CSS-NX-3 AT-SEA EJECTION TEST PREPARATIONS XIAOPING DAO SUBMARINE BASE, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 6, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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6 MARCH 1984
CSS-NX-3 AT-SEA EJECTION TEST PREPARATIONS
XIAOPING DAO SUBMARINE BASE, CHINA SWN
MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR A VIDEO MONITORING DEVICE HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THE
XIA'S TURTLEBACK JUST AFT OF THE LAST TWO MISSILE TUBES. A VIDEO
MONITORING DEVICE WAS PLACED ON THE GOLF BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE
(SSB) TO MONITOR THE FIRST LAUNCH OF THE CSS-NX-3 SLBM IN 1982, AND WILL
PROBABLY BE USED TO PHOTOGRAPH A STRUCTURAL TEST VEHICLE (STV) BEING
EJECTED FROM THE XIA. OTHER SLBM-RELATED EQUIPMENT AT THE SUBMARINE BASE
INCLUDED ONE STV, FIVE BALLAST CANS, AND TWO VIDEO MONITORING DEVICES.
(SWN)
ANALYST COMMENTS: THIS ACTIVITY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE CSS-NX-3 SLBM
COMPATIBILITY TESTING THAT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY AT XIAOPING DAO SINCE LATE
DECEMBER 1983. THE MOBILE CRANE WILL BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A
FLOATING CRANE FROM LUSHUN NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD TO 25X1
LOAD THE STV AND SOME OR ALL OF THE BALLAST CANS FOR AT-SEA EJECTION
TESTING. DURING THE PREVIOUS TEST CYCLE, THE XIA WAS DETECTED PERFORMING
PRECISE NAVIGATIONAL MANEUVERING IN THE LUSHUN AREA DURING 25X1
THE MANEUVERING, TWO COUNTDOWNS WERE HELD, NEITHER RESULTING IN AN
EJECTION TEST. COVERAGE OF XIAOPING DAO REVEALED THE STV 25X1
AND THE FIVE BALLAST CANS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE XIA. THE EJECTION OF
XTA TS EXPECTFIll PRTOR TO THE LAUNCH OF A LIVE CS
A STV FROM TI-IE
SLBM. (SECRET 25X1
1? SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR CSS-NX-3 SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC
MISSILE SLBM) AT-SEA EJECTION TESTING FROM THE XIA NUCLEAR POWERED
BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE (SSBN) ARE UNDERWAY AT XIAOPING DAO. (STEIN)
2. RFIvIARKS: THE SLBM MOBILE CRANE USED FOR CSS-NX-3 LOADING 25X1
OPERATIONS HAD ARRIVED AT THE BASE AND WAS PARKED WITHIN THE FENCE'
3. COORDINATES 38-49-O1N 121-29-39E (S)
SECURED AREA ON THE MISSILE LOADING QUAY. THE CRANE( 25X1
IN FRONT OF THE FINAL HECKOUT BUILDING AT 25X1
XIAOPING DAO SLBM SUPPORT FACILITY WHERE IT WAS PARKED 20A]
AFTER THE LAST SERIES OF SLBM TESTING IN EARLY JANUARY. IN ADDITION,
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CONDUCTS SLBM-RELATED OPERATIONS NEAR LYUSHUN, 25X1
COLLATERAL REFERENCE: DIRNSA, 2/00/258-84, DTG 061952Z JAN 84 PRC NAVY
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.
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hnellupince Soun:es
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