SA-2 SAM SITES WITH UNUSUAL CONFIGURATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2000
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• Publication Date: February 1, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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SA-2 SAM SITES WITH UNUSUAL CONFIGURATIONS
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KEYHOLE photography of _has revealed two types of SA-2 SAM
sites with configurations that differ from that of typical link, daisy, fari,
and -star sites. One is the skull type (Figure 1), of which five sites have
been identified -- two near Khabarovsk, USSR; two near Spassk-Dal'niy,
USSR; and one near Chorzow, Poland. The second type is the chevron,
which has been identified only in the Leningrad (USSR) area. 1/ A
forthcoming NPIC publication dealing with the SAM defenses around Len-
ingrad will present details on the chevron configuration. However, a
drawing of a typical chevron site is included in this report (Figure 2).
At the skull-type sites, the outer service road forms an elongated,
skull-shaped pattern. The launch revetments are arranged in a semi-
GUIDANCE
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OPERATIONS SUPPORT
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PROBABLE Mt9SILE
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FIGURE 1. TYPICAL SKULL-TYPE SA-2 SAM
LAUNCH SITE.
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FIGURE 2. TYPICAL CHEVRON-TYPE SA-2 SAM
LAUNCH SITE.
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circle around the .guidance area at the center of the site. At four of the
five sites the access road joins the outer service road at a right angle.
The skull-shaped outer road pattern possibly reduces the reloading-
cycle time. The configuration of these sites indicates a flow pattern in
which the missile transporters would move from the access road into the
firing area to unload the missiles, then move outward to the outer service
road, and return to a storage point to reload. This arrangement would
permit the vehicles to be outside the firing area after the missiles are
unloaded at the launch revetments, thus eliminating interference with
launch operations from interior vehicular traffic.
The five skull-type sites, each of which appears to be completed,
are probably used for point defense of their respective areas. Details
on the sites follow.
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FIGURE 3. LOCATION OF SKULL-TYPE SAM-SITES NEAR KHABAROVSK.
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FIGURE 4. -SKULL-TYPE SAM SITE SOUTHWEST
OF KHABAROVSK.
FIGURE 5. SKULL-TYPE SAM SITE NORTH-NORTH-
EAST OF KHABAROVSK.
Sites Near Khabarovsk, USSR
Of the two skull-type SAM sites near Khabarovsk, one is 13 nm south-
west of the city, at 48-19-20N 134-52-OOE, in a wooded area on the south
bank of the Amur River (Figure 3). The site is connected by an access
road to the I