SLBM-ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY XIAOPING DAO SUBMARINE BASE, CHINA

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CREST [1]

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

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CIA-RDP84T00171R000300920001-8

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RIPPUB

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December 28, 2016

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February 1, 2012

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Publication Date:

January 8, 1984

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REPORT

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300920001-8 w (Security Classification) ee inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-1002914 NPIC/PEG (01/84) COPY _ OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions (Security Classification) NAME AND ADDRESS ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE 72 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300920001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300920001-8 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator RE[ ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to. . . Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300920001-8 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300920001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300920001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300920001-8 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy 1. SIGNIFICANCE: CSS-NX-3 SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE (SLBM)-ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS ARE OBSERVED. (SWN) 2. REMARKS: FOUR POSSIBLE FRANGIBLE COVERS FOR THE CSS-NX-3 SLBM MISSILE TUBES, EACH IN DIAMETER, ARE ON THE MISSILE 25X1 BAY WALKING DECK OF THE XIA NUCLEAR-POWERED BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE. FRANGIBLE COVERS ARE USED TO KEEP WATER OUT OF THE LAUNCH TUBES AFTER PRESSURE EQUALIZATION AND OPENING OF THE DOOR PRIOR TO SUBMERGED LAUNCH. (SWN) A STRUCTURAL TEST VEHICLE (STV),I IIS NEXT TO 25X1 THE PROBABLE BALLAST CANS ON THE QUAY. THE STV, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS A BALLAST CAN, IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE SEEN AT JINXI NAVAL WEAPONS R&D/TRAINING COMPLEX THE 25X1 STV SIMULATES THE SIZE, WEIGHT, AND INTERNAL CONFIGURATION OF THE CSS-NX-3 SLBM, AND IS PROBABLY USED TO TRAIN MISSILE TECHNICIANS AND MISSILE HANDLING CREWS. (SWN) Attachment to Z-10029/84 NPIC/PEG (1/84) SLBM-ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY XIAOPING DAO SUBMARINE BASE, CHINA COORDINATES 38-49-O1N 121-29-39E 25X1 COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SF(_RFT 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 : CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000300920001-8