DEACTIVATION OF SS-5 SILOS NIGRANDE IRBM LAUNCH SITE 2, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 21, 1983
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: DEACTIVATION OF THE THREE SS-5 SILOS IS IN
PROGRESS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: PAVING BLOCKS ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE LAUNCH SITE
APRON AND THE LAUNCH SITE ACCESS ROAD. THE LAUNCH SITE
SECURITY GATE IS OPEN AND THE SECURITY FENCES MAY HAVE BEEN
REMOVED. TWO PROBABLE BARRACKS HAVE BEEN RAZED AND OTHER
SUPPORT BUILDINGS APPEAR TO BE UNDERGOING DISMANTLEMENT IN THE
LAUNCH SITE SUPPORT AREA. ACTIVITY OBSERVED AT NIGRANDE IRBM
LAUNCH SITE 2 DURING 1982 AND EARLY 1983, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL
OF THE SS-5 MISSILE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, INDICATED THAT
THE SILOS WERE UNLOADED. (SWN)
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DEACTIVATION OF SS-5 SILOS
NIGRANDE IRBM LAUNCH SITE 2, USSR
THE SOVIET UNION HAS DECLARED THAT THEIR SS-5 IRBM FORCE IS
BEING PHASED OUT. DEACTIVATION OF NIGRANDE LAUNCH SITE 2 WILL
LEAVE ONLY FOUR SS-5 LAUNCH SITES OPERATIONAL FROM AN ORIGINAL
TOTAL FORCE OF 30 LAUNCH SITES. RECENT ACTIVITY AT THESE FOUR
REMAINING SS-5 LAUNCH SITES, TWO ADDITIONAL SITES AT NIGRANDE
SSM COMPLEX AND TWO SITES AT TAYBOLA SSM 25X1
COMPLEX INDICATES THAT PRELIMINARY STEPS 25X1
LEADING TO THE DEACTIVATION OF THESE SITES IS IN PROGRESS.
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