OAK-PART III MISSION 9053 2-4 APRIL 1963

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• Publication Date: April 1, 1963
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OAK-PART I I I
MISSION 9053
2-4 APRIL 1963
N P IC/R-56/63
April 1963
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OAK-PART I I I
MISSION 9053
THIS. IS.THE THIRD AND LAST DAILY OAK REPORT-BASED ON MISSION 9053
AND-DEALING.WITH THE HIGHEST-PRIORITY: INTELLIGENCE ITEMS APPEARING
IN THE COMOR TARGET LIST. THIS REPORT, COVERING THE OAK REPORTING
PERIOD FROM 1500 HOURS, 10 APRIL 1963, TO 1500 HOURS, 11.APRIL 19-63,
PRESENTS INFORMATION ONLY ON THOSE COMOR TARGETS OBSERVED ON THE
PHOTOGRAPHY. COMOR TARGETS NOT OBSERVED OR NOT COVERED BY MISSION
9053 ARE LISTED IN THE.INDEX OF--THIS REPORT.
TARGETS ARE-ARRANGED IN THE OAK BY-SUBJECT, AND WITHIN EACH SUBJECT
BY_COMOR TARGET NUMBER. TARGETS OF OPP_ORTUNITY.OBSERVED DURING THE
OAK REPORTING PERIOD ARE LISTED NUMERICALLY UNDER THE APPROPRIATE
SUBJECT AFTER THE LISTING OF COMOR TARGETS. ALL TARGETS IN THIS
REPORT ARE LOCATED IN.THE USSR: UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR EACH TARGET OBSERVED AND
REPORTED FOLLOW.THE DESCRIPTION OF-THE TARGET. PASS .NUMBERS ARE
PREFIXED WITH-EITHER AN A FOR ASCENDING (SOUTH-TO-NORTH).OR D FOR
DESCENDING (NORTH-TO-SOUTH). THE LETTER F PRECEDING FRAME NUMBERS
INDICATES THE FORWARD CAMERA, AND THE LETTER A PRECEDING FRAME
NUMBERS INDICA:TES.THE AFT CAMERA. UNIVERSAL REFERENCE GRID (X-Y)
COORDINATES ARE GIVEN IN PARENTHESES AFTER THE. FRAME TO WHICH THEY.
APPLY. THIS GRID IS IDENTIFIED AS KH-4 (.1) APR 62.
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SUMMARY
STATUS OF COMOR TARGET READOUT --
A TOTAL OF 22 TARGETS WERE OBSERVED.IN THE CURRENT REPORTING
PERIOD AND ARE COVERED BY THIS REPORT.
THE FOLLOWING IS A-COMPILATION OF MISSILE FACILITIES OBSERVED
ON MISSION 9053. THIS COMPILATION INCLUDES ONLY THOSE FACILITIES
WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM PHOTOGRAPHY --
ICBM LAUNCH SITES
1
3'
4 8
IRBM/MRBM
1
1
4 6
SA-3
4 4
SA-2
1
6 7
SAM SUPPORT
1 1
SAM SITES,; UNDETERMINED TYPE
6 6
HIGHLIGHTS -
25X1A TYURA TAM-MISSILE TEST CENTER -- CONTINUED
EXPANSION OF TEST AND LAUNCH FACILITIES WAS RE.VEALEDs INCLUDING
A PROBABLE.:NEW LAUNCH COMPLEX (COMPLEX H), ROAD AND RAIL LINE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION NORTH FROM THE CENTRAL SUPPORT FACILITY, AND
CONTINUED EXPANSION OF.THE CENTER WEST OF COMPLEX G.
25X1A YEDROVO ICBM -COMPLEX _-- THREE NEW LAUNCH SITES
IDENTIFIED..-. SITE E AT -52 m_ PROBABLY COMPLETE, SITE F
AT 57-43N 033-06E IN LATE CONSTRUCTION STAGE, AND SITE G AT 25X1A
57-47N 033-02E IN PROBABLE MID STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
BUYNAKS.K, SUSPECT-SSM AREA- - THREE HARDENED
MRBM/IRBM LAUNCH SITES IN V .:CONSTRUCTION HAVE BEEN
NEWLY-IDENTIFIED. SITE I (KAKASHURA) LOCATED AT 42-39N 047-27E,
SITE 2 (GELLI) LOCATED AT 42-45N 047-28E, AND SITE 3 (PARAUL)
LOCATED AT 42-47N 047-23E.
