INCREASED ASM ACTIVITY IN THE USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 1, 1977
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
Summary
Report
INCREASED ASM ACTIVITY IN THE USSR
SR-030/77
JUNE 1977
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Increased ASM Activity in the USSR
This report summarizes the increase in ASM activity at six Long Range Aviation (LRA)
airfields and at two ASM depots (Figure 1). A listing of these eight installations, with their
geographic coordinates, BE numbers, and category numbers, follows the text of this report.
Siauliai ASM Support Facility
Twenty-eight AS-4 (KITCHEN) shipping containers were observed at the Siauliai
ASM Support Facility This was the first identification of 25X1
KITCHEN shipping containers at this facility. The KITCHEN missile is associated with
both the BACKFIRE and BLINDER aircraft. Siauliai ASM Support Facility is 2.9 nautical
miles (nm) east of Siauliai Airfield , which supports FLOGGER, MOSS, 25X1
and CUB aircraft.
Priluki Airfield
One BADGER G was observed at the Priluki Airfield with an AS-6 (KINGFISH) mis-
sile mounted under each wing on photograph Also, one AS-5 (KELT) was 25X1
seen parked adjacent to another BADGER G, and 11 empty ASM handling dollies were
between eight other BADGER G aircraft parked along the main parking apron. The number
of KINGFISH shipping containers at this airfield has increased from 24 to 42 since February
1976. Thirty-seven KINGFISH shipping containers were also seen in the ASM Support
Facility, and five more were in the rail transfer area. Priluki Airfield supports a BADGER G
ASM regiment subordinate to LRA.
Nezhin Airfield
A mixed ordnance load of one KELT and one KINGFISH ASM were observed mounted
on the same BADGER G aircraft at Nezhin Airfield on photography
(Figure 3). This was the first confirmation of a BADGER G with a different ASM mounted
under each wing.
Five of the six BADGER G (two not shown on graphic) deployed to this airfield each
had a KINGFISH mounted under the left wing and a KELT mounted under the right wing.
No ASMs were seen under the wings of the sixth BADGER (not shown on graphic). These
six BADGER G may correspond to the six BADGER G absent from Priluki Airfield=
where ASM activity was also seen on the same date. Nezhin Airfield supports a
BLINDER reconnaissance/bomber unit subordinate to LRA.
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Baranovichi Airfield
Eighteen KITCHEN missiles (one not shown on graphic) were observed in the ASM
support facility at Baranovichi airfield on photography his 25X1
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