225th Missile Regiment

225-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 74831

Activated 1966 in Kartaly, Chelyabinsk Oblast, under the 59th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 25.8.69 with 6 R-36 (8K67) (SS-9) missiles in area BRK-5.

The regiment stood down in 1978, and began conversion to the R-36MUTTKh (SS-18 missile) - alert duty from 26.10.79.

Disbanded 1.12.02.

US designation: 1969 - 1979 Kartaly ICBM Complex - Launch Group E (Six Type IIIC silos):
US designation: 1979 - 2002 Kartaly ICBM Complex - Launch Group E (Six Type IIIF and one Type IIIX silos):

• silo 31E: 52 47 20N, 60 20 40E
• silo 32E: 52 42 31N, 60 24 28E - old control site (1969-1979)
• silo 34E: 52 46 38N, 60 12 21E
• silo 36E: 52 42 07N, 60 15 41E
• silo 37E: 52 35 54N, 60 22 58E
• silo 38E: 52 35 54N, 60 14 09E
• Launch Control Facility EE (Type III): co-located with silo 32E (from 1979)