LAUNCH COMPLEX A SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 2, 1966
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LAUNCH COMPLEX A
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NEWLY IDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT, ACTIVITY, AND
CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE LAUNCH COMPLEX. A
GRIFFON-TYPE MISSILE COMPONENT IS IDENTIFIED AT
LAUNCH SITE 6.
2. REMARKS: SOME OF THE LAUNCH FACILITIES AT LAUNCH COMPLEX
"A" ARE THE R AND D FACILITIES FOR THE AMM/SAM
LAUNCH COMPLEXES DEPLOYED AT EIGHT LOCATIONS IN
THE USSR.
3. LOCATION: 36 NM WNW Off' SARY-SHAGAN.
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 h ard(s) they were Prepared for and must be considered valid
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: I I 25X1
LAUNCH SITE 1: I UNIDENTIFIED LAUNCHER 25X1
LAUNCH SITE 3, POSITION 5:
LAUNCH SITE 4~ POSITION 1:
LAUNCHER 25X1
IL-TYPE LAUNCHERS
LAUNCHER
LAUNCH SITE 6:I GRIFFON-TYPE MISSILE COMPC~5X1
NERT (VISIBLE PORTION)
AMM/SAM LAUNCH AREA 2: 20 FT LAUNCHERS,
6. NEGATION DATE: NONE
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: TWENTY-NINE KH-1+ MISSIONS AND TWO GI-7 MISSIONS.
8. DIMENSIONS/ SA-2 LAUNCHER: I _j 25X1
SPECIFICATIONS:
GUIDELINE MISSILE: 25X1
9. MISSION READOUT: THIS MISSION REVEALS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE HEADQUARTERS
AND ADMINISTRATION AREA SINCE
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LAUNCH SITE 1 -- 5 OF 6 LAUNCH POSITIONS ARE NOW REVETTED AND ALL 6 ARE
OCCUPIED -- 5 BY PROBABLE SA-2 LAUNCHERS (ONE WITH A GUIDELINE MISSILE),
AND THE UNREVETTED POSITION BY AN UNIDENTIFIED LAUNCHER APPROXIMA'T'ELY 5X1
IN LENGTH. THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA CONTAINS A FAN SONG RADAR, A PROBABLE
FAN SONG RADAR, 10-12 VANS, A BUILDING, AND SEVERAL SHEDS. JUST EAST OF
THE LAUNCH AREA ARE 13 SA-2 LAUNCHERS, 5 GUIDELINE MISSILES ON TRANSPORTERS,
AND 6 VANS. JUST SOUTH OF THE LAUNCH AREA IS A SPOON REST RADAR SERVING
THE SITE.
LAUNCH SITE 2 -- THE 6 UNREVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS ARE UNOCCUPIED. HOWEVER,
APPROXIMATELY 6 PROBABLE VANS, A PIECE OF UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT, A BUILDING
AND A SHED ARE AT THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE POSITION. A SINGLE FENCED AREA JUST
EAST OF THE LAUNCH AREA, BUT WITHIN THE DOUBLE FENCED AREA AROUND SITES 1
AND 2, CONTAINS 8 UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, 1 POSSIBLE
CHERRY-PICKER, AND A SHED.
SITE SUPPORT FACILITY (FORMERLY REPORTED AS ELECTRONIC SITE A) -- NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN FACILITIES. THERE ARE 9 UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT.
LAUNCH SITES 3 AND 4 -- THE CENTRAL CONTROL AREA OF EACH SITE IS NOW REVETTED.
AT SITE 3, 3 VANS ARE INSIDE THE REVETMENT AND A SMALL STRUCTURE IS OUTSIDE.
AT SITE 4, 6 VANS ARE INSIDE AND 2 SMALL STRUCTURES ARE OUTSIDE.
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AT SITE 3, POSITIONS 1 AND 3 THRU 6 HAVE RAIL-TYPE LAUNCHERS. LAUNCH
POSITION 2 IS VERY DARK AND OCCUPANCY CANNOT BE DETERMINED. AT LAUNCH POSITION 5,
THE LAUNCHER IS APPROXIMATELY IN LENGTH. AT POSITION 1 OF THE FORK` 25X1
POSITIONS THERE IS A PIECE OF UNIDENTIFIED LAUNCH SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, AT
POSITIONS 2, 5 AND 6 THERE ARE 2 PIECES EACH, AND AT POSITIONS 3 AND 4 THERE
ARE 2 ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTERS EACH. JUST NE OF SITE 3 LAUNCH AREA ARE 14
PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND 5 RAIL-TYPE LAUNCHERS,
AT LAUNCH SITE 4 THERE ARE RAIL-TYPE LAUNCHERS AT POSITIONS 1, AND 3
THRU 6. POSITION 2 IS UNOCCUPIED. THE LAUNCHER AT POSITION 1 IS APPROXIMATELY
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POSITIONS 1, 2, 4 AND 5, AND POSITION 3 HAS 3 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
ELECTRONIC SITE B -- THE NORTHERNMOST' RADAR POSITION OF THE OPERATIONS
AREA IS UNOCCUPIED. THE OTHER TWO ARE OCCUPIED WITH AN APPARENTLY IDENTICAL,
BUT UNIDENTIFIED, RADAR AND 2 VANS. THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE/CONTROL POSITION
CONTAINS 5 PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT. TO THE EAST OF THE OPERATIONS
AREA ARE 15 PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT IN A LINE. IN THE SUPPORT
FACILITY TO THE EAST ARE 23 PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT, A MOBILE CRANE, AND
A MOBILE CRANE IN MOTION.
