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EVIDENCE OF ABM LAUNCH SARY-SHAGAN MISSILE TEST CENTER LAUNCH COMPLEX B, USSR
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CIA-RDP91T00712R000200530001-3
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RIPPUB
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S
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Document Creation Date:
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date:
March 15, 2011
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1
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Publication Date:
December 24, 1983
Content Type:
REPORT
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EVIDENCE OF ABM LAUNCH
SARY-SHAGAN MISSILE TEST CENTER LAUNCH COMPLEX B, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: EVIDENCE OF AN ABM LAUNCH IS OBSERVED. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: EVIDENCE OF A GALOSH ABM LAUNCH IS OBSERVED AT SILO
C4 OF THIS LAUNCH COMPLEX. THE SILO DOORS ARE OPEN AND A BURN
MARK SURROUNDS THE COVERED SILO APERTURE. THE EXHAUST
DEFLECTOR RING IS NOT OBSERVED AND PROBABLY HAS BEEN INSERTED
INTO THE SILO APERTURE. NO ABM GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT IS
PRESENT. PRELAUNCH ACTIVITY WAS IN PROGRESS 25X1
WHEN A TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE AND A VAN-BODIED TRUCK 25X1
WERE ON THE SILO APRON. .(SWN)
DEFSMAC REPORTED AN ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE TEST WAS CONDUCTED
FROM THE SARY-SHAGAN MISSILE TEST COMPLEX (SSMTC) AGAINST AN
SS-4 TARGET, LAUNCHED FROM THE KAPUSTIN YAR MISSILE TEST RANGE
THE SS-4 MRBM WAS 25X1
LAUNCHED AT APPOXIMATELY 045OZ AND FLEW TO THE 950 NM IMPACT
AREA AT SSMTC WHERE IT REENTERED THE ATMOSPHERE ABOUT 0502Z.
THE ABM (UNIDENTIFIED) WAS LAUNCHED AGAINST THE TARGET AT
APPROXIMATELY 0458Z. DEGREE OF SUCCESS OF THIS TEST IS
UNKNOWN. (S)
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
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