Approved for ReleaSEI 2019f12l04 303161341 1 I 2 USSR FIRES MISSILEJQBD NAUTICAL MILES lthe firing of a ballis- tic missile--designated a 63-series missile- to the BSD-nauticalwmile im- pact area of the Kapustin Yar guided- missile test range Comment This is the first evidence of a Soviet ballistic missile firing to such a dis- tance Previous firings have not exceeded a GEO-nautical- mile range The new downrange stations involved in this firing have been active since July 1956 and had recently been engaged in extensive practice procedures The 63-series is probably a new mis sile test series Although this could be the first test of a new missile it more probably involved the present missile modified by the reduc- tion of warhead weight Such a modified missile could have a maximum operational range of 1 000 to 1 200 nautical miles 25 June Current Intelligence Bulletin Page 4 Approved for Release 2019I1ZID4 003161841 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