NEW HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES AT SOVIET MRBM/IRBM LAUNCH AREAS

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NEW HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES /
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Examination of the 165 MRBM/IRBM launch
areas covered by photography o
and a partial search of
, re-
vealed new high -frequency (HF)communications
facilities to be recently completed or under
construction at a number of these areas (Figure
1). Similar facilities may exist at other areas,
but are not presently identifiable. These new
facilities apparently are intended to supplement
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Thirty-six new communications facilities,
including one probable and two possible facil-
ities, have been noted at or near MRBM/IRBM
launch areas on photographic coverage of the
USSR in (Three other facilities,
apparently similar but not at or near an MRBM/
IRBM launch area, are also included in Fig-
ure 1 and Table 1.) Many of these facilities
appear to be still under construction. A search
of earlier photography to establish negation
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existing primary types of communications such
as landline/microwave relay.
This report furnishes a general description
of these new facilities, and a tabular listing of
pertinent specific information for each (Table
1). In addition, there are detailed considera-
tions of both a typical facility (Figures 2 and 3),
and of the facility at Nigrande IRBM Launch
Area 3 which was specifically requested (Fig-
ures 4 and 5).
central communications control per complex.
The types of antennas present in nearly all
cases are the horizontal dipole and the V. These
most probably operate in the HF radio range and
may be used for either transmitting or receiving,
although they are effective over shorter dis-
tances than, for example, the rhombic or fish-
bone types which are capable of greater direc-
tivity and very long range. Rhombic antennas
are present at only a very few of the facilities,
and fishbone antennas at only one (Sary-Ozek).
Neither the horizontal dipole nor V antennas at
the facilities can be described in detail since
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struction at most of the facilities in early =
However, much of this earlier photography is of
very small scale, and also of poor quality or
partly cloud covered, so that it is not always
possible to ascertain a valid date for the be-
ginning of construction.
These new communications facilities vary
in minor ways from each other but are essen-
tially similar with respect to the numbers and
types of antennas present, and to the location
of the facility relative to the MRBM/IRBM launch
area.
Typically, the new communications facility
is found at or very near to an individual MRBM/
IRBM launch area, but with no more than one
facility per launch complex (usually comprised
of two or three launch areas), indicating one
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ency, all azimuths are given between 0 and 180 being assumed.
TYPICAL MRBM/IRBM HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
"Typical of the new HF communications fa- Launch Area 1 (Dyatlovo Launch Site*), 6.7
cilities being established at Soviet MRBM/IRBM nautical miles (nm) northwest of Dyatlovo at
launch areas is the one at Dyatlovo MRBM *TDI launch site designator
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53-33-ON 25-16-ME (Figures 2 and 3). This
facility was not present on photography of_
but was observed under
construction on photography of
- It is fenced and contains a security
building at the entrance, two other small build-
ings or structures, and a central control build-
ing; an antenna field, consisting of 4 HF hori-
Wooded area
Transmission line
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zontal dipole antennas and 4 V antennas (2
large and 2 small), fans out west, north, and
east of the control building. Propagation
azimuths for the antennas are given in Table
1. Transmissions line traces can be seen
within the facility, which is connected by road
to the launch site access road.
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Trail
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HF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
AT NIGRANDE IRBM LAUNCH AREA 3
The new HF communications facility at
Nigrande IRBM Launch Area 3 (Vainode Launch
Site*) is not as typical, there being no V antennas
present, for example. This facility (Figures
4 and 5) is situated 2.5 nm north-northwest of
Vainode at 56-28ON 21-50-ME. It consists
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of a control area, possibly still under construc-
tion, containing three buildings and two uni-
dentified objects, and an antenna field contain-
ing 4 to 5 horizontal dipole antennas, some or all
of which also appear to be under construction.
The facility is not fenced, and no transmission
line traces could be seen.
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1.7 nm S of
51-07-OON
vichi 1
launch area
27-59-30E
(Olevsk
Launch
Site 1)
Brest 2
At launch area,
51-51-45N
(Brest
18.5 nm
24-01-45E
0
Launch
Site 2)
SE of
Brest
a
Brody 3
1.5 nm W
50-06-OON
(Brod
of launch
25-09-45E
rn
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Launch
Site 1)
Derazhnya
area
At launch area
49-21-OON
rn
1 (Derazh-
,
4.5 nm
27-26-30E
it7
rn
rn
nya Launch
Site 1)
Dolina 1
N of De-
razhnya
1 nm SE of
49-04-OON
(Dolina
launch area
24-03-30E
Launch
Site 1)
Drogo-
Immediate-
49-22-OON
bych 1
ly S of
23-45-30E
(Medeni-
tsa
Launch
Site)
Dyatlovo
launch area
At launch area,
53-33-OON
1 (Dyat-
6.7 nm
25-16-30E
n-i
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lovo
Launch
Site)
Granov 1
NW of
Dyatlovo
At launch area,
48-56-15N
rn =
. Z o
(Granov
4.5 nm NNW
29-30-30E
7
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Launch
of Granov
~c n
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Site 1)
3 -~
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See footnotes at end of table.
