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Launch Points I and 11(101 Site I)

Launch Point 111 ( - 1 - 01 Site 2)Launch Point IV (1 Dl Site 3)Launch Site A (101 Site 4)

Launch Site B (I01 Site 3)Launch Site C (ID! Site 0)Launch Site D (1 DI Site 8)Launch Site h. (1 DI Site 7)

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INTRODUCTION

The Plesetsk ICBM Complex is unique inhaving in one complex most of the known typesof Soviet ICBM launch facilities. Indicationsthat they were possibly constructed concurrentlywith the prototype sites at the Tyuratam Mis-sile Test Center (TTMTC), together with thepresence of large-scale support facilities, sug-gest that Plesetsk may be both a deployed opera-

tional complex and a training/orientation facility.The complex is located northeast of Plesetsk

on the Vologda- Arkhangelsk rail line and occu-pies an area of approximately 215 square miles(Figure 1). Launch facilities extend about 18nm along the south bank of the Yenntsa Riverand consist of a complex support facility, anadministration and housing area, one and pos-sibly two rail-to-road transfer points, four TypeI launch facilities, one Type IIA launch area,one Type IIB, two Type IIC, and one Type IIIA.The general topography of the area ranges fromlevel to rolling forested plains with numerous

marshes, lakes and streams. Surrounding for-ests have been extensively logged. Cold wintersand cool summers with considerable precipi-

tation prevail, although the permafrost zonedoes not extend this far south.

The complex is served by a rail spur from

the double-tracked Vologda-Arkhangelsk rail

line and by an adequate local road network whichlinks the launch complex to adjacent towns andvillages. Obozerskiy Southeast Airfield is lo-

cated approximately 25 nm to the north.Launch Points I-IV and Launch Area A were

present on (December 1960). How-ever, poor-quality photography, cloud cover, andhaze precluded positive identification of ICBM

deployment until (February 1962),which confirmed Launch Areas A, B, and C, and

(April 1962) which confirmedLaunch Points I-IV as ICBM facilities. Bycomparison of the two later missions with

it was determined that roads, rail-roads, built-up areas, and scarring observed atLaunch Points I-IV and Launch Area A on

were apparently the same for themost part as the features observed and identi-fied at these areas orIt is possible to conclude from this similaritythat Launch Points I-IV were probably com-pleted by December 1960 and that Launch AreaA was under construction at that time.

The complex is defended by six r. evenedSA-2 SAM sites, and two unrevetted SA-2 SAMsites, collocated with the north and northeastrevetted sites, and one SA-3 site.

Plesctsk ICBM Complex SAM Site A32-3Plesetsk ICBM Complex SAM Site B06-2Plesetsk ICBM Complex SAM Site BO6A-2Plesetsk ICBM Complex SAM Site B12-2Plesetsk ICBM Complex SAM Site B17-2Plesetsk ICBM Complex SAM Site B29-2Plesetsk ICBM Complex SAM Site 1336-2Plesetsk ICBM Complex SAM Site B36A-2Plesetsk ICBM Complex SAM Site C24-2

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COMPLEX SUPPORT FACILITY

The complex support facility (Figure 2),located 15 nm northeast of F'lesetsk at 62-54N40-39E, consists of a railhead and storage area,a housing area, a tank storage area, and aprobable batch plant.

The railhead and storage area is served bya main rail spur leading to Launch Points 1-III,a 6,000-foot siding paralleling it, and a 1,000-

foot spur at the western end of the area. Atleast 30 buildings of various sizes, few of themlarge, are located within this area and amongthem can be observed open storage areas, con-struction equipment, and vehicle parking areas.

A housing area adjoins the railhead and

storage area on the south and consists of agroup of at least 50 buildings, most of whichare barracks-type and arranged in rows of

three and four.A probable batch plant, served by a 2,700-

foot rail spur and two short sidings, is situatedat the northwest edge of the complex supportfacility and a tank storage facility, served by a1,000-foot rail spur, is situated at the west end.

All elements of the launch complex are con-nected by road with the complex support facility,and Launch Points 1-IV are connected withit by rail also.

