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CIA-RDP78B03817A000800040022-9
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December 28, 2016
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February 5, 2007
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October 6, 1967
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Approved For Release 2007/0 : CIA-RDP78B03817A0008000400o11 9 TOP SECRET P 062254Z FM NPIC TO DTRNSr YDHAVQC/CINCEUR CINCPACFLT FICPAC COMNAVFORJAPAN AFSCC AFSSO AFSC AFSSO PACAF AFSSO ACIC AFSSO FTD AFSSO NORTON AFSSO ESD AFSSO SAMSO AFSSO USAFE AFSSO TAC USAFSS INFO FICEUR ZEN OCT 63&f PRIQRITY I - yamt 4e-t T 0 P S E C R E T TTTT CITE NPIC MISSIO 101-2 21-28 CT_ 7 OAK 06 SEP 67 PT 01 PREFACE THIS SECTION OF THE OAK REPORTS ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TARGETS IN THE USSR AND OTHER COUNTRIES. (((TEXT WHICH FOLLOWS IS IDENTICAL TO ABVVE CITED MISSION))) T 0 P S E C R E 4 4D OF MESSAGE II TOP SECRET BBOu I Ettlaht tm tubmt Iouuittttt6 td Nitp 11 Approved For Release 2007102/05: CIA-% 3&47B,D00800040022-9 U V V ,63 2~6 &6 I67 PT 81 MISSION 1181-2 21~ 67 OAK P PREFACE THIS SECTION OF THE OAK REPORTS ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TARGETS IN THE USSR AND OTHER COUNTRIES. ? TARGETS ARE ARRANGED IN THE OAK BY SUBJECT AND WITHIN EACH SUBJECT BY COMIREX TARGET NUMBER. TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY OBSERVED ISTED NUMERICALLY UNDER THE R E L DURING THE OAK REPORTING PERIOD A ? APPROPRIATE SUBJECT AFTER THE LISTING OF COMIREX TARGETS. LOCATIONS OF TARGETS IN THIS REPORT ARE INDICATED BY THE COUNTRY CODE PRECEDING THE COORDINATES. SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET. PASS NUMBERS ARE LISTED FIRST. THE LETTER F PRECEDING FRAME NUMBERS INDICATES THE FORWARD CAMERA. AND ? THE LETTER A INDICATES THE AFT CAMERA. UNIVERSAL/REFERENCE AFTER THE GRID ARE GIVEN FRAM NUMBEROTODWHICHSTHEY APPLY.INTHISEGRIDSIS UNIVERSAL GRIDS ? NO to FEB 64. SYMBOLS FOR CONDITIONS AFFECTING INTERPRETABILITY ARE -- C QCLEARa. SC QSCATTERED CLOUD COVERU. HC QHEAVY CLOUD 0 QOBLIQUITYUP O Wtxr COVERn. H QHAZEn. CS QCLOUD SHADOWU. S fiSN SD MSEMIDARKNESSit. D QDARKNESSse- GC GGROUND COVERIn CF 0*4 QCAMOUFLAGEU- AND 5S QSMALL SCALEts. INTERPRETABILITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS CATEGORIZED AS G QGOODUt. ? F AFAIRU. OR P QPOORu. THE EXTENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE IS DENOTED BY THE SYMBOLS T QTOTALU OR PT QPARTIALU. THE MODE OF COVERAGE IS INDICATED BY ST QSTEREOU. NS WNONSTEREOU. OR PS ? PARTIAL STEREOU. RECIPIENTS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE INITIAL SCAN OF THE A SHORT TIME AND PRIOR TO PHOTOGRAPHY IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED IN ? FINAL REFINEMENT OF EPHEMERIS DATA. CONSEQUENTLY. FUTURE DETAILED ANALYSIS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MOREOVER. RECIPIENTS EPHCAUTIONED OTOGRAPHYTAND DOES INOTTCONSTITUTE A FINISHED I INTELLIGENCEARILY ON JUDGMENT. HIGHLIGHTS ? ELEVEN OF THE 25 KNOWN DEPLOYED ICBM COMPLEXES ARE AT LEAST PARTIALLY OBSERVED. ONLY ITATKA- OMSK. AND TEYKOVO ARE CLEAR. SCATTERED CLOUDS HINDER INTERPRETATION AIIONIATAKOSTROMA. KOZELSK- AND SVOBODNYY. AND DE OLOVYANNAYAP