Sanitized 30- An roved for Release 2011f09f l4 Sanitized quy_Approved for Release 2011 09f1 4 Sanitized Co- A oroved for Release 2011 09 14 CIA-RDP78T05439A000500030028-7 8 PREFACE This report is in response to ZIA requirement re questing mensuration and line' drawings of the GOA mismle and its transporter The mensurnl data in this report were obtained from photographic graphical coupled with scaling and ratio tech- niques llecause of the geometrical problems involved in mensural analysis of oblique ground photography some degree of error is in herein The reader is cautioned that while in many instances dimen- s-nons are carried to the one-hundredth part of a foot the degree of ac- curacy is not that reliable The following is a general guideline in de- termining what degree of confidence can be placed in the data The reader is further cautioned that the graphics presented with the ac companying mensural data are not intended tobe used for detailed engi neering analysis All Approved for Releg5e2011 09l14 Sanitized Co A oroved for Release 2011 09 14 2 SECRET NPIC IR th bS GOA MISSILE MOSCOW PARADE 7 NOVEMBER 1964 Attache of the i November 1015-5 Moscow parade revealed 4 transporters carrying 2 GOA first such missiles to be publichr displayed 'l hev bore serial numbers 745203 422556 222030 450007 3341705 4477-52 555700 and 5574-10 Photographs and detailed line drawings with complete mensural data are shown on the following pages-2 Figures The GOA is a 2 stuge missile with an overall length of 19 30 feet The first stage or booster is 70 fez-t long with the main portion of its cylinder being 1 73 feet in diameter hut the nozzle end tapered to 1 52 feet The booster has 4 generally rectangular fins posuioned on a 45- degree axis to the missile centerline Each fin measures approximately 2 05 feet by 2 35 feet and is 5 85 square feet in area on the transporter the longer Qlt lt parallels the booster hodjt' however the pivot union of the fin to the booster body and the design of the rear of each fin shown clearly in Figure indicate that the position of the fins changes for flight during which the longer side is perpendiCtilarto the body The second stage consiSting of sustaincr and warhead is 12 45 feet in length and the widest portion of the cylinder is 1 20 feet in diameter The mas- tainer has 2sets of-1 fins the smaller forward ones each with 1 surface area of 31 square feet and designed to pivot on a control-fin shaft protruding frotn the sustainer The 4 rear 1115 on the sustainer are each 2 58 square feet in area appendage on the outer edge possibly an antenna measures 1 3 feet in length and 16 feet in diameter Two of the fins have aileron control surfaces-t our 38 square FIGURE l SA-J GOA MISSILES ON PARADE SECRET Sanitized Qopy Approved for Release 20_11 09f14 Sanitized Co A oroved for Release 201110914 CIA-R DP78T05439A000500030028-7 FIGURE 2 SIDE VIEWS OF BOOSTER AND SUSTAJNER -2- SECRET __Sa_nit_i_z d Com pproyed for Release 201 1199114 CIA-RDP78T05439A000500030028-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011l09f14 0 0 0 Next 1 Page s In Document Denied $90 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011IOQI14 CIA-RDP78T05439A000500030028-7 25x1 Sanitized CO A roved for Release 201 1109 14 CIA-RDP78T05439A000500030028-7 4 -58 65 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011 09 14 Sanitized Co- A0 roved for Release 20 1109 14 2 NPIC 5 THE SECRFT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011 09 14 CIA-RDE78T05439A090500039028-7 Sanitized Co- A stoved for Release 2011 09 14 CIA-RDP78T05439A000500030028-7 REAR VIEW OF GOA MISSILES feet in area and the alternate fins each has at fixed tab 0 8 square feet in area Figure 4 The transporter is 1 truck tractor which has been modified totrunsport mis- siles but not to launch them Overall length of the transporter with missiles is feet maximum height is H 501uet and maxi- mum width is 10 30 feet The transporter has 2 rails each one sim- ilar to the single rail on the transporter for the muesile and each rail supports one missile Separation of these railstocorre- spond to the dual rails of 1 GOA launcher and layout of the inner service roads at SA-B sites to allow turnout space near each launch position in- dicate that the n1155ilcs are of oaded by backing the transporter to the front of the launcher ele- wilting the twin rails of the launcher to match the angle of thetransporter rails and slidingthe missiles backward down the rails onto the launcher RE PHOTOGH Pll i' photography of Nun-nilIt-r 1961 NPIC PROJECT 11955 partiul nnsvu-r SECRET Sanitized Copy Approye_d_f9 el_eas_e 2011x0914 Sanitized Co A uroved for Release 201 1 09 14 Ice-r rue-mu Jan-12w '4 nu a man SECREI Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 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