LAUNCH SITE 5 -- LACK OF TRACKAGE IN THE SNOW INDICATES ONLY MINOR ACTIVITY
AT THIS SITE. THE 3 BOOM-TYPE LAUNCHERS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO BE IN PLACE
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AT THE 3 LAUNCH POSITIONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR PEDESTALS AND ARE
POSSIBLY LYING ON THE GROUND.
LAUNCH SITE 6 -- EQUIPMENT IN THE AREA INDICATES ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA. THE
BOOM-TYPE LAUNCHERS, REPORTED FROM
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ARE NOT APPARENT AND HAVE PROBABLY BEEN DISMANTLED. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, 2
PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT NEAR THE PEDESTALS AT EACH OF THE LAUNCH
POSITIONS. A GRIFFON-TYPE MISSILE LESS ANTENNA SECTION, WARHEAD AND PRESSURE
PROBE, MEASURING APPROXIMATELY
IN LENGTH, IS OBSERVED ON A RAIL TRANS- 25X1
PORTER HALF WAY BETWEEN THE MISSILE READY BUILDING AND THE LAUNCH POSITION.-
IN ADDITION, 2 PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT ARE PRESENT, ON;RAILS
BETWEEN THE MISSILE READY BUILDING AND THE SOUTH LAUNCH POSITION, AND THE
OTHER ON RAILS NEAR THE NORTH LAUNCH POSITION.
NE OUTRIGGER, ELECTRONIC SITE C -- ATTACKED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LARGE
ANTENNA DISH AT THE NE OUTRIGGER IS A NEWLY IDENTIFIED SMALL DISH. IN THE SW
CORNER OF THE SECURED AREA THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 125 PROBABLE LARGE CRATES,
AND A POSSIBLE ANTENNA/CALIBRATION POSITION IS LOCATED ON THE MOUND WEST OF
THE BACK-TO-BACK RADAR.
ELECTRONIC SITE D -- NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCEI 25X1
MISSILE STORAGE AND CHECKOUT AREA -- NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE 2 X1
AT LEAST 13 VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE PRESENT IN THE AREA.
ELECTRONIC SITE E -- THIS FACILITY SHOWS NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE
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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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ELECTRONIC SITE F -- A SUSPECT HEIGHT FINDER RADAR HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS
FACILITY NORTH OF THE. CONFIRMED BACK NET/SIDE NET SITE.
ELECTRONIC SITE G (TALL KING FACILITY) -- NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE
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AMM/SAM LAUNCH AREA 2 -- A LAUNCHER APPROXIMATELY 20 FT IN LENGTH IS EMPLACED
AT EACH LAUNCH POSITION OF SITE A. A POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTER IS LOCATED
AT THE END OF EACH LEG OF A FORK-LIKE PATTERN EXTENDING FROM EACH LAUNCHER.
EACH LEG OF THE FORK-LIKE PATTERN CONSISTS OF 2 PARALLEL= GAUGE TRACKS. 25X1
LAUNCH POSITIONS 3 AND 4 ARE UNREVETTED AND REVETMENTS AT POSITIONS 1, 2, 5,
AND 6 ARE ARC-SHAPED. AT LEAST 2 VANS OCCUPY THE CENTRAL REVETTED POSITION.
CABLE SCARS LEAD FROM EACH LAUNCH POSITION TO THE CENTRAL AREA.
A LAUNCHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS LOCATED AT EACH OF THE 6 POSITIONS
OF SITE B. THERE ARE, HOWEVER, NO ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTERS OR EVIDENCE OF
RAILS LEADING AWAY FROM THE LAUNCHERS. THERE ARE 3 SHORT ARC REVETMENTS AT
3 OF THE LAUNCH POSITIONS AND A SHORT LINEAR REVETMENT, POSSIBLY STILL UNDER
CONSTRUCTION, AT A FOURTH POSITION. TWO OF THE POSITIONS ARE UNREVETTED.
THE LARGE CENTRALLY LOCATED REVETTED AREA IS OCCUPIED BY 2 PIECES OF UN-
IDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT. CABLE SCARS LEAD FROM EACH OF THE 6 LAUNCH POSITIONS
TO THE CENTRAL AREA. THE SITE ROAD, SERVING EACH POSITION, IS NARROWER THAN
THAT AT SITE A.
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A CABLE SCAR EXTENDS FROM THE CENTRAL REVE'LTED AREA OF EACH OF THE LAUNCH
SITES TO AN ELECTRONICS POSITION IN THE ELECTRONICS AREA. THESE CABLE SCARS
CROSS AT A POINT NEAR THE ELECTRONICS AREA. ONE OF THE ELECTRONICS POSITIONS
IS OCCUPIED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED RADAR ON A PEDESTAL AND IS SURROUNDED BY A
RING WITH A INSIDE DIAMETER ON THE GROUND. THE SECOND SITE IS OCCUPIEI25X1
BY A SUSPECT RADAR OF UNIDENTIFIED TYPE. THREE OF THE LAUNCH REVETMENTS AND
THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE REVETMENT OF THE FORMER SA-2 SAM SITE ARE OCCUPIED BY
VANS AND BUILDINGS. ONE LAUNCH REVETMENT IS UNOCCUPIED AND 2 OF THE REVETMENTS
HAVE BEEN, REMOVED. NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO ONE OF THE OLD REVETMENTS, OCCUPIED
BY A BUILDING, ARE TWO SMALL DRIVE-IN BUNKERS. A NEWLY IDENTIFIED MICROWAVE
TOWER IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2100 FT ESE OF THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE REVETMENT.
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