PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX LIEPAJA, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001700040005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 24, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX
LIEPAJA, USSR
TO LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, TO BE UNDER-
GOING CONSIDERABLE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. IN
ADDITION, AN AIR WARNING RADAR SITE AND TWO
UNIDENTIFIED FACILITIES ARE NEWLY OBSERVED
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE LIEPAJA PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH
COMPLEX, ONE OF 16 SUCH COMPLEXES THUS FAR
IDENTIFIED IN THE USSR, CONSISTS OF 5 LAUNCH
SITES CONTAINING 6 LAUNCH POSITIONS EACH, AN
ELECTRONIC SITE WITH 5 ELEVATED RADAR MOUNDS,
A MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA, AND A
SUPPORT AREA.
4. COLLATERAL/COMINT: NONE
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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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: COMPLEX:
AW RADAR SITE:
8. DIMENSIONS NONE
SPECIFICATIONS:
IN A FORK PATTERN, WERE PRESENT AT 4 OF THE 6 LAUNCH POSITIONS OF SITE
"A", 6 POSITIONS OF SITE "B", AT LEAST 2 POSITIONS OF SITE "C", 6 POSITIONS
OF SITE "D", AND AT 5 OF THE POSITIONS OF SITE "E". THE REMAINDER OF THE
POSITIONS AT THESE SITES ARE IN AN EARLIER STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE
LAUNCH POINTS ARE IN VARYING STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION WITH THOSE AT LAUNCH
POSITIONS OF SITE "B" AND "D" BEING IN A MORE ADVANCED STAGE. CONTROL
CENTERS OF THE LAUNCH SITES ARE IN AN EARLY CONSTRUCTION STAGE, IF THEY
ARE TO BE REVETTED, AS ARE THOSE AT THE TALLINN AND CHEREPOVETS PROBABLE
LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES. THREE OF THE RADAR POSITIONS AT TEE
ELECTRONIC SITE APPEAR COMPLETE WHILE THE OTHER 2 ARE IN A LATE CONSTRUC-
TION STAGE. REVETMENTS AT THE CONTROL CENTER OF THE ELECTRONIC SITE ARE
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 Chiet, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE POSITION IS NOT YET SURFACED.
A LARGE RECTANGULAR BUILDING LOCATED ALONG THE LAUNCH AREA MAIN ROAD
OPPOSITE LAUNCH SITE "B" IS OUTWARDLY NEARING COMPLETION. THIS BUILDING
PLANT, LOCATED NEAR THE ACCESS ROAD SERVING LAUNCH SITE "B", AND BRANCHES
TOWARD THE TWO LARGE ADJACENT BUILDINGS IN THE MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECK-
OUT AREA AND TOWARD ANOTHER RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE LOCATED WEST OF LAUNCH
SITE "C". THE TWO LARGE ADJACENT BUILDINGS ARE NOT REVETTED AS YET AND
THE APRON SERVING THEM IS UNSURFACED. PREPARATION FOR ADDITIONAL BUILD-
ING CONSTRUCTION IS APPARENT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE MISSILE
ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT AREA. TRUCKS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS VEHICLES/
EQUIPMENT, SOME IN MOTION, ARE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE OPERATIONAL AREA
OF THE COMPLEX AND WITHIN THE SUPPORT AREA JUST OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE
TO THE COMPLEX.
LAUNCH POSITION A-5 AND ROOF CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS ON THE RECTANGULAR
BUILDING NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO SITE "C". AN AIR WARNING RADAR SITE IS
IN MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 2.0 NM NE OF THE LIEPAJA
PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX. IT CONSISTS OF 4 RAMP-SERVED
MOUNDS WITH A CENTRALLY LOCATED GRADED AREA. AN EXCAVATION WITH FOUNDA-
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
Division, NPIC.
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TION FOR A BUILDING IS LOCATED NEARBY. THE SITE RESEMBLES THE RADAR
SITE IDENTIFIED NEAR THE TALLINN PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX
AND THE TWO BACK NET/SIDE NET RADAR SITES ASSOCIATED
WITH PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES 1 AND 2 AT SARY-SHAGAN
ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER. TWO UNIDENTIFIED MISSILE ASSOCIATED FACILITIES
ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 2.0 NM NORTHEAST OF THE LIEPAJA
PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX, ONE LOCATED 3000 FT AND THE OTHER
5500 FT NORTH OF THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED AIR WARNING RADAR SITE. THESE
IAND WERE DETECTABLE ON 25X1
WITH INTERPRETATION LIMITED BY HAZE AND SNOW. THE SOUTHERN-25X1
MOST FACILITY CONSISTS OF THREE POSITIONS ALONG ONE LEG OF AN "L"-SHAPED
SERVICE ROAD. THE NORTHERNMOST FACILITY CONSISTS OF TWO POSITIONS ALONG
A STRAIGHT SERVICE ROAD. THESE FACILITIES APPEAR INCOMPLETE AND THEIR
FUNCTION IS UNDETERMINED.
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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