Intelligence Information Report, USSR, 1973

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10.
Besides the Syste~-75
SA-21 warheads, Site 4 also
chec~ed the warheads fo~ a missi:e(sJ know~ as the System-300
and/or Aldan.
(Field Comment:
:.ou;ce did not ~new if Aldan was
another· name for tf:e Svstem-.~a,, ,.iss.:.:r:, ::ir : f ·,:.c-y v,ere two
similar missiles.j
The System-3(·0/A.lchn ,.._.r.1r;1ea.:;; :.:ifter being
checked at Site 4 were taken to ~-.it~-for laun-:hing.
According
to rumor, the missile ~as for antimissile defense (nrotivo
raketna~a oborona - PRO).
(Fie}d Comment:
Sour-:e 1dent1fied the
System- ~oa;Alctan m1ss1le in avafj able rererence materi?.l as the
ABM- I/GALOSH.)
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The warhead for the Sy5tem-300/Aldan missile was about
two meters long and 80 to 100 certimeters 1n diameter.
The war­
head weighed approximately 400 kilograms, and it ~ontained an
unrecalled number of black cassettes, 45 x 12 centimeters, which
housed an unknown .number of meta] balls (shariki).
Warheads for
the Sys:em-75 [SA-2) missile had approximately 100 grey cassettes,
30 x 7 centimeters, each of which held about 200 to 300 meLal balls,
each no more than 1.5 centimeters in diameter.
(Field Comment:
Source had no knowledge regarding nuclear warheads.
He opined
that all systems could be equipped ~ith nuclear warheads. However,
Source stated all work done by his department was basically
experimental (opytnaya) .J
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13.
According to hearsay, ecperiments involving laser weapons
were being conducted at an unknown location at the range.
Sup­
posedly, the tests involved powe:i:--Eul antennas (no further details).
14.
On one evening in late :,ummer 1973, Source observed an
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