PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX CHEREPOVETS, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A002600030009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 19, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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1o SIGNIFICANCE:
2, LOCATION:
3. REMARKS:
PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX
CHEREPOVETS, USSR
MISSILE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT THE COMPLEX.
8 NM ESE OF CHEREPOVETS
THIS COMPLEX IS ONE OF 32 SUCH COMPLEXES THUS
4, COLLATERAL:
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS:
U/I NEW CONSTRUCTION:
NEW EXCAVATION - 145 X 60 FT (APPROX)
RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE - 100 X 20 FT (APPROX)
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 re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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FIED ONLY, SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY OBSERVED AT THE COMPLEX DURING THE
PERIOD OF THIS MISSION INCLUDES THE APPEARANCE OF MISSILES ON TRANSPORTERS
WITIIII:'THE MISSILE-HANDLING FACILITY, A MISSILE TRANSPORTER AND A PROBABLE
CRANE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE LAUNCH POINT AT POSITION B-5, AND A MISSILE
ON THE LAUNCHER AT POSITION B-L. ONLY A PORTION OF LAUNCH SITE r'D" IS
DISCERNIBLE THROUGH HEAVY CLOUD COVER ONIlAND THE COMPLEX IS
COMPLETELY CLOUD COVERED ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF VARIOUS POSITIONS
OF THE COMPLEX ARE VISIBLE THROUGH SCATTERED CLOUDS, CLOUD SHADOW, AND
EACH LAUNCH POSITION OF THE 5 LAUNCH SITES IS OCCUPIED BY A LAUNCHER, AND
2 MISSILE DOLLIES ARE OBSERVED EXCEPT AT CERTAIN POSITIONS WHERE MISSILE-
READY SHELTERS PROBABLY COVER THEM, THE CONTROL CENTERS OF THE 5 SITES
ARE OCCUPIED.
B-5 0 A PROBABLE CRANE IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE TRANSPORTER
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 re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief. Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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ONE OF THE MISSILE DOLLIES IS AT ITS USUAL LOCATION AT THE OPPOSITE
END OF TEE POSITION. BY II THE TRANSPORTER AND POSSIBLE CRANE
WERE REMOVED, A MISSILE WAS ON THE LAUNCHER, AND 2 MISSILE DOLLIES WERE
AT THEIR NORMAL LOCATION. A VEHICLE, OBSERVED IN MOTION ON THE STEREO
COVERAGE OF= TRAVELED FROM THE SERVICE ROAD OF LAUNCH POSITION
B-1 TO A POINT OVER TEE TRACKS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE MISSILE-READY
SHELTER. IT WAS NOT AT THIS LOCATION ON 1I A SIMILAR VEHICLE
WAS PARKED ON THE TRACKS PERPENDICULAR TO THE 2 MISSILE DOLLIES AT
LAUNCH POSITION C-1 ONI TD WAS REMOVED BjIA MISSILE
MOVEMENT OF MISSILE DOLLIES OCCURRED AT SOME OF THE LAUNCH POSITIONS
DURING THE PERIOD OF OBSERVATION AND VEHICLES IN MOTION WERE OBSERVED
ON LAUNCH SITE SERVICE ROADS. THREE COVERED MISSILES ON TRANSPORTERS,
1 IN MOTION, ARE ON THE ROAD ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MISSILE-
HANDLING FACILITY ON THEY WERE NOT OBSERVED ON THE EARLIER
COVERAGE, VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE PARKED ON THE APRONS SERVING
BUILDINGS IN THE MISSILE-HANDLING FACILITY. CONSIDERABLE VEHICULAR
MOVEMENT IS EVIDENT DURING THE PERIOD.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC
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FACILITIES NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC INCLUDE: THE TRACKING/GUIDANCE RADAR
FACILITY IS FULLY COMPLEMENTED WITH AN ENGAGEMENT RADAR AND ASSOCIATED
VANS/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AT EACH OF THE 5 RADAR POSITIONS AND VANS/PIECES
OF EQUIPMENT OCCUPY THE CONTROL CENTER.
APPROXIMATELY 100 X 20 FT WHEN OBSERVED ON PHOTOGRAPHY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A 145 X 60-FT EXCAVATION BORDERED BY FOOTINGS.
ADDITIONAL FOOTINGS AND EXCAVATIONS ARE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THIS AREA.
ANOTHER AREA OF GROUND SCARRING IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 700 FT EAST OF
THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
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 re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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