ADMINISTRATION AND HOUSING FACILITY

An administration and housing facility (Fig-ures 3 and 4) is situated near the southwestend of the launch complex at 62-46N 40-21E,11 am southwest of the complex support facil-ity and 14.5 nm from the rail-to-road transferpoint. It encompasses an area of approximately 2square miles, contains about 428 buildings, andincludes a railhead and storage area, an uniden-tified area, and a probable batch plant in addi-tion to the administration and housing buildings.

The railhead and storage area consists ofa railyard with four tracks 6,000 feet long andtwo short sidings, eight large warehouses whichlie along the southwest side of the yard, andten more situated at the extreme northeast endof the area. A probable power plant is located

within the railyard. To the east is an uniden-tified group of eight dispersed, road-servedbuildings; 0.5 nm to the southeast is a rail-served probable batch plant in a partly securedarea that also contains at least 29 other buildings,18 of which are barracks-type.

The administration and housing buildingsconsist of one very large and two smaller T-shaped buildings, one large C-shaped adminis-tration building, one E-shaped building, an H-shaped building, 226 barracks-type buildings ofvarious sizes, 21 small family-type buildings,69 very small structures (probably housing),and miscellaneous support buildings. No se-curity measures are evident.

RAIL-TO-ROAD TRANSFER POINT

The rail-to- road transfer point (Figure 5) at62-55N 40-45E is adjacent to the rail line toPlesetsk. It is 1,700 feet long, oriented north-east-southwest, and has three cross-over links,one at each end and one in the center. A pos-sible board fence encloses an open storage area

in the northeast half of the facility. At leastone possible small building and a possible sub-

station are present, and four unidentified objectsare situated just outside the northernmost cross-over link. A single security fence encloses thefacility on three sides. About 3,500 feet to the

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south, three rail sidings 1,000 feet long servea small unidentified facility with five buildings.No security measures are apparent here.

A possible second rail-to-road transferpoint (Figure 13), with two crossovers and serv-ing Launch Areas I) and IL, is located at 62-53N

40-46E, 2 nm south of the transfer point. It isabout 3,400 feet long by 680 feet wide and isoriented generally east-west. Approximately 13small- to medium-sized buildings are situatedalong the southern side of the tracks.

LAUNCH POINTS I AND IILaunch Points I and 11 (Figure 6), each with

one launch pad, are completed "I ype I facilities.

They are located 5.5 nm west-northwest of thecomplex support facility. lhe launch pads andmissile-ready building are situated in an in-verted L-shaped area lying on a north-south axis."the maximum width of the area on the north sideis 2,300 feet and the maximum length on the eastside is 3,000 feet. The area is enclosed by atriple security fence.

fhe launch pads are concrete platforms builtout from the escarpment along the Yemtsa River.One building lies slightly behind and m.dway be-tween the pads with two possible small structuresnearby. A missile-ready building 1:es 3,430feet south of the launch pads. Two small build-ings lie along its northeastern side and two otherassociated buildings are located 423 and 830feet north of the missile-ready building. A railspur enters the launch site at the soutn end andruns north through the missile-ready buildingto a point 1,050 feet south of the pads, where itforks. From this point a spur continues to eachpad. A road providing access to other elementsof the launch complex enters the area on the eastside, then parallels the rail spur connecting theready building and the launch pads.

LAUNCH

Launch Point III (Figure 7) is also a TypeI launch facility with one launch pad. It islocated on the south bank of the Yemtsa River3.75 nm northwest of the complex support facil-ity. 1 he area is enclosed on at least threesides by a double security fence.

The single concrete pad is built over the

Outside the secured area is a probable guid-ance facility and the launch support facility. Theprobable guidance facility, located 5,150 feetsoutheast of the pads, apparently consists of twolike elements each containing at least threebuildings. A similar, single installation is lo-cated behind each of the other two Type I facili-ties within the complex, Launch Points III and IV.A perpendicular to the axis of the probable guid-ance facility through the launch pads indicates aprobable pad orientation of 330 degrees plus orminus 5 degrees.

The launch support facility appears to beprimarily for housing, except for a possible

small heating and/or power plant served by arail spur parallel to and outside the east fenceof the secured area. The administration/hous-ing section contains about 52 buildings, 43 ofwhich are barracks-type arranged in quad-

rangles.A two-track rail siding is located on the

south side of the rail line leading to Launchl'oints I and [1. This siding branches off about0.5 nm before the rail line curves north intothe secured area, and consists of about 3,300feet of track.

