PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OAK REPORT

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 14, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OAK REPORT
PREFACE
THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SE ES OF DAILY OAK REPORTS BASED ON MISSION
9019 AND DEALING WITH THFIGHEST-PRIORITY INTELLIGENCE ITEMS
APPEARING IN THE COMOR TARGET LIST, THIS REPORT COVERS THE OAK-
REPORTING PERIOD FROM 0830 TO 1500 HOURSi 13 JULY 19616 FOR
IDENTIFICATION, THE COMOR TARGET NUMBER APPEARS WITH EACH COMOR
TARGET REPORTED. IN ADDITION, THESE OAK REPORTS WILL INCLUDE
TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY WHICH APPEAR TO BE OF UTMOST INTELLIGENCE
SIGNIFICANCE. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES INCLUDE ONLY THE BEST
FRAMES.
STATUS OF COMORTARGET READOUT
T TAL NUMBER OF TARGETS -- 180)
TARGETS 013SERVED AND REPORTED _.. 11
TARGETS NDT OBSERVED (CLOUD COVER OR DARKNESS) -~- 5
TARGETS NOT COVERED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHY -- 4
TOTAL NUMBER OF COMOR TARGETS ACCOUNTED FOR -- 20
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-GUIDED MISSILES-
AREA ICBM SEARCH
7 ?N .9141.40E
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THE PLESETSK AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT CLOUD COVERED ON
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THREE OF THE FIVE AREAS VISIBLE ONI ARE CLOUD FREE ON 25X1D
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SAM LAUNCH :5 E WAS IDENTIFIED. THE TOWN OF PLESETSK IS COMPLETELY
CLOUD COVEREDo AND AREAS 1 AND 2 ARE ONLY BARELY VISIBLE THROUGH
HEAVY CLOUD COVER AND HAZE. FOR PI9 THE PHOTO QUALITY IN THE CLOUD
FREE AREAS IS INFERIOR TO THAT OF PRECLUDING MORE 25X1D
DETAILED ASSESSMENT OF THESE UNIDENTIFIED AREAS. FURTHER
PHOTOGRAPHIC COVER AND MORE STUDY ARE NEEDED TO CONFIRM OR NEGATE
ICBM ACTIVITY. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE AREAS OBSERVED FOLLOW.
AREA 3 -- THIS AREA ALSO CALLED PLESETSK WEST AREA) REMAINS
ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED FROMI THE ACTIVITY NEAR THE RAIL25X1D
AND ROAD JUNCTION 1.5 NM SSE OF THE UNIDENTIFIED SECURE INSTALLATION
APPEARS TO BE A SECURED STORAGE/SUPPORT TYPE ACTIVITY.
AREA 4 -- A BETTER TRAFFIC PATTERN IS NOW DISCERNIBLE IN THIS AREA
tALSO CALLED PLESETSK SOUTH AREA). THE RAIL LINE PASSES THROUGH
THE NORTHERN HALF OF AREA 4 AND CONTINUES TO AREA 3. AT LEAST TWO
THROUGH RAI"W SPURS9 59400 FEET LONGS PARALLEL THE THROUGH RAIL LINE
IN TI-CIS NORTHERN SECTION. NUMEROUS BUILDINGS ARE SITUATED BETWEEN
THE RAIL SP'JRS. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF AREA 4 APPEARS TO BE HOUSING.
WITH AT LEAST 6070 BUILDINGS. A RAIL TURNING WYE IS LOCATED 1.5
NM SOUTH OF AREA 44
AREA 5 -- THE SAM SUPPORT FACILITY IS UNCHANGED:
SAM SITE -mm AN SA-2 SITE IS SITUATED AT 62-43-35N 40-43-40Es 11.8 NM
EAST OF PLESETSK AND 5.6 NM SOUTH OF THE SAM SUPPORT FACILITY. THE
SAM SITE IS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED BUT APPEARS FULLY OPERATIONAL. WITH
COMPLETE BARRACKS AND SUPPORT FACILITIES.
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A SEARCH OF THE PAPLAKA AREA REVEALS TWO MODIFIED INLINE IRBM/MRSM
LAUNCH AREAS WITH FOUR PADS EACH, THE AREAS. WHICH ARE
APPROXIMATELY 10 NM SE OF LIEPAJA AND 6.5 NM WSW OF PAPL"AKA. APPEAR
COMPLETE AND HAVE SUPPORT FACILITIES. ONE AREA IS AT 56-24-40N
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3s KARTENA AREA. MISSILE DEPLOYMENT SEARCH
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TWO IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREAS OF THE DUMBBELL CONFIGURATION. WITH FOUR
PADS EACH) ARE SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 25 NM NE OF KLAIPEDA AND 25.5
NM SSE OF PAPLAAKA?
