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This is National Intelligence Estimate 11-5-61, Soviet Technical Capabilities in Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles. It was submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the United States Intelligence Board on 25 April 1961. The estimate assesses Soviet surface-to-air, antimissile, air-to-air, air-to-surface, ballistic, ICBM, naval and space programs. It concludes that the first Soviet ICBM unit was probably operational around 1 January 1960. It also says there is no evidence the Soviets are developing offensive space weapons. It contains no UFO material.
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Figure 23 Ill 000278407 •••CoMF,41.1„.. This photograph of a troop training area at the Kapustin Yar missile test range was taken in December 1959. The erected missile, believed to be the SS-2 (350 NM), is approximately 55 feet long and 5 feet in diameter. The mobile support equipment throughout the area is similar to German V-2 ground handling equipment. TRAINING LAUNCH AREA, COMPLEX G, KAPUSTIN YAR f?reftElliello
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 101 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.