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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections.
Collection: Matlock, Jack F.: Files
Folder Title: Strategic Capability (Armament) -
USSR
Box: 36
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WITHDRAWAL SHEET
Ronald Reagan Library
Collection Name MATLOCK, JACK: FILES
Withdrawer
JET
5/24/2005
File Folder
USSR - STRATEGIC CAPABILITY (ARMAMENT)
FOIA
F06-114/11
Box Number
36
YARHI-MILO
3604
ID Doc Type
Document Description
No of Doc Date Restrictions
Pages
11583 CABLE
010630Z DEC 81
1
12/1/1981
B2
B3
PAR
4/14/2011
F2006-114/11
11584 REPORT
SOVIET SS-16
1
4/6/1982
B1
B3
D
7/15/2008
NLRRF06-114/11
11587 REPORT
REPORT RE SOVIET CAPABILITIES
81
3/6/1984
B1
B3
D
7/15/2008
NLRRF06-114/11
11585 REPORT
USSR: LONG RANGE CRUISE MISSILE
1
3/10/1982
B1
B3
DEVELOPMENTS
D
7/15/2008
NLRRF06-114/11
11586 CABLE
262206Z JUL 82
1
7/26/1982
B2
B3
PAR 4/14/2011
F2006-114/11
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
B-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.
TOP SECRET CODEWORD
Sov. STRAT. U. CAP.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
11583
MESSAGE CENTER
PAGE 01
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DISTRIBUTION: PIPE-01 /001 A1
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DE YEKDQA #0914 3350650
R 010630Z DEC 81
FM SSO DIA
0
S
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NOFORN
QQQQ
(AS OF: 1958 EST 30 NOV 81)
SUBJ: DIA DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE NOTICE (DIN) (U')
,
USSR: MISSILE DEVELOPMENTS. (U)
)
1.
ITS
NOF ORN) A NEW SS-20 MOBILE IRBM BASE WAS IDENTIFIED
UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON SATELLITE IMAGERY OF 25 NOVEMBER. THE NEW
FOIA(b) (2)
BASE, KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 2
IS IN, WESTERN
USSR IN THE LUTSK STRATEGIC ROCKET FORCES (SRF) DIVISION. THE NEW
BASE IS BEING BUILT AT A FORMER SS-4 LAUNCH SITE. TWO OTHER SS-20
BASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS DIVISION -- KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM
BASE 1
AND LUTSK MOBILE IRBM BASE 1
-- BOTH ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
2.
(TS
NOF ORN) VERKHNYAYA SALDA MOBILE IRBM BASE 5 (BE
0156CA0166) IS NOW ASSESSED AS BEING OPERATIONAL. WITH THE
COMPLETION OF THIS FIFTH BASE, SS-20 DEPLOYMENT IN THE VERKHNYAYA
SALDA SRF DIVISION APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE.
3.
(S WNINTEL NOF ORN) TO DATE 38 SS-20 BASES HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED. THIRTY BASES WITH FACILITIES FOR 270 LAUNCHERS ARE
OPERATIONAL. ANOTHER 8 BASES WITH FACILITIES FOR AN ADDITIONAL 72
LAUNCHERS ARE BEING BUILT.
4.
TS
NOF ORN) BASED ON OBSERVED SS-20 DEPLOYMENT, EACH SS-
20 DIVISION PROBABLY WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE REGIMENTAL BASES.
OF THE SRF DIVISIONS WHERE SS-20 DEPLOYMENT APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE
OR NEARING COMPLETION, FIVE DIVISIONS HAVE FIVE SS-20 BASES AND ONE
HAS FOUR BASES. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 11 SRF DIVISIONS THAT HAVE
SS-20' S DEPLOYED. IT IS PROJECTED THAT TOTAL SS-20 DEPLOYMENT WILL
BE ON THE ORDER OF 50 BASES WITH 450 LAUNCHERS. FORTY OF THESE
BASES (360 L'AUNCHERS) ARE ESTIMATED TO BE DEPLOYED WITHIN RANGE OF
WESTERN EUROPE.