POINT IIIescarpment along the Yemtsa River. An objecton the pad is probably a missile gantry. A mis-

sile-ready building is located 1,300 feet south ofthe pad. "Ihree buildings are located north ofthe ready building. Several other small struc-tures are located nearby.

A rail spur enters the launch site from the

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south, runs north through the ready building, andcontinues to the launch pad. A road providingaccess to all other elements of the launch com-plex enters the area on the east side.

A probable guidance facility consisting offour buildings is situated 3,950 feet southeastof the launch pad. A perpendicular to the axisof the guidance structure through the launch padindicates a probable pad orientation of 330degrees plus or minus 5 degrees.

The launch support facility consists of atleast 6 barracks-type buildings and 20 other

structures. A double-track utility rail spurwith about 3,000 feet of track is adjacent tothe launch site on the southeast side. The spurserves a possible heating and/or power plant.A prominent oval road pattern, first apparentin August 1963 is just eastof the launch support facility. A probable stor-age area 3,000 by 950 feet is situated 8,000feet southeast of the launch site. It containsat least 15 small miscellaneous buildings which

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LAUNCH POINT IV

Launch Point IV (Figures 8 and 9)is alsoa Type I launch facility with one launch pad.It is located on the southeast bank of a tribu-tary of the Yemtsa River, 3.2 nm north-north-east of the complex support facility.

The launch site, enclosed by a double se-curity fence, forms an irregular rectangleapproximately 2,600 by 1,300 feet oriented on anorthwest-southeast axis. The single concretelaunch pad overhangs a ravine. At least sixsmall unidentified structures are located withinthe secured area.

A spur of the rail line from Plesetsk ter-minates at the launch pad. At a point 4,000feet southeast of the pad, a rail spur paralleledby a road branches out to the north and proceedsto a missile-ready building which is situatedat the shallow end of a gully. This ready build-ing has the usual two associated buildings. Itis unique, however, in being the only ready build-ing in the launch complex which is outside asecured area, a feature probably related to thepresence of a double-fenced underground stor-age facility in an adjacent ravine. The railspur and road continue generally cast from themissile-ready building through the gully and into

the ravine, where they apparently enter theunderground storage facility referred to above.This facility may be used for storage of mis-siles and/or warheads. One building is presenton the east bank of the ravine.

Immediately south of this underground stor-age facility, on the east bank of the ravine, isa storage support/housing area containing atleast 30 buildings. Adjacent to the south sideof this area and in the ravine is a second road-and rail-served underground storage facilitypartially enclosed by a double security fence.Both the rail and road spur continue along thegully to this facility from the northern stor-age facility.

A launch support/housing area with 20 bar-racks-type buildings and 11 other buildingsadjoins the launch site on the southeast and hasa three-track utility rail spur with 3,000 feetof track. To the southwest of the three-trackspur is a group of at least 29 buildings, mostof which appear to be used for storage. At least9 other buildings lie along the track east of theprobable storage area, and appear to be servedby a short spur and bypass, as well as a roadwhich connects them with the rest of thelaunch area.

A probable guidance facility is situated 3,250feet east of the launch pad. A perpendicularto the axis of the guidance structure indicatesa probable pad orientation of 330 degrees plusor minus 5 degrees. It is noteworthy that thisguidance facility is offset, so that it is slightlyto the east of the launch pad instead of directlybehind it as are the guidance facilities atLaunch Points I, II and III.

LAUNCH AREA A

Launch Area A (Figure 10) consists of acompleted Type IIA launch site and a site sup-port facility and is located on the south bankof the Yemtsa River, 5.4 nm northeast of thecomplex support facility. Photography of De-cember 1960 upon comparison

with later missions, revealed Launch Area A

under construction. Further evaluation of its status was not possible until April 1962

by which time it had been completed.The launch site, comprising about 90 acres,

is in a wooded area and enclosed by a triplesecurity fence about 2,300 by 1,800 feet. Anerector/shelter is apparent on each of the elon-

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gated pads, which are oriented 330 degrees plusor minus 5 degrees. There are two missile-ready buildings side-by-side on an apron whichis in a central position 800 feet behind the pads.

