25X1 SECRET Approved For Release 200210507 NSC BRIEFING 9 May 1960 e_a MOSCOW MAY DAY PARADE The May Day parade this year in Moscow's Red Square although in no way as spectacular as the parade held in November 1957 did reveal some new items in the Soviet missile arsenal A Shown for the first time were two new single round artillery rockets They are larger than the old 15 mile rockets and may have a range up to 50 miles One of them has an alternate warhead and both probably have a nuclear capability B Other missiles shown have been seen previously These included the Guideline Surface to-Air air defense missile the 15 mile free unguided artillery rocket and the 700 nautical mile missile All of this equipment was displayed for the first time in 1957 l The 15 mile artillery rocket is believed to be in the hands of troops probably at field army level It has been re ported at two places in the USSR and at Wuensdorf in East Germany 2 The is believed to be deployed operationally in the western USSR and may possibly be deployed in East Germany DOCUMENT NO mfg CIA HAS THE ww BF ECL mes sums- 1 TD nv 4 REVIEWER DATE - a AUTHORIT w - 4w Luna Id- ow Approved For Release 2002I05IOT SECRET This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu