PROBABLE ABM LAUNCH COMPLEX E33 MOSKVA, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A002100030002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 27, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE: PROBABLE ABM LAUNCH COMPLEX E33 2
MOSKVA, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: SIX NEW LAUNCH POSITIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AT
TRIAD 2.
2. REMARKS: THIS COMPLEX IS ONE OF SEVEN PROBABLE ABM
3. LOCATION: 45 NM NW OF MOSKVA ON THE NORTH END OF SAM
SITE E33-1.
5. FIRST IDEN'T'IFICATION: PROVIDED THE FIRST SATELLITE
PHOTOGRAPHY OF MOSKVA SAM SITE E33-1, D
PERMITTED THE FIRST ASSOCIATION OF PART
LAUNCH COMPLEXES LOCATED AT SA-1 SAM SITES
AROUND M:OSKVA. OTHERS ARE LOCATED AT E03,
E05, E15, E21, E24, AND E31. THE INSTAL-
LATIONS AT E03 AND E21 ARE CONSIDERED TO BE
PROBABLE "PROBABLE ABM LAUNCH COMPLEXES".
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should be restricted to the particular beefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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6. NEGATION DATE:
7� SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
8. DIlKElVSIONS~
SPECIFICATIONS:
OF THE FACILITIES WITH ABM DEPLOYMENT.
NONE
MOSKVA SAM SITE E33-1: 29 KH-4 AND 2 KH-7
MISSION:>.
TRIAD 1:
DOME AT BUILDING "A": 110 FT (MAXIMUM
DIAMETER )
DOPCE AT BUILDINGS "B" AND "(-,n:~(MAgIMCJM
DIAMETER )
TRIAD 2:
BUILDING "A": 120 X 155 FT
BUILDINGS "B" AND "C": 95 X 105 FT
9. MISSION READOUT:
BASID ON A COMPARISON OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAUNCH
POSITION C2, LAUNCH COMPLEX "B", SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PROBABLE LAUNCH POSITIONS AROUND TRIAD BUILDINGS "B"
AND "C" ARE NOW CONFIRMED AS LAUNC:Ei POSITIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE
LAUNCH POSITIONS WILL BE DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS -- ASSUMING THAT BUILDING
"A" AT A TRIAD FACILITY ARBITRARILY REPRESENTS 12 O'CLOCK, THE LAUNCH
POSITIONS WILL BE NUMBERED ONE THROUGH 4 IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION AROUND
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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EACH OF THE SMALL TRIAD BUILDINGS. THE FIRST NUMBER IN THE DESIGNATOR
INDICATES THE TRIAD FACILITY (1 OR 2~, THE SECOND LETTER INDICATES THE'
BUILDING WITH WHICH THE LAUNCH POSITION IS ASSOCIATED (B OR C), AND THE
FINAL NUMERAL INDICATES THE LAUNCH POSITION ITSELF.
AT TRIAD 1, NO CHANGE IS DISCERNIBLE TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILD-
INGS OR ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTERS. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE 8 LAUNCH
POSITIONS. AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT~STRUCTURE IS OBSERVED AT LAUNCH
POSITION 1C4, ALTHOUGH IT DOES N07' APPEAR TO BE THE LAUNCHER-ERECTOR
MECHANISM ITSELF.
AT TRIAD 2, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER IS OB--
SERVED BEING ASSEMBLED ON THE GROUND ADJACENT TO BUILDING "A". THIS
ACTIVITY WAS NOT UNDERWAY SECOND SECTION OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER HAS BEEN PLACED NEAR BUILDING "B" SINCE
NO ADDITIONAL SECTIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER FOR BUILDING "C"
HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED. ALTHOUGH AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE OR PLATFORM CAN
BE SEEN ON THE ROOF OF EACH OF THE. SMALL TRIAD BUILDINGS, NO ANTENNAS
ARE DISCERNIBLE.
TWO LAUNCH POSITIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AROUND BUILDING "B" AND
4 LAUNCH POSITIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AROUND BUILDING "C" AT TRIAD 2 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 beefing 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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NEWLY IDENTIFIED. THE LAUNCH POSITIONS APPEAR TO CONSIST OF A CIRCULAR,
LIGHT-TONED BASE WHICH HAS BEEN PIiACED IN AN EXCAVATION. THE TOP OF THE
BASE IS BELOW GROUND. THREE UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT-TONED OBJECTS~STRUCTURES
ARE OBSERVED ALONG A DITCH WHICH ORIGINATES ON THE WEST SIDE OF BUILD-
ING "C", TRIAD 2, AND EXTENDS BEHI:ND THE NORTHERN ROW OF LAUNCH POSI-
TIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT TRIAD 2. TWO OF THE OBJECTS~STRUCTURES AP-
PEAR TO BE ALIGNED WITH LAUNCH POSITIONS 2C1 AND 2C4, ALTHOUGH NO CON-
NECTION IS DISCERNIBLE. A CORRESPONDING ARRANGEMENT OF FEATURES IS
NOT APPARENT AT TRIAD 1. A PROBABLE CALIBRATION TOWER IS LOCATED
BETWEEN THE TRIADS
FACILITY. NO MISSILES OBSERVID IN THE COMPLEX.
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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