PROBABLE SSM FIELD-TYPE TRAINING SITES SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA

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• Publication Date: December 8, 1966
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PROBABLE SSM FIELD-TYPE TRAINING SITES
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
TWO PROBABLE FIELD-TYPE SSM TRAINING SITES,
SIMILAR TO THREE SSM TROOP TRAINING SITES AT
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER,
USSR, ARE OBSERVED NEAR SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE
TEST CENTER, CHINA.
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER: 4107N -
10020E. SSM TRAINING SITE 1 IS LOCATED 22 NM
NNE OF LAUNCH COMPLEX C AT APPROXIMATELY 4141N -
10026E. SSM TRAINING SITE 2 IS LOCATED 31 NM
NE OF LAUNCH COMPLEX C AT APPROXIMATELY 4144N -
10044E.
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER:
4835N - 4545E. LAUNCH COMPLEX G IS LOCATED AT
4822N - 4617E.
3. REMARKS: SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER: A RE-
INDICATES THAT 25
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SSM TRAINING SITE 2 WAS PROBABLY UNDER CON-
STRUCTION AT THIS TIME. SITE 1 WAS REPORTED
AS UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ON KH
BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE 25
INDEX CAMERA.
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER:
THE FUNCTION OF THIS COMPLEX WAS PROBABLY FOR
TROOP TRAINING. THE ONLY EVIDENCE OF SYSTEM
ASSOCIATION WAS A PROBABLE SS-2 MISSILE ERECTED
AT LAUNCH AREA 2G ONII PHOTOGRAPHY. 25X
LAUNCH AREA 2G WAS PROBABLY ABANDONED IN LATE
1961. THE LAST KNOWN SS-2 LAUNCH OCCURRED IN
OCT 61. LAUNCH AREA 2G CONSISTS OF THREE AL-
MOST IDENTICAL FIELD-TYPE TROOP TRAINING SITES.
EACH SITE HAS A SMALL PREPARED LAUNCH POINT, SIX
VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT REVETMENTS, SEVERAL GRADED
VEHICLE HARDSTANDS AND A TENT TO SHELTER THE
MISSILE. THE THREE SITES FORM A STRAIGHT LINE
AND ARE SPACED ABOUT 2,000 FT APART. (JOINT
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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4. COLLATERAL: NONE
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: SITE 1: THIS MISSION
SITE 2: THIS MISSION
6. NEGATION DATE: SITE 1:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: SITE 1: ONE KH-4 AND ONE KH-7(INDEX CAMERA)
MISSIONS.
SITE 2: TWO KH-4 MISSIONS
8. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS: NONE
9. MISSION READOUT: TWO PROBABLE FIELD-TYPE SSM TRAINING SITES
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED NEAR THE SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER. THE
SITE DESIGNATED SITE 1 AND 2 RESPECTIVELY, ARE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 22
NM NNE AND APPROXIMATELY 31 NM NE OF LAUNCH COMPLEX C. EACH SITE CONSISTS
OF AT LEAST 4 REVETMENTS, A PROBABLE LAUNCH POSITION, AND A GRADED APPROACH
TO THE PROBABLE LAUNCH POSITION FROM A GRADED AREA WHERE THE CHECKOUT TENT
WOULD BE LOCATED. BOTH SITES HAD AT LEAST 4 SMALL PYRAMIDAL TENTS PRESENT
ONI THE WESTERNMOST SITE, SITE 1, IS NEAR THE PRESENT 25X
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Division, NPIC.
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TERMINUS OF THE RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH FROM THE CENTER.
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PROBABLE SSM TRAINING SITES
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA
SITE 1
(APPROX)
(APPROX)
SSM TRAINING SITES, LAUNCH COMPLEX G I 25X1
KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
UNOCCUPIED SITE
1 - LOCATION OF CHECKOUT TENT
2 - LOCATION OF MISSILE LAUNCH STAND
3-S - REVETMENTS
SITE 2
41-44N 100-44E ' W'ft
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