EVIDENCE OF THREE TYPHOON SSBN

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• Publication Date: April 23, 1984
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EVIDENCE OF THREE TYPHOON SSBN
GUBA LITSA SUBMARINE BASE SW, USSR
2-10741/84
NPIC/PEG (4/84)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: TWO TYPHOON NUCLEAR-POWERED BALLISTIC MISSILE
SUBMARINES (ESBN) ARE OBSERVED AT THIS BASE AND REPRESENT
STRONG ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THREE TYPHOON
SSBN. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE ARRIVAL OF A SECOND TYPHOON
MARKS THE FIRST TIME THAT TWO HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT THIS BASE.
THE TWO SEEN ARE MOORED TO THE PIERS AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE
FACILITY. EACH OF THE SSBN HAS VISIBLY PAINTED RESCUE BELL
SEATING RINGS; HOWEVER, THE RINGS ON THE UNIT AT THE
SOUTHERNMOST PIER APPEAR TO BE SLIGHTLY LIGHTER IN TONE THAN
THOSE ON THE NEWLY ARRIVED UNIT AT THE NORTHERNMOST PIER. (SWN)
ONE TYPHOON SEEN WAS OBSERVED FITTING OUT AT
SEVERODVINSK SHIPYARD 402 AT THAT TIME, NO
EVIDENCE OF PREPARATIONS, TO GET UNDERWAY WAS OBSERVED. THE
SSBN REMAINED ATTACHED TO A NUCLEAR SUPPORT BARGE BY PIPING
FROM ITS REACTOR SPACES. ADDITIONALLY, NO BALLAST CANS HAD
BEEN LOADED, SCAFFOLDING REMAINED ON THE SAIL, AND THE RESCUE
BELL SEATING RINGS AND THE TELEPHONE BUOY APPEARED TO REMAIN
UNPAINTED. ALTHOUGH TIME/DISTANCE FACTORS CANNOT RULE OUT A
TRANSIT FROM SEVERODVINSK TO GUBA LITSA BY THAT UNIT,
PREREQUISITE PREPARATIONS FOR SUCH A MOVEMENT (AS NOTED ABOVE
AND INCLUDING DEPERMING) WOULD NORMALLY TAKE IN EXCESS OF ONE
WEEK. ADDITIONALLY, IF THE UNIT AT SEVERODVINSK ON
REPRESENTS UNIT THREE, PAST PATTERNS OF TYPHOON FITTING OUT
SUGGEST THAT IT WILL REENTER THE DOCK UPON COMPLETION OF
FITTING OUT. KEEL BLOCKS HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE LAUNCH DOCK AT
SEVERODVINEK BY MARCH 1984. (SWN)
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