AND ZHANGIZ-TORE ARE OBSCURED BY HEAVY CLOUDS, PLES PHOTOGRAPHY, BUT VERYSSMALL SCALE ANDSEMIDARKNESSVSERIOUSLYLEAR HINDER INTERPRETATION. THREE POSSIBLE TYPE 1110 LAUNCH SITES ARE NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN EXISTING LAUNCH GROUPS -- ONE AT KOSTROMA Q48Lu AND TWO AT KOZELSK 969K AND 61Kn. THE CURRENT NUMBER OF ICBM LAUNCHERS AT THE DEPLOYED COMPLEXES ? WTHE FIGURES SHOWN IN PARENTHESIS INDICATE THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE LAUNCHERS AND ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOTALSI% IS GIVEN BELOW. TYPE IIIC 182 GBn TYPE 1110 SUBTOTAL 721 98U OTHER 224 TOTAL 945 pap TH MISSILE TEST CENTER IS COVERED ON TWO DAYS. COVERAGE ON INCLUDES ALL FACILITIES FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX I TO THE EAST. NO ILE EX RE OBSERVED AT ANY OF THE 25X1 INCLUDES ALL LAUNCH 25X1 MISS I LAUNCH POINTS. COVERAGE ON FACILITIES AT THE RANGE. THE GANTRY AT LAUNCH AREA 6-3 IS POSITIONED ON THE PAD? THIS IS THE ONLY INDICATION OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY OBSERVED. INTERPRETABILITY PRECLUDES THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANY MISSILE THAT MIGHT BE IN THE GANTRY. THE SERVICE ? TOWER/ERECTOR AT LAUNCH AREA J-1 IS NOW MORE THAN 4AA FT IN HEIGHT. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF BADGER Q2 ?m YET SEEN AT ZAVITINSK AIRFIELD 25X1 ORTHEAST. USSR. IS OBSERVED ONI N ? THE SIKKIM BORDER IS NOT COVERED. THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST SECTORS ONLY OF THE BLACK SEA ARE COVERED BY THE PRIMARY CAMERA. THE HELICOPTER SHIP WAS NOT ACHY, SOBSERVED CUD COVr-mr-u -n 0 STATUS OF COMIREX TARGET READOUT THIS OAK REPORTS ON 32 COMIREX TARGETS Approvedfl$iMeASsSU' N50WIF-jaPjPje 1~7Wtg4" ERVEO ON THIS MISSION *Approved For Release 2007102/05: CIA-R N9'1*CM800040022-9 ? AND NPIC CURRENT MISSILE LISTINGS IS PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE 1 -- SOVIET ICBM DEPLOYMENT TABLE 2 -- SOVIET MROM AND IRBM DEPLOYMENT TABLE 3 -- SAM AND ARM DEPLOYMENT TABLE 4 -- DEPLOYED PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM TABLE 5 -- DATE/TIME OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PASSES MISSILES PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE CENTER UR 6254N 84838E L THE ENTIRE PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE CENTER AND THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SEARCH AREA ARE COVERED ON PHOTOGRAPHY. THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE SEARCH AREA IS COVERED B CATTERED TO HEAVY CLOUDS.~MALL SCALE-AND SEMIDAR SS SERIOUSLY LIMIT INTERPRETABILITY. NO NEW ICBM OR ARM/LONG RANGE SAM FACILITIES ARE OBSERVED* 25X1 UR 5984N 04917E 25X1 EIGHT OF THE 11 LAUNCH SITES AND THE RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT ARE OBSERVED THROUGH HEAVY CLOUD COVER. NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY OBSERVED. APPROXIMATELY 18 PERCENT OF THE SEARCH AREA IS SEEN BETWEEN THE CLOUDS. 