THREE SCALEBOARD (SS-12/22) BRIGADES PROBABLY OUT OF GARRISON USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: January 17, 1984
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Chernyakhovsk
THREE SCALEBOARD (SS-12/22) BRIGADES
PROBABLY OUT OF GARRISON
USSR
Yemilchino
Carpat ian
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17 JANUARY 1984
THREE SCALEBOARD (SS-12/22) BRIGADES PROBABLY OUT OF GARRISON
USSR SWN
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE SIMULTANEOUS OUT-OF-GARRISON DEPLOYMENT OF
THREE SCALEBOARD BRIGADES IN THE WESTERN USSR IS UNUSUAL. IT
CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME IF THE COMBINATION OF
SIMULTANEOUS AND EXTENDED ABSENCE OF THE UNITS INDICATES
PERMANENT REDEPLOYMENT. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE SCALEBOARD (SS-12/22) BRIGADES AT YEMILCHINO ARMY
BARRACKS AL 1 IN THE CARPATHIAN MILITARY DISTRICT (MD),
CHERNYAKHOVSK ARMY BARRACKS NORTH AL-3 IN THE
BALTIC MD. AND SIMFEROPOL ARMY BARRACKS BALKI AL 13 (BE
IN THE ODESSA MD ARE ALL PROBABLY OUT OF GARRISON
(GRAPHIC 1). THIS ACTIVITY FOLLOWS THAT REPORTED IN AN
ASSOCIATED PREVIOUS NPIC CABLE (NPIC IAC 472
WHICH DETAILED ACTIVITIES OF SCALEBOARD UNITS IN THE
WESTERN USSR. THE LOCATION OF THE PROBABLY MISSING UNITS
CANNOT BE DETERMINED. (SWN)
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THE YEMILCHINO BRIGADE (GRAPHIC 2) AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOBILE
ROCKET TECHNICAL BASE (PRTB) AT KIVERTSY SSM LAUNCH POSITION 2
HAD PROBABLY DEPARTED GARRISON NO LATER 25X1
HEN THE INSTALLATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED 25X1
SCALEBOARD TRAINING AREA WERE IMAGED. THE BRIGADE MAY HAVE
DEPARTED SHORTLY AFTER HIGH LEVELS OF ACTIVITY WERE DETECTED
WITHIN THE UNIT ON IMAGERY SNOW COVER 25X1
OBSERVED WITHIN THE GARRISON ON THE MOST RECENT COVERAGE HAD
NOT BEEN CLEARED, AND NONE OF THE NORMAL EQUIPMENT AND/OR
IN-GARRISON ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED. THIS BRIGADE HAD BEEN
EXPANDED TO AN 18-TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER (TEL) STRUCTURE
AND POSSESSES A STRATEGIC COMMAND AND 25X1
CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS (C3) CAPABILITY. THE STRATEGIC C3 UNIT,
WHICH HAD BEEN ADDED TO THE-UN IT EARLIER, CONTAINS FOUR
MISSILE SUPPORT VANS THAT WERE 25X1
NORMALLY OBSERVED IN THE INSTALLATION FOLLOWING THEIR INITIAL
IDENTIFICATION THESE VANS WERE ALSO ABSENT 25X1
SWN 2~DAI
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17 JANUARY 1984
THE SCALEBOARD BRIGADE AND ASSOCIATED PRTB AT CHERNYAKHOVSK
ARMY BARRACKS NORTH AL-3 HAD PROBABLY DEPARTED GARRISON BETWEEN
FIVE SCALEBOARD TEL, TWO TEL/RESUPPLY 25X1
VEHICLES. AND TWO MAZ 535/537 CRANES WERE OBSERVED IN GARRISON
ONLY ONE 25X1
MISSILE-HANDLING DOLLY WAS OBSERVED AT THE FACILITY.
SUBSEQUENT COVERAG REVEALED A CONTINUING 25X1
ABSENCE OF ACTIVITY WITHIN THE UNIT AREA AND NO EVIDENCE OF
SNOW CLEARING OPERATIONS DESPITE A RECENT SNOWFALL. (SWN)
THE YEMILCHINO BRIGADE'S PRTB IS APPROXIMATELY 90 NM WEST OF
YEMILCHINO AT KIVERTSY. THE UNIT DEPARTED ITS BASE 25X1
THE SS-12/22 RESUPPLY 25X1
VEHICLES, MISSILE STORAGE CANISTERS, AND WARHEAD TRANSPORTERS
NORMALLY OBSERVED IN THE INSTALLATION WERE NO LONGER PRESENT.
(SWN)
IN AN EARLIER AND SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT, THE SCALEBOARD BRIGADE
GARRISONED AT SIMFEROPOL HAD DEPARTED GARRISON 25X1
~AND HAS NOT BEEN OBSERVED SINCE THAT TIME. (SWN) 25X1
25X1
3.I (COORDINATES 50-52-08N 027-48-16E (S)
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