HOW RUSSIA HIDES ITS MISSILES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200980125-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 125
• Publication Date: March 5, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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FOREIGN REPORT
Published by the Economist Newspape
5 March 1981
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Within_the.pastyea,the=Soviet.Union?appears to:have adoptedjnew methods of conceal;
ment.to.keep thec ev lopnzent;of;its'_latest;nuclear weapons ..sefret: I notsurprising
that~the: Russians want.to do this,.but. under the ?rotes ofjthe S tt=l:,treaty'both.?super;
powers are obliged not: to hide. their missiles and bombers, so that each side can- check -
whethet?the:other rs sticking to thetieaty.~ Ate.
~.Oa~Januar1C-28, Y98O ;the; Soviet Union use rr`.`significant::telemetry encryption'=
on thefirst flight est,of a':new-missile.. Telemetry: encryption is.the jargon for the use of eodes_to..ludethe,datarabout the. missile's performance which-arc transmitt
ed back
t?F easth A ccyrdin ,to-the- Americart Defence Intelligence Agency: f If> the Soviets `:
continue?'t uenctypttdata= at-this Level the= United`States'- Ability to- deternuneT-the
missile launch-weight; throw;weigh-Cand-accuracywilt be significantly lessened .' . : t ?_
-The :missile in `4uestion is a- ;;new; submarine launched > ~.
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ilea t seerato have beerru;ed much since then. - w r " ~. t'e3 'ti-c -+sc r?EC;
Tonali blending (1964 f ii not clear' from the `CIA report what this mcan3 piresiim
ably it is-just anotherw yto camouflage missiles by the use of suitable colours. This
Dummy roads and.launcbh sites. (1966). These were also designed to confuse bomber
pilots .They wereabuilt main1j.'betweeii.1966:and:l911.?Dummyisurface=to-air"(Sam)
hiisul sites