SS-X-24 PROBABLE SILO DOOR OVERBURDEN TEST PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCG TEST SITE 14, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 28, 1984
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SS-X-24 PROBABLE SILO DOOR OVERBURDEN TEST
PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE 14, USSR (SWN)
1 SIGNIFICANCE: THE SS-X-24 SILO AT PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH TEST SITE
LTS 14 WAS PROBABLY SUBJECTED TO A SILO DOOR OVERBURDEN
TEST. (SWN)
REMARKS: THE SILO DOOR AT PLESETSK ICBM LTS 14, AN SS-X-24 SITE,
WAS PROBABLY SUBJECTED TO AN OVERBURDEN TEST 25X1
THE PURPOSE OF THIS TYPE OF TEST IS TO EVALUATE THE. 25X1
ABILITY OF THE SILO DOOR AND HINGE MECHANISM TO OPERATE WHEN
COVERED WITH DEBRIS. THE TEST MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN USED TO
DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF DEBRIS FALLING ON EQUIPMENT -- POSSIBLY
ILE CANISTER -- IN THE SILO. ON PRETEST IMAGERY
A RECTANGULAR MOUND WITH BEVELED SIDES COVERED 25X1
THE SILO DOOR AND DOOR POCKET ASSEMBLY. ALSO, SEVEN SILO/MISSILE,
SYSTEM CHECKOUT (S/MSC) VEHICLES WERE ONSITE. TILE TYPE OF
MATERIAL USED TO CONSTRUCT TILE MOUND APPEARED E .OIL BUT ',1AY
HAVE INCLUDED AGGREGATE. ON POSTTEST IMAGERY 25X1
A BERM AND PILES OF MATERIAL, PROBABLY CREATED BY 25X1
OPENING THE SILO DOOR, WERE ON THREE SIDES OF THE SILO DOOR. IT
APPEARED THAT THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE DOOR HAD BEEN CLEARED OF
MATERIAL. IN ADDITION, SIX S/MSC VEHICLES, ONE UNIDENTIFIED
VEHICLE, AND A FLATBED TRUCK WITH A POSSIBLE SS-X-24 UMBILICAL
FRAMEWORK WERE ON THE SILO AND TURNAROUND APRONS. (SWN)
THE RECTANGULAR MOUND PLACED ON THE SILO
DOOR AND DOOR POCKET HOWEVER, IT MAY 25X1
HAVE BEEN IN A VERY EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION 25X1
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POSSIBLE SILO/MISSILE SYSTEM CHECKOUT ACTIVITY WAS UNDERWAY AT
LTS 14 WHEN TEN S/MSC VEHICLES (INCLUDING A FLATBED 25X1
TRUCK WITH POSSIBLE SS-X-24 UMBILICAL FRAMEWORK) WERE ON THE SILO
AND TURNAROUND APRONS. THIS WAS THE FIRST CHECKOUT-RELATED
ACTIVITY IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE SINCE THE COMPLETION OF ITS
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MODIFICATION IN LATE 1983. THE OBSERVATION ON PRETEST AND
POSTTEST IMAGERY OF THE POSSIBLE SS-X-24 UMBILICAL FRAMEWORK
SUGGESTS THAT AT LEAST A TRAINING/CHECKOUT MISSILE CANISTER WAS
IN THE SILO. (SWN)
A SIMILAR MOUND WAS PLACED ON THE SILO DOOR AT PLESETSK ICBM LTS
28 , ALSO AN SS-X-24 SITE, 25X1
AND WAS REMOVED HOWEVER, A TEST OF THAT 225X1
SILO DOOR CANNOT BE CONFIRMED BECAUSE NO POSTTEST ACTIVITY WAS
IDENTIFIED. (SWN)
SILO DOOR OVERBURDEN TESTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AT
TYURATAM MISSILE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM SILO 25X1
DOOR TESTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AT TYURATAM1 ICBM LTS N2 0 25X1
AN SS-11 SITE, IN THE F.ARLY 19705; TYIJRATAv1 ICRv1 LTS 25X1
R13
TYURATAM ICBM L
1980S. (SWN)
AN SS-18 SITE. IN TIIE LATE. 19705; AND 25X1
Y 25X1
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COORDINATES 63-58-16N 0.11-33-39F (S) 25X1
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