PROBABLE ADVANCED WEAPONS STORAGE AT AMMUNITION DEPOST USSR

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• Publication Date: December 28, 1983
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NPIC/IEG (12/83)
28 DECEMBER 1983
PROBABLE ADVANCED WEAPONS STORAGE AT AMMUNITION DEPOTS
USSR SWN
SIGNIFICANCE: THE IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW TYPE OF STORAGE
BUNKER AT FIVE SOVIET CONVENTIONAL AMMUNITION DEPOTS MAY
PRESAGE THE INTRODUCTION AND WIDESPREAD DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED
GENERATION WEAPONS SYSTEMS., SUCH AS LONG-RANGE CRUISE
MISSILES. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: FORTY-FOUR OF THE BUNKERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE
UNDER ONSTRUCTION AT FOUR AMMUNITION DEPOTS IN THE INTERIOR
AND ONE IN A BORDER AREA OF THE USSR. (GRAPHIC 1) (SWN)
A SUMMATION OF DEPOTS INVOLVED FOLLOWS:
DEPOT/BE COORDINATES BUNKERS BUNKERS
KOTELNICH MIL DPO
DX 1
NIZHNIY INGASH ALM
STR DPO/
DEPOT)
POCHEP SASM/AMMO
SPT FAC/
FAC/
(THE ABOVE TABLE IS
COMPLETE UNCON
58-19-23N 14 2
048-39-18E
56-11-56N 4 2
096-23-33E
53-06-39N 3 4
045-14-49E
52-51-37N 7 3
033-28-34E
45-19-40N 3 2
077-59-O1E
CLASSIFIED SWN)
DATE
LAST SEEN
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUNKERS SUGGEST STORAGE OF
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE COMPONENTS. THE BUNKERS HAVE A
70- BY 14-METER, ARCH-ROOFED STORAGE SECTION WITH AIRLOCK
ENTRANCES AT EACH END. THE BUNKERS AT FOUR DEPOTS HAVE LARGE
VENTS ABOVE EACH AIRLOCK. THE BUNKERS AT THE DEPOT AT POCHEP
HAVE VENTILATION MACHINERY ALONGSIDE THE MID-POINT OF THE
ARCH-ROOFED SECTION, AND MAY BE AN EARLIER DESIGN. THE
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CONCERN WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY THAT IS EVIDENT INDICATES
STORAGE OF HIGHLY SENSITIVE COMPONENTS, SUCH AS COMPLEX
GUIDANCE PACKAGES. THE BUNKERS ARE DISSIMILAR TO THOSE
CURRENTLY USED FOR STORAGE OF EXISTING SURFACE-TO-SURFACE AND
AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES AIRFRAMES AND REPRESENT A SHARP
DEPARTURE FROM THE TYPES OF BUNKERS AND BUILDINGS HERETOFORE
USED FOR STORAGE OF CONVENTIONAL AMMUNITION AT THE DEPOTS. AN
ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT FACILITY, PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
BUNKER STORAGE AREAS, HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT THE KOTELNICH
(GRAPHIC 2) AND USHTOBE DEPOTS. IT CONSISTS OF FOUR
.STANDARDIZED BUILDINGS AND A 57- BY 13-METER POSSIBLE
ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT HALL. (SWN)
AT LEAST TWO OF THE DEPOTS, NIZHNIY INGASH AND PENZA
(GRAPHIC 3) WHERE AIR-LAUNCHED MISSILES, INCLUDING
AS-4 KITCHEN AND AS-6 KINGFISH, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND
STORED IN EXISTING NON-HARDENED STRUCTURES, ARE KNOWN TO BE
SUBORDINATE TO SOVIET AIR FORCES. OTHERS MAY BE CONTROLLED BY
THE AIR FORCE OR OTHER BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES. (SWN)
FIVE BUNKERS WERE AT USHTOBE WHEN LAST IMAGED IN JULY 1982.
THIS DEPOT IS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN MILITARY DISTRICT AND IS
580 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF DOLON AIRFIELD WHILE 25X1
NO CONNECTION BETWEEN USHTOBE AND DOLON HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
DOLON IS THE FIRST DEPLOYMENT BASE FOR THE NEW BEAR H
AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE CARRIER. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- ALTHOUGH NO SPECIFIC MISSILE GROUND
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN SEEN AT THE DEPOTS, STORAGE OF
LONG-RANGE CRUISE MISSILES IS ONE OPTION. BUNKER CONSTRUCTION
HAD BEEN INITIATED AT TWO DEPOTS IN 1976, THIS HAS BEEN
EXPANDED TO AT LEAST THREE ADDITIONAL DEPOTS AND AN INCREASED
NUMBER OF BUNKERS. THIS BUNKER CONSTRUCTION ROUGHLY
APPROXIMATES THE DEVELOPMENT AND SINCE THE LATE 1970'S FLIGHT
TESTING OF SOVIET LONG-RANGE CRUISE MISSILES INCLUDING THE
AIR-LAUNCHED AS-X-15, THE GROUND-LAUNCHED SSC-X-4, AND THE
NAVAL SS-NX-21. INITIAL DEPLOYMENT OF AT LEAST SOME OF THESE
MISSILE SYSTEMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (SWN)
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SOVIET MILITARY LOGISTICS ORGANIZATIONS ECHELON THE STORAGE OF
MATERIAL RESERVES AT THREE DISTINCT LEVELS: CENTRAL,
OPERATIONAL, AND TACTICAL. CENTRAL FACILITIES COMPRISE THE
i STRATEGIC RESERVE AND ARE DIRECTLY SUBORDINATE TO THE MINISTRY
OF DEFENSE AND/OR ARMED FORCES BRANCHES' ARMAMENTS
DIRECTORATES. OPERATIONAL FACILITIES SUPPORT MAJOR DEPLOYED
FORCES OF A PARTICULAR BRANCH, SUCH AS THE GROUND FORCES OR
AIR FORCES OF A MILITARY DISTRICT. THE LOCATION AND SIZE OF
THE FIVE AMMUNITION DEPOTS INDICATES THAT FOUR ARE OF CENTRAL
SUBORDINATION AND ONE AT USHTOBE IS AN P RATIONAL-LEVEL
DEPOT. (SWN)
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