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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections.\nCollection: Matlock, Jack F.: Files\nFolder Title: Strategic Capability (Armament) -\nUSSR\nBox: 36\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET\nRonald Reagan Library\nCollection Name MATLOCK, JACK: FILES\nWithdrawer\nJET\n5/24/2005\nFile Folder\nUSSR - STRATEGIC CAPABILITY (ARMAMENT)\nFOIA\nF06-114/11\nBox Number\n36\nYARHI-MILO\n3604\nID Doc Type\nDocument Description\nNo of Doc Date Restrictions\nPages\n11583 CABLE\n010630Z DEC 81\n1\n12/1/1981\nB2\nB3\nPAR\n4/14/2011\nF2006-114/11\n11584 REPORT\nSOVIET SS-16\n1\n4/6/1982\nB1\nB3\nD\n7/15/2008\nNLRRF06-114/11\n11587 REPORT\nREPORT RE SOVIET CAPABILITIES\n81\n3/6/1984\nB1\nB3\nD\n7/15/2008\nNLRRF06-114/11\n11585 REPORT\nUSSR: LONG RANGE CRUISE MISSILE\n1\n3/10/1982\nB1\nB3\nDEVELOPMENTS\nD\n7/15/2008\nNLRRF06-114/11\n11586 CABLE\n262206Z JUL 82\n1\n7/26/1982\nB2\nB3\nPAR 4/14/2011\nF2006-114/11\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nB-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nB-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nB-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nB-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nB-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]\nB-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nB-8 Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nB-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.\nTOP SECRET CODEWORD\nSov. STRAT. U. CAP.\nNATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL\n11583\nMESSAGE CENTER\nPAGE 01\nSSO DIA 0914\nDTG: 010630Z DEC 81 PSN: 031910\nEOB346\nTOR: 335/0700Z\nCSN: KAA969\nDISTRIBUTION: PIPE-01 /001 A1\nWHTS ASSIGNED DISTRIBUTION:\nSIT:\nEOB:\nROUTINE\nDE YEKDQA #0914 3350650\nR 010630Z DEC 81\nFM SSO DIA\n0\nS\nG\nE\nNOFORN\nQQQQ\n(AS OF: 1958 EST 30 NOV 81)\nSUBJ: DIA DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE NOTICE (DIN) (U')\n,\nUSSR: MISSILE DEVELOPMENTS. (U)\n)\n1.\nITS\nNOF ORN) A NEW SS-20 MOBILE IRBM BASE WAS IDENTIFIED\nUNDER CONSTRUCTION ON SATELLITE IMAGERY OF 25 NOVEMBER. THE NEW\nFOIA(b) (2)\nBASE, KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM BASE 2\nIS IN, WESTERN\nUSSR IN THE LUTSK STRATEGIC ROCKET FORCES (SRF) DIVISION. THE NEW\nBASE IS BEING BUILT AT A FORMER SS-4 LAUNCH SITE. TWO OTHER SS-20\nBASES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS DIVISION -- KIVERTSY MOBILE IRBM\nBASE 1\nAND LUTSK MOBILE IRBM BASE 1\n-- BOTH ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.\n2.\n(TS\nNOF ORN) VERKHNYAYA SALDA MOBILE IRBM BASE 5 (BE\n0156CA0166) IS NOW ASSESSED AS BEING OPERATIONAL. WITH THE\nCOMPLETION OF THIS FIFTH BASE, SS-20 DEPLOYMENT IN THE VERKHNYAYA\nSALDA SRF DIVISION APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE.\n3.\n(S WNINTEL NOF ORN) TO DATE 38 SS-20 BASES HAVE BEEN\nIDENTIFIED. THIRTY BASES WITH FACILITIES FOR 270 LAUNCHERS ARE\nOPERATIONAL. ANOTHER 8 BASES WITH FACILITIES FOR AN ADDITIONAL 72\nLAUNCHERS ARE BEING BUILT.\n4.\nTS\nNOF ORN) BASED ON OBSERVED SS-20 DEPLOYMENT, EACH SS-\n20 DIVISION PROBABLY WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE REGIMENTAL BASES.\nOF THE SRF DIVISIONS WHERE SS-20 DEPLOYMENT APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE\nOR NEARING COMPLETION, FIVE DIVISIONS HAVE FIVE SS-20 BASES AND ONE\nHAS FOUR BASES. