LAUNCH SITES 1, 3, 5, AND 6, LAUNCH COMPLEX A SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: August 8, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFEREINCE:I LAUNCH SITES 1, 3, 5, AND 6, LAUNCH COMPLEX "A"
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. REMARKS:
3. LOCATION:
4. COLLATERAL/COMINT:
SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR
FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF 6 GUILD MISSILES, FAN SONG
"E", AND A FAN SONG "B" OR "C" RADAR AT LAUNCH SITE
1. A MISSILE COMPONENT AT POSITION 5 AND AN UN-
IDENTIFIED MISSILE ON A DOLLY AT POSITION 6 ARE
IDENTIFIED AT LAUNCH SITE 3. AT LAUNCH SITE 5,
A POSSIBLE LAUNCHER IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED.
THE GUILD MISSILE IS DEPLOYED AT THE SA-1 SAM
SITES DEPLOYED AROUND MOSCOW. POSITIONS 5 AND
6 OF LAUNCH SITE 3 ARE THE R&D FACILITIES FOR
THE PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES BE-
ING DEPLOYED IN THE USSR. LAUNCH SITES 5 AND 6
ARE THE R&D FACILITIES FOR THE 3 LENINGRAD PROB-
ABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES.
36 NM WNW OF SARY-SHAGAN.
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: SITES 1, 5 AND 6:
6. NEGATION DATE:
SITES 1, 5 AND 6: NONE
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: THIRTY-SEVEN KH-4 AND 5 KH-7 MISSIONS.
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: SA-2 LAUNCHER:
GUIDELINE MISSILE:
GUILD MISSILE:
LAUNCH SITE 1:
LAUNCH SITE 3:
LAUNCH SITE 5:
9, MISSION READOUT:
LAUNCH SITE 1 -- LAUNCH POSITIONS 2, 3, 4, AND 5 ARE OCCUPIED BY SA-2 LAUNCHERS,
POSITION 1 BY A LAUNCHER WITH A GUIDELINE MISSILE, AND POSITION 7 BY THE PRE-
VIOUSLY OBSERVED UNIDENTIFIED LAUNCHER. POSITION 6 REMAINS UNOCCUPIED. JUST
SW OF POSITION 6 (THE ONLY UNREVETTED LAUNCH POSITION) IS AN SA-2 LAUNCHER,
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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Division, NPIC.
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AND GENERALLY EAST OF THE LAUNCH POSITION ARE 5 SA-2 LAUNCHERS (ONE WITH
A GUIDELINE MISSILE). A GUIDELINE MISSILE ON A TRANSPORTER WITHOUT A PRIME
MOVER AND A DOLLY ARE POSITIONED JUST SE OF THESE LAUNCHERS. CLOSE TO THE
EASTERN BOUNDARY ARE 2 GUILD MISSILES ON DOLLIES AND 4 GUILD MISSILES WHICH
APPEAR TO BE ON CRADLES. SIX SA-2 LAUNCHERS, 11 SETS OF BOGIE WHEELS, AND
6 VANS ARE ALSO ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY. EQUIPMENT IN THE CENTRAL GUID-
ANCE AREA REMAINS UNCHANGED EXCEPT THAT THE RADAR TO THE SOUTH CAN NOW BE
IDENTIFIED AS A FAN SONG "E" RADAR, THE ONE TO THE NORTH IS A FAN SONG "B"
OR "C".
LAUNCH SITE 3 -- THE LAUNCHER PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED AT POSITION 3 DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. SINCE A LAUNCHER HAS REAPPEARED AT
POSITION 4. AT LAUNCH POSITION 5, A MISSILE COMPONENT CAN BE SEEN AT THE
LAUNCH POINT WHERE A LAUNCHER WITH A MISSILE HAD BEEN OBSERVED
AT LAUNCH POSITION 6, THE LAUNCHER IS PRESENT WITHOUT THE POSSIBLE MISSILE
HOWEVER, AN UNIDENTIFIED MISSILE
CAN BE IDENTIFIED ON THE WEST DOLLY. THE NOSE SECTION APPEARS TO BE
AWAY FROM THE LAUNCHER. IN THE AREA JUST NORTH OF POSITION 3, THE UNIDEN-
TIFIED MISSILE AND THE UNIDENTIFIED PARTIALLY-ASSEMBLED MISSILE REMAIN ES-
THE 4 MISSILES OBSERVED CLOSE-BY ON
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KH 4029 ARE NO LONGER PRESENT.
LAUNCH SITE 5 -- A NUMBER OF OBJECTS STILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF I'ACH
POINT. MORE CLEARLY DISCERNIBLE ON THIS COVERAGE ARE THE RAILS SERVING
THE 3 POINTS -- 5 AT THE NORTH, 5 AT THE CENTRAL, AND 1 AT THE SOUTHERN,
TOGETHER WITH A SHORT RAIL EXTENDING TO THE SE OF THE SOUTHERN LAUNCH
POINT. THE 2 EXTREME BAYS OF THE CURVED MISSILE-READY BUILDING ARE BLACK.
THE SECTION HOUSING THE 3 INNER BAYS IS WHITE AND GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF
BEING SOLID WITH NO OPENINGS DISCERNIBLE. SEVERAL OBJECTS/VEHICLES, PRE-
JUST NORTH OF THE SUPPORT BUILDING, HAVE DISAPPEARED. A
POSSIBLE LAUNCHER, IS IDENTIFIED JUST WEST OF THE
CONTROL BUNKER. THIS POSSIBLE CABLE-SERVED LAUNCHER HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE
OBSERVED
AND IS ON THE SITE OF A SMALL CIRCULAR EXCAVATION FIRST
LAUNCH SITE 6 -- ALMOST ALL MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS AND REMNANTS OF THE 2
FORMER LAUNCH POINTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SITE 6. FIVE RAILS SERVE THE
SOUTHERN POINT AND ONE, THE NORTHERN POINT. FIVE BAYS ARE NOTED ALONG THE
EAST SIDE OF THE CURVED MISSILE-READY BUILDING WITH A SLIGHT BUILDING EX-
TENSION OBSERVED AT THE SOUTHERNMOST BAY. THIS BUILDING MODIFICATION AP-
PRAPPn Mn BE mAVTTTr TT n yr
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AT THE SAME TIME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MISSILE-READY BUILDING. ONLY
MINOR CONSTRUCTION HAS OCCURRED ON THE NEW ROAD INSIDE THE
EASTERN PERIMETER FENCE. WORK CONTINUES ON THE SMALL BUILDING UNDER CON-
STRUCTION ALONG THE NORTH SITE BOUNDARY.
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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Division, NPIC.
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