EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES (Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1966
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A probable GANEF missile was identified oni on
the western launch pad designated A-1 at the Dnba Missile Test Center (Figure 1).
Although no definite detail could be discerned due to obliquity and haze, the
overall length of the missile was measured to be approximately 25 feet, and the
transporter-launcher was measured to be approximately 20 feet long. It is believed
that only a single missile was present on the probable two-position transporter
launcher. On the same coverage an empty probable transporter-launcher was observed
on the eastern launch pad A-2. A vehicle/piece of equipment which was located at
the rear of each of the launch pads could not be identified. The separation between
the two probable transporter-launchers was measured by the photo analyst to be
approximately 790 feet (Figures 2 and 5).
Unidentified objects have been observed on the launch pads at Emba on Missions
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the most recent coverage of the Emba Missile
Test Center, unidentified equipment was observed on both launch pads. However,
no identification of missiles can be made. Two new possible launch pads have been
constructed on a line with and outboard of the two original pads. The new possible
launch pads are square, approximately 55 feet on a side, and each is surrounded by
a low earthen revetment (Figure 3). Evidence of three pads was present on
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photography, they could not be interpreted.
A tower has also appeared outboard of the original eastern launch pad A-2.
Two new buildings have been constructed within the launch area: one measuring
approximately 150 feet by 50 feet and,located on the main road entering the launch
area; the other a bunkered structure measuring approximately 140 feet by 85 feet.
Both are of undetermined function. In addition, two new buildings are under con-
struction within the checkout area just to the east of the launch area (Figure 3).
Construction has also been completed on a new building in the motor pool section
of the operational support area.
Other additions. of significance at the Emba Missile Test Center since
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trapezoidal clearing, possibly a fence line or fire break, surrounds a possible
radar/electronics mount to the southeast of the main instrumentation site and is
connected to it by an unimproved road or trail. Three possible drive-in revetments,
possibly for mobile electronics equipment, are also present to the west of the main
instrumentation building (Figure 4).
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EPIC: Emba Missile Test Center USSR, September 1965
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The density information contained in this coded isodensity trace or map is directly related
to the density of the image that was scanned. The map effectively portrays the density
contours of the image at an expanded scale, thus making evident small density changes.
The trace/map must be analyzed in conjunction with the original image, not as a separate
representation of the subject. The image degradations, caused by the photographic system
limitations, also degrade the isodensity map. Caution is recommended in establishing
whether any minute density gradient portrayed in the map relates directly to an object
configuration. An irregular object may at times appear regular, and vice versa, due to
illumination angle and surface reflectivity. As an example, object color, texture, shadows
falling across the object, displacement due to obliquity, and image edge gradient, are only
some of the factors which must be considered. Consequently a concurrent perceptual and
objective analysis of the density contour map, and the image, must consider all known
factors.
ISODENSITY RECORDING
Magnification: 1000
Density Increment: . 08
FIGURE 5. PROBABLE GANEF MISSILE ON LAUNCH PAD A - 1,
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