AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX NIZHNIY TAGIL, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001300130005-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 31, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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AMM/SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX
NIZHNIY TAGIL, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: LARGE-SCALE PHOTOGRAPHY PERMITS IDENTIFICATION
2. REMARKS:
THE LAUNCH COMPLEX CONSISTS OF 3 LAUNC1 SITES,
AN ELECTRONIC SITE, AND A SUPPORT AREA. IT
IS ONE OF 11 AMM/SAM COMPLEXES PREVIOUSLY IDEN-
TIFIED IN THE USSR.
31 NM ENE OF NIZHNIY TAGIL.
4. COLLATERAL/COMINT: NONE.
3. LOCATION:
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: NONE.
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL
POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES A AND B IS 1,370 FT AND
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES B AND C IS 1,260 FT.
THE AZIMUTH OF A PERPENDICULAR BISECTOR OF A
LINE DRAWN BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL
POSITIONS OF LAUNCH SITES A AND C IS 0 DEGREES
(PLUS OR MINUS 5 DEGREES.
9. MISSION READOUT: THIS MISSION REVEALS CLEARINGS ALONGSIDE THE LAUNCH
SITE SERVICE ROAD CAN NOW BE IDENTIFIED AS 6 LAUNCH POSITIONS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT LAUNCH SITES B AND C. LAUNCH SITE A APPEARS TO BE IN
A COMPARATIVELY LESS ADVANCED STAGE THAN B AND C. A POSSIBLE MISSILE-
HANDLING AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS OBSERVED ADJACENT TO THE SUPPORT
AREA, NW OF AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND LAUNCH SITE C. A FENCE LINE SUR-
ROUNDING THE ELECTRONICS SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ENCLOSES A PENTAGON-
SHAPED AREA. NO ELECTRONICS POSITIONS CAN BE DEFINITELY IDENTIFIED,
ALTHOUGH. 3 CLEARINGS CAN BE SEEN IN THE WOODS WHERE THE POSITIONS
WOULD BE EXPECTED. NO MISSILE OR MISSILE-RELATED EQUIPMENT CAN BE
IDENTIFIED AT THE COMPLEX.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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