25X1 IIVKAIAM MISSILE TEST CENTER UR 4538N 86317E 0 25X1 THE SEARCH AREA IS COMPLETELY COVERED ON TWO PASSES OF PHOTOGRAPHY. NO NEW ICBM OR ABM/LONG RANGE SAM FACILITIES OBSERVED. THE ONLY INDICATION OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY OBSERVED IS THE PRESENCE OF THE 5X1 ? VOBODN Y ICBM COMPLEX UR 5146N 12866E TEN TYPE IIID LAUNCH SITES ARE INTERPRETA EASTERN 30 PERCENT OF THE SEARCH AREA IS COVERED. NO KUbTKUMA ICBM COMPLEX UR 5746N 04101E I THE WESTERN 78 PERCENT OF THE 56-NM SEARCH AREA IS COVERED. THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY. THE RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT. AND THE ENTIRE COMPLEX EXCEPT FOR SITE 14J ARE COVERED ON PHOTOGRAPHY. A NEW Y P T E IIID SILO DESIGNATED POSSIBLE LAUNCH SITE 48L IS AT 57-49N Oat-tar- IT WAS FIRST SEEN ON MISSION NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY OBSERVED. NO NEW MISSILE ACTIVITY OBSERVED - SEARCH AREA. COMPLEX UR 5504N 87331E 0 THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS OBSERVED. NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY OBSERVED. NO NEW MISSILE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED THE - - M SEARCH AREA. SEVEN TYPE IIID LAUNCH SITES QINCLUDING ONE POSSIBLE AND THREE PROBABLEn. SIX TYPE II LAUNCH SITES. THE RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT. AND THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY ARE OBSERVED. EXPANSION CONTINUES ON THE NORTHWESTERN SIDE OF THE TRANSFER POINT. NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. NO NEW MISSILE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED IN THE 58-NM SEARCH AREA. HOWEVER. GROUND COVER AND SCALE OF PHOTOGRAPHY LIMIT INTERPRETABILITY. ONLY THE EASTERN 18 PERCENT OF THE 56-NM SEARCH AREA IS INTERPRETABLE. NO NEW MISSILE-RELATED ACTIVITY ? 6 Ap edlrU sP490 ON0OFCT,NffZ BATOIm0tS0tt Rft ON 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 ?pproved For Release 2007/02/05 : CIA-RDIS . 7A000800040022-9 APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT CLOUD-FREE PHOTOGRAPHY. TWO POSSIBLE TYPE 1110 LAUNCH SITES HAVE BEEN NEWLY IDENTIFIED. POSSIBLE LAUNCH 835-29E. IT I AND NEGATED ON POSSIBLE LAUNCH SITE 61 1b AT -2814 93?m97F. IT ST SEEN ON THIS MISSION AND NEGATED ON THESE TWO POSSIBLE SITES, SITE 56, PROBABLE LAUNCH SITES 57 AND 59, AND POSSIBLE LAUNCH SITE 58 ARE DESIGNATED LAUNCH GROUP K. LAUNCH SITE 56K IS THE CONTROL SITE ? FOR THE GROUP. PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR THE NEW SITES -- POST LC ARK ( I 504914 11550E ONLY THREE OF THE KNOWN 91 TYPE IIID LAUNCH SITES AND 0 THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSING AREA OF THE COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY ARE INTERPRETABLE. NO NEW MISSILE-RELATED ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN THE EXTREME COMPLEX 5161 06618E ~ ONLY LAUNCH SITE 12C IS INTERPRETABLBLE. HEAVY C D OBSCURE THE WESTERN 80 PERCENT OF THE 50-NM SEARCH AREA, NO - IES OBSERVED. ? ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER UR 4602N 07334E THE EASTERN PORTI OF THE RANGE FROM LAUNCH PLEX 8 IS COVERED ON APP IMATELY 85 PERCENT CLOUD-E ES OBSERVED. 