MISSILE BONUS 2 -- A NEWLY IDENTIFIED SOFT IRBM:LAUNCH.SITE IS
LOCATED ONE NM:NORTH OF THE VILLAGE OF RAMOYE AND 13 NM SW OF
BELOMORSK AT 64-26N 034-18E.
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TYURA TAM MISSILE TEST CENTER 4550N 06318E
MISSION 9053 PROVIDES THE BEST QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC
COVERAGE OF TYURA.TAM SINCE ?
THE RANGEHEAD AREA IS COMPLETELY COVERED BY L U - REE
PHOTOGRAPHY.: THE CENTER CONTINUES TO SHOW EXPANSION
AT THE TEST AND.LAUNCHI.NG FACILITIES.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES INCLUDE A PROBABLE NEW LAUNCH
COMPLEX, A ROAD AND A RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BRANCHING. NORTH FROM THE CENTRAL SUPPORT FACILITY, AND
CONTINUED EXPANSION OF-THE CENTER WEST OF COMPLEX G
(SEE ATTACHMENT 1)._
25X1D COMPLEX A -- NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE
EXCEPT FOR IDENTIFICATION
r T SE OF THE INTERFEROMETER.
THE BUILDINGS ARE 900 FT APART AND CONNECTED
BY A-SCAR. THEY ARE PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
INSTRUMENTATION CONTROL CENTER. THESE BUILDINGS
25X1D WERE DISCERNIBLE BUT NOT IDENTIFIABLE ON 25X1D
AND WERE NOT PRESENT ON MISSION 25X1D
25X1D COMPLEX B-- NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE
.EXCEPT THAT A BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 270 FT
LONG IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTH END OF:-THE
WISHBONE CONFIGURATION IN THE LAUNCH AREA. THE
SUPPORT- AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND.CONTAINS 40
ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS FOR A TOTAL OF 65. A PROBABLE
GUIDANCE SITE9 DISCERNIBLE BUT NOT-IDENTIFIABLE ON
MISSION 9013, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THE NW CORNER OF
THE SUPPORT AREA. A WATER SETTLING FACILITY
CONSISTING OF:4 CONTIGUOUS BASINS IS SITUATED .2,000 FT
EAST OF THE HOUSING AREA.
25X1D COMPLEX C -- NO CHANGE IN LAUNCH FACILITIES SINCE
TWELVE NEW BARRACKS/
WAREHOUSE-TYPE-BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE
SUPPORT AREA, AND 2 NEW BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN
ADDED JUST EAST OF LAUNCH SITE C-2 SINCE
COMPLEX D --.LAUNCH AREA 1-D IS COMPLETE. THE SILOS
AND CONTROL BUNKER ARE ENCLOSED BY A PAVED LOOP ROAD.
THREE IDENTICAL, LOW, RECTANGULAR OBJECTS ARE
ALIGNED IN FRONT OF THE CONTROL BUNKER. THE LONG
AXIS OF:THESE 3 OBJECTS IS.ASKEW TO THE GENERAL
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ALIGNMENT OF THE LAUNCH AREA. A PARKINGISERVICING
APRON, CONTAINING A POSSIBLE CRANE, IS ADJACENT TO
THE ROAD NE OF THE 3 RECTANGULAR OBJECTS. A BUILDING,
270-X 70 FT AND SITUATED ON AN APRON, IS LOCATED SE
OF -THE CONTROL.BUNKER.
