175th Missile Regiment

175-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 95853, from 1969: 26164

Activated 31.3.64 in Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, from the 40th independent Missile Battalion, under the 42nd Missile Division.

The regiment controlled site BSP-5 with 2 R-16 (SS-7) pads - alert duty from 12.2.62.

The regiment stood down in 1969 (BSP-5 site to the 580th Missile Regiment), and was transferred to Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast, attached to the 13th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 19.11.70 with 6 R-36 (8K67) (SS-9) missiles in area BRK-9.

The regiment stood down in 1978, and began conversion to the R-36MUTTKh (SS-18 missile) - alert duty from 18.2.79.

The regiment stood down in 1988, and began conversion to the R-36M2 - alert duty from 29.12.90.

US designation 1964-1969: Verkhnyaya Salda ICBM Complex (Launch Site D, later Launch Site 4). Type IIB pads.

Verkhnyaya Salda Launch Site 4 (BSP-5) (58 11 50N, 60 34 41E):

US designation: 1970 - 1979 Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex - Launch Group I (Six Type IIIC silos):
US designation: 1979 - today Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex - Launch Group I (Six Type IIIF and one Type IIIX silos):

• silo 54I: 51 16 14N, 60 17 58E - old control site (1970-1979)
• silo 55I: 51 14 56N, 60 08 32E
• silo 57I: 51 20 22N, 60 09 49E
• silo 58I: 51 15 32N, 60 27 41E
• silo 59I: 51 22 44N, 60 22 19E
• silo 60I: 51 20 47N, 60 28 19E
• Launch Control Facility II (Type III): co-located with silo 54I (from 1979)