EXPLOSIVES & PROPELLANTS PLANT 580 ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY KRASNOYARSK, USSR

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CIA-RDP78T05929A002300100032-0
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November 20, 2006
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32
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February 14, 1967
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2006/11/20: CIA-RDP78TO5929AO023001000 REFERENCE TO: TOP SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER 1 -1 1. SIGNIFICANCE: EXPLOSIVES & PROPELLANTS PLANT 580 ROCKET MOTOR TEST FACILITY KRASNOYARSK, USSR PLANT 580 - A THIRD COMPLETED NITROGLY- CERINE LINE. TEST FACILITY - IDENTIFICATION OF TWO OR MORE COMPONENT OR BATCH TEST CELLS. 2. LOCATION: NORTHEAST EDGE OF KRASNOYARSK. PLANT 580 CONTAINS A PROBABLE NITROCELLULOSE AND NITROGLYCERIN SECTION AND PROBABLE DOUBLE- BASE PROPELLANTS PROCESSING AREA. THE TEST FACILITY IS ONE OF SIX SIMILAR (IDENTICAL IN PART) FACILITIES ALSO FOUND AT BIYSK, STERLI- TAMAK, PERM, KEMEROVO, AND KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, !E. COLLATERAL: NONE 5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: PLANT 580 -~ 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. TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2006/11/20: CIA-RDP78TO5929AO02300100032-0 TOP SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER 26 Attachment to 25 1 February 1967 Page 2 6. NEGATION DATE: NONE 7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 26 KH-4 MISSIONS. 8. DIMENSIONS SPECIFICATIONS: NONE 9. MISSION READOUT: TEST FACILITY -- THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE H-SHAPED BUILDING CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING 2 OR MORE COMPONENT OR BATCH TEST CELLS. NO ROCKET MOTORS OR EVIDENCE OF TEST ACTIVITY ARE EVIDENT IN THE TEST FACILITY AREA. A LARGE PROBABLE STORAGE BUILDING HAS BEEN ERECTED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE 2 OFFSET BUILDINGS. A SECOND IS UNDER CONSTRUC- TION IN THE SAME AREA. PLANT 580 -- THE REVETMENT AROUND THE EASTERNMOST CASTING FACILITY HAS BEEN COMPLETED OR IS NEAR COMPLETION. A THIRD NITROGLYCERINE LINE APPEARS COMPLETE. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PLANT CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED AS A PROBABLE SINGLE-BASE PROPELLANT PRODUCTION FACILITY. 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 Su ort Division, NPIC. TOP SECRE NAIWL Rtl1NMi t UIRlMTATS CO M EXPLOSIVES AND PROPELLANTS PLANT 580 KRASNOYARSK, USSR 56-02N ? 93-03E -1 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/11/20 : CIA-RDP78T05929A9tffi38&1t 032-0