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT LAUNCH AREA 2-0. FIVE
OBJECTS ARE LOCATED IN A LINE ALONG-THE LONG AXIS
OF-LTHE EXCAVATION. THREE OF THESE OBJECTS ARE
POSITIONED ASKEW TO THE CONTROL BUNKER AS WERE THOSE
3 OBJECTS OBSERVED AT AREA 1-0. LOCATED BETWEEN THESE
3 OBJECTS ARE-2.STRUCTURES WHICH ARE IDENTICAL TO THE
REPORTED SILOS OBSERVED AT LAUNCH AREA 1-D DURING
ITS CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
COMPLEX E --7-COMPLEX E IS COMPLETE AND HAS REMAINED
VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED SINCE
ANINTERFEROMETER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE
SE AR A. IT WAS DISCERNIBLE BUT NOT IDENTIFIABLE
ON IT CONSISTS.OF A PLUS
CONFIGURA NW ' APPROXIMATELY 11400 FT
LONG. WITHIN THE SECURED AREA, AN UNIDENTIFIED
ACTIVITY.NEAR THE NORTH FENCE LINE CONSISTS OF,A LOOP
ROAD: ENCIRCLING AN EARTH-MOUNDED STRUCTURE.
COMPLEX F -- COMPLEX F CONSISTS OF A HEART-SHAPED
LOOP. ROAD SYSTEM AND AT LEAST 10 BUILDINGS. WITHIN
THE LOOP ROAD, WHICH MEASURES 1,200 FT ACROSS, ARE 3
OBJECTS, 2 OF. WHICH PREVIOUSLY APPEARED AS. DOME-LIKE
STRUCTURES AND THE THIRD AS A SEMIBURIED STRUCTURE.
NOW THE 2 DOME-LIKE STRUCTURES APPEAR AS LOW-LYING
STRUCTURES AND THE THIRD APPEARS AS- A DOME-LIKE
UCTURE. THIS CHANGE IN_APPEARANCE SINCE- EARLY..
25X1D MAY.BE THE RESULT OF. PARTIAL BACK-FILLING AND
CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION. A PROBABLE BUNKER IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION TO THE REAR OF AND CENTERED ON THE 2
LOW-LYING STRUCTURES.
COMPLEX G-- THE SECURED LAUNCH AREA CONTAINS 5
OBJECTS APPROXIMATELY 70 FT SQUARE ARRANGED IN A
ROW, NEAR AND PARALLELING THE NE FENCE LINE. TWO OF
THE OBJECTS HAVE BEEN EARTH MOUNDED AND THE.REMAINING
3 HAVE._&EEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE
ALSO? WITHIN THE LAUNCH AREA ARE AT
LEAST-10 STRUCTURES, 2 TANKS,-EXTENSIVE EXCAVATING
ACTIVITY,.AND A HIGH STRUCTURE 200 X 100 FT LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 900 FT TO THE REAR OFTHE 2.EARTH-
MOUNDED OBJECTS. THE RAIL LINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED
INSIDE THE LAUNCH AREA AND TERMINATES IN AT LEAST
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CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES IN THE SUPPORT AREA. THE
MISSILE CHECK-OUT BUILDING APPEARS COMPLETE.
NEW..ACTIVITY WEST OF>THE SUPPORT AREA INCLUDES
EXTENSION OF A ROAD APPROXIMATELY. 1.5 NM.TO.THE WEST.
AN UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY CONTAINING 5 SMALL BUILDINGS
IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE NEW ROAD.
COMPLEX H.-- THIS INSTALLATION, NEW SINCE MISSION
IS A PROBABLE. LAUNCH COMPLEX (SEE
ATTACHMENT 2). IT IS LOCATED 1.8 NM EAST OF LAUNCH
SITE 3-C. THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF A PARTIALLY SECURED
AREA CONTAINING AT LEAST 12 BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES, A
POSSIBLE BUNKER, AND 2 EXCAVATIONS (PROBABLE LAUNCH
AREA), THE. LARGER APPROXIMATELY 130 X 70 FT. A
SECURED AREA HAVING AN L-SHAPED SCAR (1,400 FT ON A
SI.DE1WITHIN IT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY .9 NM SE OF
THE PROBABLE LAUNCH AREA. THE COMPLEX IS RAIL AND
ROAD SERVED. THE RAIL IS AN EXTENSION OF-THE SPUR
ADJACENT TO THE MISSILE ASSEMBLYICHECK-OUT BUILDING
AT COMPLEX C.
CENTRAL SUPPORT FACILITY -- NO.SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
SINCE
SUPT-RT BASE -- NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE MISSION 25X1D
DEFENSI APPARENT CHANGE SINCE
MISSION - 25X1D
PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR SIGNIFICANT ITEMS ON
ARE AS FOLLOWS --
SUPPORT BASE
COMPLEX A -?
