SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CONFIGURATION OBSERVED NEAR STALINGRAD AND NEW TYPE SAM LAUNCH AREA AT KAPUSTIN YAR, USSR.

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• Publication Date: July 19, 1960
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JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIET`
ARMY.-NAVY-CIA.
(Publ. ,shed and Disseminated by CIA/PIC)
SUBJECT Similarities Between Configura-
tion Obs e:r-ved Near Stalingrad
and New Type SAM Launch Area.
at Kapustin Yar,. USSR.
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PIC/JB-113/60
DATE
19 Jule 1960
25X1 C
10 CIA. TDCS-3/443, 465, Probable Sjovi.et SAM Site of Unusual Config-
uration Near Stalingrad, 14 Jul 60 (S/Noforn
2. CIA. 'IC/JR-14/60, Surface-to-Air Missile Facilities. Kapustin
Y'a.r/iTla.dimbrovk,a Missile Test Center USSR., Jul 60 (TCS)
Comparison of a s.etch of an unusual configuration observed northwest
of Stalingrad with aerial photography- of Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka Missile
Test Center indicates that the reported configuration near Stalingrad bears
a striking resemblance to a new type surface-to-air missile (SAM) launch
site at Kapus tin Yar.
The sketch of the Stalingrad configuration (see Figure 1) is based on
a visual observation made from the air in late l/ The source 25X1 D
describes the configuration .as having a very symmetrical appearance which
looks like a pinwheel. The roads and pads which make up the site are
white, and appear to be concrete and flush with the surface of the ground.
Nine pads are on tangents out from the circular road, while three identical
pads inside the circle are off a.single tangent from the., circular road.
Aerial, photr9g rapla:y of reveals a new type SAM launch 25X1 D
area at the Ka_pustin Ya:rrJVl.adim1:rovka Missile Test Center. Z/ Launch
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FIGURE 1. PINWHEEL CONFIGURATION OBSERVED NEAR STALINGRAD. This sketch Is reproduced from CIA
report TDCS-3/443,465.
Site 11B" at this area has many similarities with the configuration observed
near Stalingrad (see.Figures 1 and 2) Major similarities are summarized
below o
Stalingrad Configuration
(as repo:rted bL sou:r. cep
Very symmetrical appearance,
like that of a pinwheel
Launch Site "Brv
(as revealed on photog:raphy~
Very symmetrical appearance, and
if extended would form a circular
pinwheel.
9 pads on tangents out from a
circular road
Roads and pads appear flush with
surface of the ground
Roads and pads appear to be concrete
.Circular road approximately 500
feet in diameter
Circular pad .approximately 40
feet in:.diameter at end of each
tangential road
4 pads on tangents out from a
semicircular road, and if extended
could accommodate 9 pads
Roads and pads are flush with
surface of the ground
Roads and pads are concrete
Semicircular road approximately
500 feet in diameter
Circular pa.d approximately 55
feet in diameter at end of each
tangential road
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FIGURE 2. LAUNCH SITE '5' AT KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE 7 CENTER. Four tangential
roads with circular pads at the ends extend out from the semicircle. This site has n ay similarities with the pin-
wheel configuration observed near Stalingrad.
Based on information provided by the source, a. sewn was ma.de of ^
photography ccvi r1.n.g_ an. area. of a.pproJxima.tely .30 squ.a(F
miles no t.hw st: of Sta.l.ingrad.. The unusual fl i. rat ion described b
the source is not apparent on the~h.otcgra,,-)hy.
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