3759N 11232E SHE SEARCH AREA I OVERED ON 20 PERCENT CLOl-OVERED PHOTO GRAPHY. VITY 0BlRVED. MINbK R R SAM SEARCH AREA UR 5353N 02734E ONLY THE EXTREME SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE SEARCH AREA IS ? COVERED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY. NO AAM/PLRS COMPLEXES ARE IDENTIFIED, CHELYABINSK ABM/PROS LR SAM SEARCH AREA UR 5510N 86125E THE EASTERN HALF OF THE SEARCH AREA IS COVERED ON PHOTOGRAPHY WITH APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER. NO ABM OR NEW PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM COMPLEXES ARE IDENTIFIED IN CLOUD-FREE PORTTONS. ? KHARKOV ABM SEARCH UR 4959N 83614E THE SE QUADRANT OF TH IS L;UVLHLD ON CLOUD-FREE PHOTOGRAPHY. THE COSEARCHEREDAONREASCATTEREDWITH IS PHOTOGRAPHY. THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE ? SEARCH AREA IS COVERED ON PHOTOGRAPHY WITH SCATTERED CLOUD COVER_ No MACVVe..TVOe hum Arrrvrri OBSERVED. SEARCH UR 4800N 03747E THE ENTIRE SEARCH AREA IS COVERED ON PHOTOGRAPHY WITH PREDOMINANTLY CLEAR WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF. NO MOSKVA-TYPE ABM ACTIVITY IS IDENTIFIED IN CLAl10-CRGG ADCAc_ A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE` AR AREA ? IS COVERED ON PHOTOGRAPHY WITH HEAVY CLOUD COVER. NO . DNEPROPETROVSK ARM SEARCH UR 4828N 03582E ONLY THE XTR M TERN EDGE OF THE SEARCH A COVERED EXTREME ON CLOUD-FREE PHOTOGRAPHY. THE WESTERN O- HIRDS OF THE SEAR VERED ON AND THE EASTERN HALF WITH WEATHER D. I NS RANGING FROM CLEAR-TO-HEAVY CLOUD COVER. NO Ap A t &sASM0ACT/MZ (A 8175000800040022-9 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 .Approved For Release 2007/02/05 : CIA-RD,,?~'t?QW7tL 800040022-9 KIYEV ABM SEARCH UR 58274--83838E I I ? THE WESTERN HALF AND PART OF THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT OF THE SEARCH AREA ARE COVERED ON PHOTOGRAPHY WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS. NO MOSKVA-TYPE ABM ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN CLOUD-FREE 15N 04355E. ONE PASS COVERS A VERY SMALL PORTION F THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SEARCH AREA. NO MOSKVA-TYPE ABM ACTIVITY ? OBSERVED* AMDERMA HEN HOUSE SEARCH UR 6945N 86139 ? THE SEARCH AREA IS COMPLETELY COVERED ON WITH 50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER. NO HEN HOUSE ACTIVITY OBSERVED. 0 NIKOLAYEVSK HEN HOUSE SEARCH UR 5368N 14848E ID THE ENTIRE 58-NM RADIUS SEARCH AREA IS CLEAR, STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY RANGING FROM FAIR-TO-GOOD INTERPRETABILITY. NO HEN HOUSE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. APPROXIMATELY 66 PERCENT OF THE am-NM KADIub E H AREA IS COVERED. OF THIS 60 PERCENT. APPROXIMATELY 48 PERCENT IS LIMITED OR UNINTERPRETABLE DUE TO CLOUDS AND HAZE* ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. YAKUTSK HEN HOUSE SEARCH UR 6295N 12944E I APPROXIMATELY FIVE PERCENT OF THE SW QUADRANT IS COVERED. HOU5F 11 NSTRUCTION IS OBSERVED. AROSLA L LONG RANGE SAM SEARCH UR 5748N 83955E THE ENTIRE SEARCH AREA IS COVERED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ? THE EXTREME EASTERN SECTION. NO PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM COMPLEXES OBSERVED. ROSTOV AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY PLANT 168 UR 4715N 63943E OB -- 5 HOOK. O T O W C NS RUCTION IS NEARING COMPLETION N THE LARGE NE ZAVITINSK AIRFIELD NORTHEAST UR 5011N 12936E 08 -- 26 BADGER AS 29 MEDIUM STRAIGHT-WING. NO NEW CONSTRUCTI , CHANGES IN FACILITIES, 0 PREVIOUSLY UNRFPORTFn FEATURFS ORSERVEn. II 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1