SIMILAR MISSILE HANDLING FACILITIES USSR
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REFERENCE:
SIMILAR MISSILE HANDLING FACILITIES
USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: CObTPARISOD? 0_~' L~IISSILE HANDLING FACILITIES AT
KAPUSTIN YAR~VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER
AND PLESETSK_ MISSILE AND SPACE CENTER, USSR.
2. LOCATION: KAPUSTIN YAR~V?u~DIMIRGVYLA MISSILE TEST CENTER
4835N - 4545E: THE MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY
IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 NM EAST OF KAPUSTIN
YAR.
PLESETSK N:ISSILE A~TD SPACE CENTER 6256N - 4o37E:
THE MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY IS LOCATED Il~IEDI-
ATELY EAST OF THE MAIN HOUSII~TG AND ADMINISTRATION
3. REMARKS: NONE
inese nores nave peen prepares ror onenn purposesonry ano snows nor oe uses ror setaues anaryucai worK. ineir use
should be restricted to the particular beefing oard(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Dnision, NPIC.
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2 VISITS TO THE PLESETSK AREA WHICH WERE Il~IbIEDI-
ATELY FOLLOWED~PRECEDED BY VISITS TO BIYSK.
TRANSPORT 46239 SERVES PtII-88. THESE FLIGHT
MOVEMENTS BY AN NII-88 AIRCRAFT, POSSIBLY LINKING
THE BIYSK SOLID PROPELLANT PRODUCTION FACILITY TO
PLESETSK, SUGGEST THAT DIEW R&D DEVELOPMEP?TS MAY
BE UNDERWAY AT THE PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE
CENTER WHICH EVENTUALLY COULD INVOLVE FIRINGS OF
A SOLID PROPELLAN'T' MISSILE FROM PLESETSK TO
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
These notes have been prepared for hriefing purposes only and sheuld net be used for detaileJ analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must he considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For informatior~ ~;encerr!n� then rotes cniaart i;hief, Cc!!ztera~ Suppoii
Division, NPIC.
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KAPUSTIN YAR MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY:
NEGATION DATE: PLESETSK PfIISSILE HANDLING FACILITY;
KAPUSTIN YAR MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY:
SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: PLESETSK MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY: 16 KH-4 AND
2 KH-7 MISSIONS
KAPUSTIN YAR MISSILE HANDLING FACILITY:
AND g KH-7 MISSIONS
DIl~IENSIONS~
SPECIFICATIONS: BUILDINGS:
MISSION READOUT: AT BOTH KAPUSTIN YAR AND PLESETSK, THE FACILITIES
CONSIST OF A RAIL-AND ROAD-SERVED AREA WITHIN WHICH 3 MAJOR BUILDINGS A1V'D A
RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSLOADING AREA ARE LOCATED. ONE BUILDING, HAVING A HIGH BAY
SECTION, MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 205 BY 70 FEET, IS RAIL-SERVED, AND HAS A
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used far detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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PROBABLE LIGHTNING ARRESTER AT EACH CORNER. THE OTHER 2 MAJOR BUILDINGS AT
BOTH FACILITIES ARE ROAD-SERVED ONLY AND MEASURE 120 BY 80 FEET AND 1g0 BY
50 FEET. SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER STRUCTURES ARE POSITIONED WITHIN BOTH AREAS.
AT KAPUSTIN YAR, A STEAM PLANT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SECURED AREA, WHILE AT
PLESETSK A STEAM LINE FROM THE HOUSING AND ADMINISTRATION AREA SERVES THE
FACILITY. THREE ADDITIONAL BUILDING FOUNDATIONS AT PLESETSK OBSERVED ON
INDICATE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON 3 BUILDINGS
APPARENTLY IDENTICAL TO THOSE ALREADY PRESENT. THE FACILITY AT KAPUSTIN YAR
WAS INITIALLY OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN AND JUDGED
COMPLETE IN WHILE THE ONE AT PLESETSK WAS FIRST SEEN
UNDER CONSTRUCTION I THE FIRST SET OF BUILDINGS
JUDGED COMPLETE IN
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular beefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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