PREPARED BY:
(REVW 30 NOV 11)
FOIA(b) (2)
FOIA(b) (3)
DECLASSIFIED IN PART
NLRRF06-114/11 # 11583
BY KML NARA DATE 4/21/11
TOP SECRET CODEWORD
CONF IDENTIAL
40
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
MESSAGE CENTER
mines with clear
11586
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EOB891
TOR: 208/0048Z
CSN: CRI822
DISTRIBUTION: GAFF-01 MYER-01 GUHN-01 PIPE-01 /004 A3
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DE RUEKJCS #9650 2080045
R 262206Z JUL 82
FOIA(b) (2)
FM DIA WASHINGTON DC
FOIA(b) (3)
TO DIACURINTEL
(AS OF: 1335 EDT 26 JUL 82)
SUBJ: DIA DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE NOTICE (DIN) (U)
)
FOIA(b) (2)
USSR: NUCLEAR WARFARE.
(U)
,
1.
THE OPERATIONS OF A SOVIET NUCLEAR MINE WERE TAUGHT TO
SOLDIERS IN A HIGH-LEVEL WARSAW PACT FORCES ENGINEER UNIT,
THIS INFORMATION
TENDS TO CONFIRM THE CURRENT ASSESSMENTS THAT THE SOVIETS HAVE
NUCLEAR MINES AND THAT THEY MAINTAIN PLANS FOR THEIR USE IN COMBAT.
2.
$
THE MINE WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING OF METAL CONSTRUCTION AND
HAVING A BARREL-SHAPE WITH A DIAMETER OF ABOUT 40 CM AND A HEIGHT
OF APPROXIMATELY 1 METER. IT REPORTEDLY CONSISTED OF THREE BASIC
COMPONENTS: A RADIO-DIRECTED DETONATOR MECHANISM, A CONVENTIONAL
EXPLOSIVE (TNT) DETONATOR CHARGE, AND A NUCLEAR CHARGE. ITS COLOR
WAS A FLAT MILITARY-TYPE GREENISH KHAKI AND IT HAD NO OBSERVABLE
MARKINGS. THE LESSONS WERE TAUGHT WITH CHARTS, AND A MOCKUP OF THE
DEVICE WAS AVAILABLE. CLASSES WERE CONDUCTED BY AN ENGINEER
COMPANY COMMANDER AND A HIGHER ECHELON ARMAMENTS CHIEF.
3.
THE MINE REPORTEDLY COULD BE DETONATED BY SEISMIC
VIBRATIONS, SUCH AS THOSE CAUSED BY HEAVY VEHICLES AND BY TIME-
DELAY AS WELL AS DIRECTLY. IT WAS CONTROLLED BY A BOX-SHAPED
BATTERY-POWERED TRANSMITTER 12 CM WIDE, 16 TO 17 CM LONG, AND 8 CM
DEEP, WITH A SINGLE ANTENNA, AND BUTTONS FOR ARMING AND DISARMING,
DIRECT DETONATION, AND ACTIVATION OF BOTH TIME-DELAY AND SEISMIC-
DETONATION CAPABILITIES. THE TRANSMITTER' S RANGE WAS UNDISCLOSED.
ASSOCIATED TRAINING INCLUDED EXPLOSIVES EFFECTS, FALLOUT
PREDICTION, AND DEFENSIVE PRECAUTIONS. STUDENTS WERE TOLD THAT THE
MINE WOULD NOT BE USED WITHOUT APPROVAL OF A HIGHER HEADQUARTERS.
THE NAME OF THE HEADQUARTERS WAS NOT DISCLOSED, HOWEVER.
4.
THE SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION DID NOT KNOW IF THE UNIT
ACTUALLY POSSESSED ANY OF THE LIVE NUCLEAR MINES AND COULD NOT
FURTHER DESCRIBE THE DEVICE. THE STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY THE SOURCE
APPEAR PLAUSIBLE AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS ASSUMPTIONS
CONCERNING SOVIET UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR MUNITIONS CAPABILITIES.
PREPARED BY:
(REVW 18 JUN 01)
BT
FOIA(b) (2)
FOIA(b) (3)
DECLASSIFIED IN PART
NLRR 11586
CONF IDENT
BY KML NARA DATE 4/21/11