COMPLEX B
COMPLEX C --
COMPLEX D -?
COMPLEX E --
COMPLEX F --
COMPLEX G --
COMPLEX H
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YEDROVO.ICBM LAUNCH.COMPLEX 5751N 03341E
THE. COMPLEX CONTINUES TO EXPAND.(SEE ATTACHMENT 3).:
TYPE III --
SITE TYPE
STATUS
A
II
COMPLETE
5748U
03336E
B
II
COMPLETE
5748N
03314E
C
III
COMPLETE
5749N
03308E
0
II
MIDDLE STAGE
5748N
03329E
E*
III
PROB COMPLETE
5752N
03317E
F?
it
LATE STAGE
5743N
03306E
G
II
PROBMIDDLE STAGE
5747N
03302E
*_.IDENTIFIED:IN AS AN AREA.OF.20 BUILDINGS.
IT CONSISTS OF A DOUBLE-FENCED, s 9 -
AREA CONTAINING SOME EARTH SCARRING AND ONE BUILDING.
NO:SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE BEEN NOTED AT EITHER
THE COMPLEX :SUPPORT FACILITY.OR THE TRANSFER POINT
SINCE:MISSIO SNOW HAS BEEN CLEARED
FROM THE COMPLEX MAIN SERVICE ROAD.
SITE A
SITE B
SITE C
SITE D
SITE .E
S IT E F
SITE .G
AS FOLLOWS---
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RZHEV, SUSPECT SSM AREA 5615N 03420E
NO.MISSILE INSTALLATIONS OR UNIDENTIFIED RAIL-SERVED
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN CLEAR AREAS WITHIN
50 NM RADIUS OF RZHEV. SNOW COVER PRECLUDES NEGATION
OF=THIS AREA AS LOCATION FOR SSM SITE.
KANDAL.AKSHA SUSPECT $SM AREA 6709N 03225E
NO SSM ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN VISIBLE AREAS-WITHIN
50?NM RADIUS OF KANDALAKSHA.
MURMANSK9.SUSPECT SSM AREA 68-58N 03305E
NO'SSM, ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS
WITHIN 50.NM RADIUS OF MURMANSK.
AREAS. UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOT OBSERVED.
KOLOZERO, SUSPECT ICBM AREA 68,10N 03320E
NO SS:M.ACTIVITY.OBSERVED IN CLEAR AREAS WITHIN A 50
NM RADIUS OF KOLOZERO. HAZE AND HEAVY CLOUDS
PRECLUDE DETAILED SEARCH.
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PETROPAVLOVSK, SUSPECT SSM:AREA 5452N 06906E
NO SSM ACTIVITY IDENTIFIED WITHIN A:50 NM RADIUS OF
PETROPAVLOVSK.
NERCHINSK., SUSPECT SSM AREA 5158N 11..635E
NO SSM DEPLOYMENT OBSERVED' IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS
WITHIN 50 NM RADIUS OFNERCHINSK.
KOLMAKOVO, SUSPECT SSM AREA 5338N-09229E
NOMISSILE DEPLOYMENT: EVIDENT IN AREAS VISIBLE
WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF KOLMAKOVO.
NO MISSILE DEPLOYMENTEVIDENT IN VISIBLE AREAS
WITHIN 25 NM RADIUS OF PETROPAVLOVKA.
POOR QUALITY OF-.PHOTOGRAPHY PRECLUDES DETERMINATION
OF:CONST:RUCTION STATUS OF SITE.
NO NEW HARDENED SITES IDENTIFIED WITHIN A 25-NM
RADIUS OF"GURELOVO MRBM/IRBM LAUNCH SITE. POOR
QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY PRECLUDES NEGATION OF AREA AS
LOCATION FOR ADDITIONAL HARDENED SITE..
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SITE IS COMPLETE.
NO'ADDITIONAL HARDENED SITE OBSERVED WITHIN_25 NM
RADIUS OF ZEMAICIU KALVARIJAHARD MRBMIIRBMLAUNCH
SITE. SNOW COVER PRECLUDES NEGATION OF AREA AS
LOCATION FOR ADDITIONAL HARDENED SITE.
SITE IS PROBABLY IN LATE STAGE OF