AERODYNAMIC VEHICLE ACTIVITY KAPUSTIN YAR CRUISE TEST COMPLEX D SITE 1, USSR 17 MAY 1982

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• Publication Date: June 11, 1982
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11 JUNE 1982
AERODYNAMIC VEHICLE ACTIVITY
KAPUSTIN YAR CRUISE TEST COMPLEX D SITE.1, USSR
j, (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: ACTIVITY INVOLVING TWO AERODYNAMIC
VEHICLE (ADV) SYSTEMS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT WAS OBSERVED.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: ADV-4 CONFIGURATION CONFIRMED.
(S/D) AN ADV-4 WAS ON A DOLLY ON THE LOOP ROAD NORTH OF LAUNCH
PAD D-3. THE ADV-4 IS A SMALL GROUND-LAUNCHED AERODYNAMIC
VEHICLE WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGOING TESTING AT KAPUSTIN YAR SINCE
1 9 7 8 . THE FUSELAGE OF THE ADV-4 IS 3 . 0 METERS LON 9 X1
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE MID-MOUNTED MAIN 25X1
WING FROM THE NOSE. THE WING HAS A SLIGHTLY 25X1
TAPERED LEADING EDGE, A STRAIGHT TRAILING E 25X1
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THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ALSO APPEARED TO HAVE A 25X1
TAPERED LEADING EDGE AND A SPAN THE 25X1
CONFIGURATION OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND ENGINE WAS NOT
DISCERNIBLE. AN ADV-4 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL) WAS
ALSO ON THE LOOP ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 20 METERS WEST OF THE
ADV-4. A SECOND ADV-4 TEL WAS IN THE OPERATIONS AREA OF SITE 1.
(S/D) THE ROLE OF THE ADV-4 IS STILL UNKNOWN. THE SIZE OF THE
ADV-4 AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH A TRACKED TEL MAY INDICATE THAT
THIS VEHICLE WILL BE USED AS A HIGHLY MOBILE, SHORT-RANGE
BATTLEFIELD RECONNAISSANCE DRONE.
(S/D) TWO ADV-2, FOUR ADV-2 LAUNCHERS, AN ADV-2 TRANSPORTER,
AND A PROBABLE ADV-2 SOLID ROCKET MOTOR BOOSTER WERE OBSERVED
AT SITE 3. THE TWO ORIGINAL LAUNCHERS WERE IN
FIRING POSITION ON PAD D-3. THE OTHER TWO LAUNCHERS, WHICH
WERE PARKED IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF PAD D-3, WERE OF THE NEW
11.4-METER CONFIGURATION. ONE WAS OCCUPIED BY A FULLY
ASSEMBLED ADV-2C. THE OTHER WAS ATTACHED TO A KRAZ 214 PRIME
MOVER, CONFIRMING THAT THESE LAUNCHERS ARE TOWED AND NOT
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SELF-PROPELLED. THE FIRST OF THESE NEW LAUNCHERS HAS BEEN
THE SECOND WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON
A PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED ADV-2 AIRFRAME WAS ALSO
ON PAD D-3 AND A PROBABLE ADV-2 SOLID ROCKET MOTOR BOOSTER WAS
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ADJACENT TO A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE. THE PROBABLE BOOSTER
2rX1
25X1
SOLID ROCKET MOTOR BOOSTER IS PROBABLY USED TO ASSIST IN
LAUNCHING THE TURBOJET/TURBOFAN-POWERED ADV-2, A FEATURE
PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED ON THE SOVIET DR-1 GROUND-LAUNCHED TARGET
DRONE.
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(S/D) THE ADV-2 IS A GROUND-LAUNCHED CRUISE VEHICLE ON WHICH
TESTING BEGAN AT KAPUSTIN YAR IN 1975. SINCE THE
IDENTIFICATION OF THE FIRST LAUNCHER, THE LEVEL OF 25X1
ADV-2 ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED, PROBABLY INDICATING
THAT A NEW TEST PHASE OF THE ADV-2 IS UNDERWAY. THE ACTUAL
ROLE OF THE ADV-2 STILL REMAINS UNKNOWN. 25X1
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