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2 dipole
1 V
1 possible
2 rhombic
1 large V
1 small V
At least
2 dipole
1 U/I
probable
dipole
U/C
Probable
dipoles
U/C
At least 2
dipole
2 clearings
for possi-
ble anten-
nas
.3 possible
dipole
3 dipole
4 dipole
2 large V
2 small V
2 dipole
Probable
dipole
U/C
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MRBM/IRBM
Launch
Area*
Gresk 1
(Gresk
At launch area,
9 nm NE of
27-42-15E
Launch
Site 1)
Gvardeysk
Gresk
At launch area,
54-40-301
08-OOE
1
1 (Gvar-
2.5 nm NE
-
2
dey sk
Launch
Site 1)
ava
Jel
of Gvar-
devsk
At launch area,
56-35-30N
24-03-45E
g
Ie-
12 nm ESE
0
1 (
cava
of
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n
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Launch
Site 1)
Jonava 2
(Jonava
Launch
Jelgava
rn
Site)
At least
4 dipole
1 large V
1 small V
3 probable
dipole
70
Konkovichi
I (Petri-
C
T
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kov
Launch
Site)
52-30N
0
3-4 pos-
At launch area,
-
5
Korosten 2
(Korosten
Launch
Site 2)
Kozhano-
6.5 nm
SW of
Korosten
At launch area,
28-30-30E
52-11-451
48-30E
7
sible
dipole
U/C
2 dipole
1V
6 nm
2
2
-
b
vichi 2
.
a-
1 pro
7
SW of
bl
(Kozha-
novi chi
Launch
Zhitko-
vichi
e
small V
CJ n
Site 2)
ch area
l
55-01-30N
2 dipole
i v
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Krasnozna-
mensk 2
,
aun
At
5.5 nm E
22-11-30E
1 possi-
ble
c
cn
0 Z
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(Ragnit
of Newman
dipole
-i o
Launch
U1 1C
m <
Site)
1 large V
ll V
3 2
0
I sma
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E r
See footnotes at end of table.
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MRBM/IRBM
Launch
Area*
Lida 2
(Lida
Launch
Site 2)
Lutsk 1
(Lutsk
Launch
Site 1)
llaykop Fixed
Field MRBM
(Tulskaya)
Nigrande
3 (Vai-
node
Launch
Site)
Ostrog 2
(Ostrog
Launch
Site 2)
Paplaka 1
(Paplaka
Launch
Site 1)
Pinsk 2
(Motol
Launch
Site)
At launch area,
2.5 nm
SSW of
Lehedin
6 nm NW
of Lida;
10 nm W
of Lida
MRBM
Launch
Area 2
At launch area,
7nmNE
of Lida
At launch area,
11 nm
1VNlV of
Yelsk
2.5 nm E
of launch area
At launch area,
2.5 nm
NNVV' of
Vainode
At launch area,
6.7 nm
WSW of
Paplaka
0.8 nm S
of launch area
small)
1 large V
1 small V
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25-28-OOE I large v
1 small V
dipole
footings
44-31-OON 3 probable
40-19-OOE dipole U/
52-11-30N 4 dipole
25-44-OOE (large &
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0
0
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Associated
Distance
Number and
3 I-.
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MRBM/IRBM
Launch
Area*
from
Launch
Area
Type of
Antennas
r -
M
Postavy 1 0.8 nm SE 55-09-30N 2 dipole
(Postavy of launch area 26-54-OOE I large V
Launch 1 small V
Site 1)
Pruzhany 1 0.5 nm NE 52-30-30N 3 dipole
(Pruzhany of launch area 24-08-15E 1 large V
Launch 1 small V
Site 1)
Pruzhany 9.5 nm SSE 52-24-30N 6 rhombic
SSE (none) of Pru- 24-33-30E (3 day,
zhany; 16.5 3 night)
nm ESE of 4 dipole
Pruzhany 2 V
MRBM Launch
Area 1
Ruzhany 2 At launch area, 52-49-30N 3 dipoles
(Krupa 5.5 nm 24-45-30E 1 large V
Launch WSW of 1 small V
Site 2) Ruzhany
Sary-Ozek 1 At launch area, 44-32-OON 2 fishbone
(Kara 7.4 nm 77-46-45E 2 dipole
Babau NNW of 1 large V
Launch Kara 1 small V
Site 1) Babau
Slonim 2 At launch area, 52-55-30N At least
(B,yten 10.5 nm 25-21-30E 3 dipole
Launch S of 1 V
Site 2) Slonim 1 proba-
ble V
Slonim W 3.5 nm W 53-06-40N 4 dipole
(none) of Slo- 25-13-OOE 1 large V
nim; 12.5 1 small V
nm NNW
of Slo-
nim MRBM
Launch Area 2
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Table I. (Continued)
Associated Distance
MRBM/IRBM from
Launch Launch
Area* Area
Sovetsk 1
At launch area,
54-59-15N
2-3 dipole
(Slavsk
10 nm
21-37-15E
1 large V
Launch
Site 1)
SW of
Sovetsk
1 small V
Taurage 2
0.7 nm S
55-09-15N
4-5 dipole
(Taurage
of launch area
22-20-45E
1 large V
Launch
Site 1)
1 small V
Ukmerge 2
At launch area,
55-11-15N
3 dipole
(Ukmerge
4.7 nm SW
24-42-30E
U/ C
Launch
of Ukmerge
1 large V
0
Site)
1 small A'
Vselyub 2
At launch area,
53-45-OON
1 proba-
(Vselyub
5.4 nm
25-46-45E
ble dipole
Launch
N of
U/C
M
Site 2)
Vselyub
1 large V
C)
1 small V
70
Yelsk 1
At launch area,
51-42-OON
2 dipole
rn
(Yelsk
Launch
Site 1)
7 am SSE
of Yelsk
29-12-30E
Zagare 1
At launch area,
56-23-15N
Probable
T
(Zagare
2.8 nm NNE
23-19-30E
dipoles
TI
Launch
of Zagare
U/C
Site 1)
1 V
Znamensk 2
At launch area,
54-35-30N
Probable
(Znamensk
3.1 nm WSW
21-08-45E
dipole
Launch
Site 2)
of Znamensk
U/C
*TDI launch site designator in parentheses.
**Map reference is to US Air Target Chart, Series 200 (scale 1:200,000).
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