FOURTH KASP-B KASPIYSK SPECIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2011
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• Publication Date: January 3, 1984
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3 JANUARY 1984
FACILITY, USSR (SWN) 25X1
SIGNIFICANCE: THE FOURTH KASP-B WING-IN-GROUND (WIG) EFFECT
VEHICLE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT KASPIYSK. (SWN)
REMARKS: THE FOURTH KASP-B WIG WAS ON A BEACH AT 42-48-05N
3-02E, 4 NM SOUTH OF KASPIYSK SPECIAL RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT FACILITY TWO ADDITIONAL KASP-B 25X1
WIG WERE AT THE KASPIYSK FACILITY ON THE SAME DATE. SINCE ONE
KASP-B WAS DESTROYED IN 1974, THE SIMULTANEOUS SIGHTING OF
THREE KASP-B WIG VEHICLES CONFIRMS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AT LEAST
FOUR UNITS. (SWN)
WATERWAY, ABOUT 18 KM SOUTH OF ASTRAKHAN PORT FACILITY VOLGA
THE FIRST INDICATION THAT A FOURTH UNIT HAD BEEN BUILT WAS THE
SIGHTING OF A KASP-B UNDER TOW ON THE INLAND
N SITE AT TAGANROG AIRFRAME PLANT V 86
AND/OR GORKIY SHIPYARD 112 TO
THE KASPIYSK AREA. THE TAGANROG AND GORKIY FACILITIES HAVE
BOTH BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH KASP-B CONSTRUCTION. (SWN)
ANTISUBMARINE PATROL OR AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT TRANSPORT. (SWN)
IT IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING
APPROXIMATELY 100 PERSONNEL WHEN CONFIGURED AS A TRANSPORT.
WIG VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED TO FLY CLOSE TO THE SURFACE OF THE
WATER (WITHIN ONE WING CHORD OF THE SURFACE), USING A CUSHION
OF AIR TO GIVE THEM BETTER FUEL ECONOMY AND/OR LONGER CRUISING
RANGE. MILITARY USES FOR WIG VEHICLES COULD BE IN THE AREA OF
25X1
25X1
25X1
225X1
25X1
25X1
COORDINATES 42-52-55N 047-39-22E (S)
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