CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300020148-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 148
• Publication Date: June 1, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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T O P S E C R E T THE FOLLOWING
IS FROM THE CIA/IMAGERY ANALYSIS DIVISION. CITE CIA-P 176.
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION, LAUNCH COMPLEX A,
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OF THIS COMPLEX WHEN FREE OF SNOW AND REVEALS FURTHER INDICATIONS
OF THE FAMILY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL LAUNCH POSITIONS AT LAUNCH IA"Q,R,N
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SITES 3 AND 4. RAILS OR GUIDES ARE PROBABLY PRESENT AT ALL LAUNCH P f Ds T_
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POSITIONS OF BOTH SITES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LAUNCH POSITION 6,
PD AT LAUNCH SITE 4. THESE TRACKS OR GUIDES EXTEND ALONG EACH OF THE~
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ARMS OF THE "V" AND CONVERGE AT THE LAUNCH POINT. AT LAUNCH
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POSITIONS 3 AND 4, LAUNCH SITE 3, THE RAILS PROBABLY ENTER THE 45 y I
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2. AT LAUNCH SITE It THE LAUNCHER AT LAUNCH POSITION 2 CARRIES --
A PROBABLE MISSILE WHICH SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES A GANEF. THE FINS ON dvance copy
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THE AFT END OF THE MISSILE CORRELATE WELL, BOTH IN APPEARANCE AND
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SPAN; TOTAL LENGTH OF THE PROBABLE MISSILE IS APPROXIMATELY 25X1
FEET AND A DIMENSION OF APPROXIMATELY 2e FEET FOR THE AFT SECTION
EQUATES WELL WITH THAT PORTION OF THE GANEF AFT OF THE NOSE SECTION.
FORWARD FINS OR STRAP-ON BOOSTERS CANNOT BE DETECTED AND IT IS
BELIEVED THE PHOTO QUALITY WOULD PROBABLY PERMIT DETECTION OF THE
FINS IF THEY WERE PRESENT.
3. JUST NORTH OF LAUNCH SITE 3, IN ADDITION TO THE PARKED
EQUIPMENT REPORTED IN THE OAK ) CAN BE SEEN FOUR LINEAR 25X1
OBJECTS (SUSPECT STRAP-ON BOOSTERS) MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 13
FEET IN LENGTH. THEIR DIAMETER IS APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD THAT
OF THE ADJACENT
MISSILE SECTION AND THEI 225X1
UNIDENTIFIED MISSILE (SEE OAK PART III).
4. AT LAUNCH SITE 5, THE PROBABLE CABLE LINE WHICH EXTENDS
FROM THE MISSILE READY BUILDING TO THE AREA OF THE NORTHERN LAUNCH
POINT CONTINUES BEYOND TOWARD A POSSIBLE LAUNCHER APPROXIMATELY
THE LAUNCHER SEEN AT LAUNCH POSITION 3, LAUNCH SITE 4.
5. MISSILE DOLLIES, EITHER RAIL MOUNTED OR GUIDED, WERE PROBABLY
USED AT ALL LAUNCH POSITIONS AT BOTH LAUNCH SITES 5 AND 6.
FOUR AND POSSIBLY FIVE SETS OF PARALLEL TRACKS OR GUIDES CAN BE
, WHICH IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE BUNKER. THE
LOCATION OCCUPIED BY THE POSSIBLE LAUNCHER CONTAINED A SMALL
EXCAVATION ON WHICH WAS NOT PRESENT
THE CABLE LINE CANNOT BE SEEN
CONNECTING TO THE POSSIBLE LAUNCHER, HOWEVER, IT DISAPPEARS WHILE
HEADING DIRECTLY TOWARD IT. THE POSSIBLE LAUNCHER SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES
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SEE , VERGING TOWARD THE LAUNCH POINT AT THE NORTHERNMOST LAUNCH
POSITION OF LAUNCH SITE 5. ONE AND POSSIBLY TWO SETS OF PARALLEL
TRACKS OR GUIDES CAN BE SEEN APPROACHING THE SOUTHERNMOST LAUNCH
POINT. AT LAUNCH SITE 6, THE NORTHERNMOST LAUNCH POSITION HAS ONE
SET OF TRACKS OR GUIDES.
6. AT SARY SHAGAN PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX 2,
BOTH LAUNCH SITE CENTRAL REVETMENTS ARE COVERED BY NETTING OR
CANVAS-LIKE MATERIAL.
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