ICBM COMPLEX YEDROVO, USSR

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CIA-RDP78T05929A001700050009-9
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RIPPUB
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T
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5
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December 28, 2016
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February 9, 2007
Sequence Number: 
9
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Publication Date: 
May 26, 1966
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REPORT
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TOP SECRET ICBM COMPLEX YEDROVO, USSR Page 1 Copy II TEN TYPE IIID SINGLE-SILO ICBM LAUNCH SITES ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED AT THE YEDROVO ICBM COMPLEX. 2. REMARKS: THE YEDROVO ICBM COMPLEX IS ONE OF 9 ICBM COMPLEXES IN THE USSR AT WHICH TYPE IIID SINGLE-SILO SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. IT IS ONE OF 8 COMPLEXES AT WHICH EARLIER MODES OF ICBM DEPLOYMENT WERE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED. THE OTHER 7 ARE THE DROVYANAYA, GLADKAYA, KOSTROMA, KOZELSK, OLOVYANNAYA, PERM, AND SVOBODNYY ICBM COMPLEXES. ALL OF THESE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SS-7 ICBM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KOZELSK WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SS-8. THE TATISHCHEVO ICBM COMPLEX IS THE ONLY IDENTIFIED COMPLEX WHICH CONTAINS ONLY TYPE IIID ICBM 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. j5X1 Approved For Release 2007/02/09 : CIA-RDP78T05929A98~ II Attachment to 6X1 2 May 190 YED'iC`,'O, TN, LAUNCH SITES WHICH WERE IDENTI- FIED PRIOR iO IIID DEPLOYMENT INCLUDE 2 TYPE TIE (SOFT) SITES, 4 TYPE IID (SOFT) SITES, AND 2 TYPE IIIA (HARD) SITES (ALL ASSOCIATED BY GMAIC WITH THE SS-7 ICBM). IN ADDITION, ANOTHER TYPE IIIA SITE WAS ABANDONED AFTER IT HAD REACHED THE MID-STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. THREE TYPE IIID SITES HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED PRIOR TO THIS MISSION. 6. NEGATION DATE: COMPLEX --I 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. Attachment to 2X1 2 May 19 SITES 15, 17-22 -1 8. DIMENSIONS/ SPECIFICATIONS: INNER DIAMETER OF IIID SILO -- STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED. OF THESE, SITES 14, 15, 16, AND 23 ARE CONFIRMED; SITES 17, 18, AND 21 ARE PROBABLE; AND SITES 19, 20, AND 22 ARE POSSIBLE. PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED SITES 10 AND 11 ARE NOW IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUC- TION, AND SITE 11 CAN BE CONFIRMED AS A CONTROL SITE. THE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED PROBABLE SITES 12 AND 13 CAN NOW BE CONFIRMED. SITE 12 IS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND SITE 13 IS IN AN EARLY STAGE. 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. NIIOUS VXOTO WHIG KTMWA cam ICBM COMPLEX YEDROVO, USSR 57-51N 33-40E 0 ON I