PROBABLE SS-X-25 LAUNCH ACTIVITY PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 23, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 15, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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PROBABLE SS-X-25 LAUNCH ACTIVITY
PLESETSK TEST SITE 231 USSR (SWN)
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NPIC/IEG (8/83)
1S AUGUST 1983
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE ORIGIN OF THE PROBABLE SS-X-25 LAUNCH FROM
PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE (LTS) 23 IS UNDETERMINED. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE( (LAUNCH OF AN
SS-x- 5(DEFSMAC S/DQ/688-83) PROBABLY CAME FROM PLESETSK
ICBM LTS 23. HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF
THE LAUNCH OCCURRED FROM THE SILO, THE SILO APRON, OR THE
SINGLE-BAY GARAGE (SBG). THE DARKENED AREA PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED AS A POSSIBLE BLAST MARK (NPIC EVENING HIGHLIGHT
REPORT 83-1003 ITEM 1) HAS BEEN
REASSESSED TO BE THE RESULT OF FACTORS UNRELATED TO THE
LAUNCH OF A MISSILE. (SWN)
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CANVAS/NET-COVERED EQUIPMENT WAS ON THE APRON NEXT TO THE SBG
AND POSITIONED MENT MARKS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENT
SINCE AT LEAST THE CANVAS/NET WAS LARGE ENOUGH TO 25X1
COVER A MOBILE MISSILE LAUNCHER AND POSSIBLY OTHER VEHICLES
AS WELL. THE LTS 23 SILO WAS OPEN AND APPEARED EMPTY AND'''iriE
SILO AT COLLOCATED LTS 24 F_ -1 WAS CLOSED. NO 25X1
ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT THE SBG. SWN
ON POSTLAUNCH IMAGERY GRAPHIC 2), THE 25X1
CANVAS/NET-COVERED EQUIPMENT WAS NO LONGER PRESENT AND THE
ALIGNMENT MARKS ON WHICH THE EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN POSITIONED
WERE VISIBLE. THE SILOS AT LTS 23 AND 24 WERE OPEN AND
APPEARED EMPTY. NO ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED AT THE SBG. THE
GROUND IMMEDIATELY NORTHEAST OF THE LTS 23 SILO APPEARED
DARKER THAN IT HAD APPEARED HOWEVER, 25X1
IMAGERY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES REVEALED THAT THE ENTIRE IMAGE
WAS DARKER THAN THE TWO PRECEDING COVERAGES AND 25X1
THAT THE AREA NEXT TO THE SILO WAS NO DARKER THAN OTHER AREAS
AROUND THE SITE. THE DARKENED AREA APPARENT WAS 25X1
PROBABLY DUE TO FACTORS RELATED TO THE IMAGING SYSTEM OR
LOCAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SOIL RATHER
THAN DUE TO RESIDUALS FROM A MISSILE LAUNCH. IN ADDITION AN
EARLIER SS-X-25 FIRING FROM THIS LAUNCH SITE 25X1
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NPIC/IEG (8/83)
1S AUGUST 1983
(1.)EFSMAC S/DQ/098-83) LEFT A POCK-MARKED PATTERN IN THE-SNOW,
BUT DID NOT LEAVE A DARKENED AREA AROUND THE SILO. (TSR)
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