATED
AT LENINGRAD (3), CHEREPOVETS, LIEPAJA, SARY-
SHAGAN (2) SVERDLOVSK, NIZHNYAYA TURA, NIZH-
NIY TAGIL, MURASHI, KIMRY, KALININ, BABAYEVO
(PROBABLE), AND PERESLAVL-ZALESSKIY (POSSIBLE).
THE ENTIRE COMPLEX COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXI-
MATELY 550 ACRES AND CONSISTS OF 5 LAUNCH SITES
WITH A TOTAL OF 30 LAUNCH PADS, AN ELECTRONIC
SITE, A MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA WEST
OF THE COMPLEX MAIN ROAD, A VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT
PARKING AREA AND A SUPPORT AREA.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
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5, FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS:
LAUNCH SITE: LAUNCH PADS MEASURE APPROXIMATELY
195 X 80 FT AND ARE UNEVENLY SPACED IN A CIRCU-
LAR PATTERN WITHIN EACH LAUNCH SITE AT DISTANCES
OF 540, 475, 350, 450, 350, AND 475 FT APART.
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THE LAUNCH REVETMENT WALLS ARE AND 35
TOP, WITHIN EACH LAUNCH REVETMENT IS A V-PATTERN.
THE LEGS OF THIS PATTERN ARE 145 FT LONG AND ARE
SEPARATED AT THE OPEN END BY A DISTANCE OFI
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. for information concerning these notes contact Chief. Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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ELECTRONIC SITE: LOCATED 2840 FT EAST OF THE
LAUNCH AREA, IT CONSISTS OF FIVE 195 X 80 FT
ROAD-SERVED HARDSTANDS EVENLY SPACED 770 FT
APART IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN. LOCATED WITHIN
THE CIRCULAR AREA IS A 150 X 60 FT PAD/HARDSTAND
ENCLOSED WITHIN A REVETMENT,
THE BUILDING NEAREST TO THE LAUNCH AREA HAS A CLERESTORY ROOF INDICATIVE
OF AN OVERHEAD CRANE, THE 2 PREVIOUSLY REPORTED LARGE BUILDINGS ARE PRO-
BABLY FOR RECEIVING AND STORAGE. APPROXIMATELY 500-600 FT SSE OF THESE
BUILDINGS, NEW UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY. A CAMOUFLAGE NETTING
HAS BEEN STRETCHED OVER THE CENTER OF THE SITE CONTROL POSITION AT LAUNCH
SITE "A". A PAIR OF RAIL-MOUNTED DOLLIES, EACH 5~ ARE IN EACH LAUNCH 25
POSITION AT LAUNCH SITES "A", "B", AND "C". LAUNCHERS ARE AT EACH POSITION
AT LAUNCH SITES "A" AND "B", ALTHOUGH ONLY 4 ARE ON THE PREPARED LAUNCHER
MOUNTS. THESE ARE AT POSITIONS 2, 3, 4, AND 6 AT LAUNCH SITE "A", THERE
ARE 3 PROBABLE VANS IN EACH OF THE SITE CONTROL POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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"A", "B", AND "C", A VEHICLE IS PARKED ON THE MAIN ROADWAY AT LAUNCH SITE
"A", AND A TRUCK VAN IS PARKED ON THE MAIN LOOP ROADWAY IN SITE "B" NEAR
LAUNCH POSITION 1. RAILS CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED IN THE VEE PATTERNS AT LAUNCH
SITES "D" AND "E". AT THE ELECTRONIC SITE, TRACKING/GUIDANCE RADARS ARE OB-
SERVED AT POSITIONS 1, 2, AND 3. VANS ARE ALSO OBSERVED AS FOLLOWS: 4 AT
POSITION 1, 6 AT POSITION 2, 4 AT POSITION 3, 2 AT POSITION 4, 5 AT POSITION
5, AND 4 IN THE CONTROL CENTER. APPROXIMATELY 107 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE
IN OPEN STORAGE ON THE OLD AIRFIELD TAXIWAY BETWEEN THE LAUNCH AREA AND THE
ELECTRONIC SITE. THEY ARE IDENTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: 18 LAUNCHERS, EACH 25
LONG; 27 POSSIBLE DOLLIES; 19 VANS OF VARIOUS SIZES; 9 POSSIBLE VANS; 5 POS-
SIBLE TRANSPORTERS, EACHII 7 POSSIBLE BOGIES, EACH (LONG; AND
21 UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OF VARIOUS SIZES. A NEWLY IDENTIFIED
AIR WARNING FACILITY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 3.5 NM SE OF THE LAUNCH COMPLEX.
THIS PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM ASSOCIATED BACK NET SIDE NET-TYPE INSTALLATION
INCLUDES 4 RADAR MOUNDS AND A CENTRAL REVETTED POSITION. THE RELATIVE LOCA-
TION OF THE SITE TO THE TALLINN PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX EQUATES
FAVORABLY TO THE LOCATION OF THOSE AIR WARNING FACILITIES PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED
NEAR THE PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM COMPLEXES 1 AND 2 AT THE SARY-SHAGAN ANTI-
MISSILE TEST CENTER.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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