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 11 SRF DIVISIONS THAT HAVE\nSS-20' S DEPLOYED. IT IS PROJECTED THAT TOTAL SS-20 DEPLOYMENT WILL\nBE ON THE ORDER OF 50 BASES WITH 450 LAUNCHERS. FORTY OF THESE\nBASES (360 L'AUNCHERS) ARE ESTIMATED TO BE DEPLOYED WITHIN RANGE OF\nWESTERN EUROPE.\nPREPARED BY:\n(REVW 30 NOV 11)\nFOIA(b) (2)\nFOIA(b) (3)\nDECLASSIFIED IN PART\nNLRRF06-114/11 # 11583\nBY KML NARA DATE 4/21/11\nTOP SECRET CODEWORD\nCONF IDENTIAL\n40\nNATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL\nMESSAGE CENTER\nmines with clear\n11586\nPAGE 01\nDIA WASHINGTON DC// 9650 DTG: 2622Ø6Z JUL 82 PSN: 020144\nEOB891\nTOR: 208/0048Z\nCSN: CRI822\nDISTRIBUTION: GAFF-01 MYER-01 GUHN-01 PIPE-01 /004 A3\nWHTS ASSIGNED DISTRIBUTION:\nSIT:\nEOB:\nROUTINE\nDE RUEKJCS #9650 2080045\nR 262206Z JUL 82\nFOIA(b) (2)\nFM DIA WASHINGTON DC\nFOIA(b) (3)\nTO DIACURINTEL\n(AS OF: 1335 EDT 26 JUL 82)\nSUBJ: DIA DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE NOTICE (DIN) (U)\n)\nFOIA(b) (2)\nUSSR: NUCLEAR WARFARE.\n(U)\n,\n1.\nTHE OPERATIONS OF A SOVIET NUCLEAR MINE WERE TAUGHT TO\nSOLDIERS IN A HIGH-LEVEL WARSAW PACT FORCES ENGINEER UNIT,\nTHIS INFORMATION\nTENDS TO CONFIRM THE CURRENT ASSESSMENTS THAT THE SOVIETS HAVE\nNUCLEAR MINES AND THAT THEY MAINTAIN PLANS FOR THEIR USE IN COMBAT.\n2.\n$\nTHE MINE WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING OF METAL CONSTRUCTION AND\nHAVING A BARREL-SHAPE WITH A DIAMETER OF ABOUT 40 CM AND A HEIGHT\nOF APPROXIMATELY 1 METER. IT REPORTEDLY CONSISTED OF THREE BASIC\nCOMPONENTS: A RADIO-DIRECTED DETONATOR MECHANISM, A CONVENTIONAL\nEXPLOSIVE (TNT) DETONATOR CHARGE, AND A NUCLEAR CHARGE. ITS COLOR\nWAS A FLAT MILITARY-TYPE GREENISH KHAKI AND IT HAD NO OBSERVABLE\nMARKINGS. THE LESSONS WERE TAUGHT WITH CHARTS, AND A MOCKUP OF THE\nDEVICE WAS AVAILABLE. CLASSES WERE CONDUCTED BY AN ENGINEER\nCOMPANY COMMANDER AND A HIGHER ECHELON ARMAMENTS CHIEF.\n3.\nTHE MINE REPORTEDLY COULD BE DETONATED BY SEISMIC\nVIBRATIONS, SUCH AS THOSE CAUSED BY HEAVY VEHICLES AND BY TIME-\nDELAY AS WELL AS DIRECTLY. IT WAS CONTROLLED BY A BOX-SHAPED\nBATTERY-POWERED TRANSMITTER 12 CM WIDE, 16 TO 17 CM LONG, AND 8 CM\nDEEP, WITH A SINGLE ANTENNA, AND BUTTONS FOR ARMING AND DISARMING,\nDIRECT DETONATION, AND ACTIVATION OF BOTH TIME-DELAY AND SEISMIC-\nDETONATION CAPABILITIES. THE TRANSMITTER' S RANGE WAS UNDISCLOSED.\nASSOCIATED TRAINING INCLUDED EXPLOSIVES EFFECTS, FALLOUT\nPREDICTION, AND DEFENSIVE PRECAUTIONS. STUDENTS WERE TOLD THAT THE\nMINE WOULD NOT BE USED WITHOUT APPROVAL OF A HIGHER HEADQUARTERS.\nTHE NAME OF THE HEADQUARTERS WAS NOT DISCLOSED, HOWEVER.\n4.\nTHE SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION DID NOT KNOW IF THE UNIT\nACTUALLY POSSESSED ANY OF THE LIVE NUCLEAR MINES AND COULD NOT\nFURTHER DESCRIBE THE DEVICE. THE STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY THE SOURCE\nAPPEAR PLAUSIBLE AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS ASSUMPTIONS\nCONCERNING SOVIET UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR MUNITIONS CAPABILITIES.\nPREPARED BY:\n(REVW 18 JUN 01)\nBT\nFOIA(b) (2)\nFOIA(b) (3)\nDECLASSIFIED IN PART\nNLRR 11586\nCONF IDENT\nBY KML NARA DATE 4/21/11"
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