EVIDENCE OF SS-X-25 LAUNCHES PLESETSK MISSILE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 7, 1984
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EVIDENCE OF SS-X-25 LAUNCHES
PLESETSK FTS SM, USSR
(SWN)
NPIC/PEG (12/84)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: IDENTIFICATION OF LAUNCH SITES USED FOR DUAL
_SS-X- LEA NCHES, (SWN)
2. REMARKS: EVIDENCE OF REPORTED SS-X-25 LAUNCHES IS OBSERVED AT
WWGLAUNCH TEST SITES AT ThIS ZEST CENTER. BOTH SILO DOORS ARE
OPEN; HOWEVER, NO EVIDENCE OF DISTURBANCE IS OBSERVED AT EITHER
SILO. SNOW CLEARING/MELT ANL VEHICLE TRACKAGE ARE OBSERVED AT
BOTH SITES, ALTHOUGH NO VEHICLES ARE PRESENT. (SWN)
AT LAUNCh TEST SITE 24I ` A LARK-TONED AREA IS 25X1
DISCERNIBLE IN THE SNOW NEAR ThE POSSIBLE AZIMUTH ALIGNMENT
DEVICE WHERE A TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER MAY NAVE BEEN
POSITIONED. A SECOND, SLIGHTLY SMALLER LARK-TONED AREA IS
NEARBY WHERE A MISSILE SUPPORT VAN MAY HAVE BEEN POSITIONED.
THE DARK-TONED AREAS ARE IN ThE SAME GENERAL POSITIONS WHERE
CAN,CUFLAGED EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED ON IMAGERY 25X1
APPROXIMATELY FIVE hOURS PRIOR 10 THE LAUNCH OF AN SS-X-25 FROM
PLESETSK (DEFSMAC S/DQ/832-84). (SWN)
AT LAUNCH TEST SITE 23 DARK-TONED SNOW 25X1
CLEARING/MELT AND VEHICLE T R A C K A G E OBSERVED IN FRONT OF THE
TYPE C SINGLE-BAY GARAGE. ON A CAMOUFLAGED 25X1
PROBABLE MISSILE SUPPORT VAN WAS APPROXIMATELY IN THE SAME
POSITION AS THE DARK-TONED AREA OBSERVED TODAY. ON 0 25X1
DEFSMAC REPORTED THE LAUNCH OF AN SS-X-25 FROM 25X1
PLESETSK (DEFSMAC S/DQ/1036-84). (SWN)
DEFSMAC REPORTED THAT THE SOVIETS LAUNCHED TWO SS-X-25 ICBM
FROM PLESETSK TO THE BROAD OCEAN IMPACT AREA ON AT 25X1
0656Z ANL 0425Z (DEFSMAC S/DQ/1081-84). ThESE WERE h
AND 15TH LAUNChES OF AN SS-X-25 ICBM FROM PLESETSK. (S)
COORDINATES 62-57-47N 04C-24-46E (C)
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