The center service road is slightly offsetto the right, and has three buildings and a pos-sible control bunker along the left-hand side.Thirteen other small buildings are present with-in the secured area.

The site support facility is located about1,500 feet west of the launch site. An adminis-tration/housing section contains 29 barracks-type buildings and 8 other structures. A prob-able technical section is on the southwest side ofthe access road between the launch site and theadministration/housing section. It contains 5buildings, 3 of which are grouped in a more orless triangular fashion and served by a loop road.

LAUNCH AREA B

Launch Area B (Figure 11) consists of acompleted Type IIB launch site and a site sup-port facility and is located on the south bank

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tified until February 1962 butwas probably under construction as early as June1961 when a single building ofthe launch area was observed through a breakin the clouds. The launch area was consideredto be completed in April 1962

The launch site is in a wooded area andenclosed by a double security fence about 1,900feet square. An erectorishelter is apparent oneach of the elongated pads, which are oriented330 degrees plus or minus 5 degrees. Onemissile-ready building is in line with the right-hand pad, and 800 feet to the rear; a secondmissile-ready building, 800 feet behind the left-

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rhe center service road is offset to theright, and has three buildings and a bunkeredprobable control building along the left-hand

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Launch Area C (Figure 12) consistsof a completed Type IIIA launch site anda site support facility and is situated onthe south bank of the Yemtsa River, 9.0nm northeast of the complex support facil-

It was first seen in February 1962at which time excavation

was in progress; however, the clearing inwhich it is situated was present in De-cember 1960 The launcharea was considered to be complete inApril 1963

The launch site is surrounded by woodsand enclosed by a double security fence

about 1,500 feet square. Quality of photog-raphy precludes a detailed interpretation ofthe site, but a loop road pattern, threesilo covers, and the position of the con-trol bunker and possible spray pond arevisible within the secured area. A per-pendicular to the long axis of the sitegives an orientation of 295 degrees plusor minus 5 degrees.

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Launch Area 1) (Figure 13) consists of acompleted 1 - ypJ: IIC launch site and a site sup-port facility and is located 4.9 nni east-south-east of the complex support facility. It was notidentified until August 1962 ), al -though construction activity was first noted inFebruary 1962 "I here had beenno evidence of construction in June 1961

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in July 1963The launch site is in a wooded area and

enclosed by a single security fence, generallyrectangular, approximately 1,850 by 1,550 feet.

Unidentified objects are visible on the pads,which are oriented 263 degrees plus or minus 5degrees. An inline missile-ready building issituated 650 feet to the rear of each pad. Twoearth-mounded structures are adjacent to each

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An electronic facility similar to t at atLaunch Complex E, TTMTC, is located in asquare cleared area almost contiguous to therear of the launch site on the southeast. AT-shaped probable cable scar with possiblesmall structures at the end of two of the legsis visible within the area. A fouth leg, which

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Launch Area E (Figure 14) consists ofa completed Type IIC launch site and a sitesupport facility, and is located 4.2 nm south-southwest of the complex support facility. Therewas no evidence of construction at this site in

would form a cross, may be present, but isnot well defined.

The site support facility lies about 2,000 feetwest-southwest of the launch site and consists ofan administration/housing area of 12 barracks-type buildings and 4 other structures, apossibletechnical section containing 4 buildings arrangedin a square adjacent to the northeast of this area,and an additional housing section with 16 bar-racks-type buildings and 8 other structures.

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The launch site is in a wooded area andenclosed by a single security fence, generallyrectangular, about 2,900 by 2,100 feet. Uniden-tified objects are visible on the pads, which areoriented 265 degrees plus or minus 5 degrees.An in-line missile-ready building is situated tothe rear of each pad. lwoea rth-mounded struc-tures are adjacent to each pad. *I he center ser-vice road is offset to the right.

An electronic facility similar to that atLaunch Area 0 is located approximately 3,500feet from the site and is served by a westwardextension of the center service road.

The site support facility is located about2,600 feet northeast of the launch site and con-sists of two groups of buildings including 30barracks-type buildings and about 10 otherstructures. A possible technical section, con-taining at least 2 buildings which are served bya semi-loop road, adjoins the southernmostgroup on the western end.

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