THE AREAS APPEAR COMPLETE AND HAVE SUPPORT FACILITIES. PAD
ORIENTATIONS APPEAR TO BE SWe ONE LAUNCH AREA 15 AT 56-02-00N
021-42-OOr E THE OTHER IS AT 55-59-30N 021.39--I0E
4e SATEIKIAI AREA. MISSILE DEPLOYMENT SEARCH
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SEE ITEM ON KARTENA AREA.
5. K.LAI.PEDA GM ACTIVITY
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55-42N 021-07E
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6. BREST AREAS IRBM/MRBM LAUNCH AREA
52-373--77-7-7,524-07-00E
AN INLINE IR13M/MRBM LAUNCH AREA WITH FOUR PADS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
7 NM NNE OF 6REST9 AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES. PAD ORIENTATION 15 NE/
SW* NO OTHER LAUNCH AREAS WERE OBSERVED* SCATTERED TO HEAVY CLOUD
COVER PRECLUDES AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH.
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DUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER
45-45E
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WEATHER
MISSILE TEST CENTER. THE ENTIRE CENTER IS COVERED, 8UT
CONDITIONS PRECLUDE INTERPRETATION OF MOST FACILITIES. IN THE SAM
FACILITIES, ONLY THE PROTOTYPE HERRINGBONE, R & Ds AND SUPPORT AREAS
ARE CLEAR. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ARE APPARENT ---- AN OPERATIONAL
SA-?2 SAM SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN THE YO YO GUIDANCE SITE
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IS A NEW PINWHEEL SITE SIMILAR TO THAT TED PREVIOUSLY IN THE
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IN THE SSM FACILITIES, NO NEW LAUNCH COMPLEXES ARE NOTED NO CHANGE
IS APPARENT IN THE ROCKET LAUNCH COMPLEX, WHICH IS VISIBLE. THE
OTHER COMPLEXES ARE CLOUD COVERED. IN THE PROBABLE AERODYNAMIC
MISSILE FACILITIES, ONLY LAUNCH COMPLEX D IS VISIBLE THROUGH HEAVY
HAZE. NO EXPANSION IS NOTED? THE ASM AND AAM FACILITIES ARE
OVERCAST. HAZE AND. CLOUDS COVER THE SUPPORT BASES.
0- VAMYSHIM REA ICBM DEPLOYMENT SEARCH
50-06N 045'24E
THE AREA WITHIN A 30-MILE RADIUS OF KAMYSHIN WAS SEARCHED, AND THE
ONLY SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY NOTED WAS AN SA-2 SAM SITE IN THE MID
STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION 8 NM NNE OF KAMYSHIN. (SEE ITEM ON SAM SITE
IN GUIDED. MISSILE SECTION BELOW.)
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THE COMPLEX WAS OBSERVED, BUT THE EXTREMELY SMALL SCALE AND DARKNESS
PRECLUDE DETAILED INTERPRETATION. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY
EXPANSION OF FACILITIES. THE POWER PLANT IS IN OPERATION. FOUR OF
THE TEARDROP PITS IN AREA 8 ARE DISCERNIBLE.
Ili BALTIYSK COMPLEX
THE TARGET IS CLOUD COVERED. ONLY THE AIRFIELD AND SEAPLANE
STATION ARE VISIBLE:.
12.. PLESETSK AREA, SAM SITE
62'^43-35N 40-43-40E
SA-2 SAM SITE, PROBABLY COMPLETED AND OPERATIONAL. 11.8 NM EAST OF
PLESETSK.
13. KAMYSIJN 8REA4 SANE.
50-13N 045-32E
SA-2 SAM SITE IN MID STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION 8 NM NNE OF KAMYSHIN.
I4. A USTIG YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER. SAM SITE
APPROX 48-47N 045-43E
AN OPERATICNAL SA-2 SAM SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE LOCATION
GIVEN ABOVE, BETWEEN THE YO YO GUIDANCE SITE AND THE SAM SUPPORT
AREA.
15. THE FOLLOWING TARGET WAS NOT OBSERVED BECAUSE OF DARKNESS.
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166 THE FOLL.OOWING TARGETS WERE NOT OBSERVED BECAUSE OF CLOUD COVER.
DOLON AIRFIELD
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CHEREPOVETS ICBM SITE
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t7. THE FOLLOWING TARGETS WERE NOT COVERED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
TYURA TAM MISSILE TEST CENTER
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I8. SUMMARY OF MISSILE LAUNCH FACILITIES OBSERVED
IRBM/MRBM -- 5 AREAS, TOTAL OF 20 PADS
SAM S SITES
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