481st Missile Regiment

481-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 34200

Activated 1.7.60 in Aktyubinsk, Aktyubinsk Oblast, under the 48th Missile Brigade, from 30.5.61 the 53rd Missile Division.

Organisation:

• 1st battalion with 3 R-14U (SS-5) silos - alert duty from 1963
• 2nd battalion with 3 R-14U (SS-5) silos - abandoned 1964, and was disbanded

From 1965 independent under the 18th independent Missile Corps, and from 8.6.70 the 31st Missile Army.

The battalion stood down in 1971 (two R-14 silos; one R-14 silo had already been deactivated in 1968).

The regiment was relocated to Baikonur in 11.71, and renamed 26th independent Engineering & Test Unit.

US designation 1960-1971: Aktyubinsk IRBM complex (Karakhobda and Petrovskiy launch sites). Type IV (silo) sites.

Karakhobda launch site with 3 R-14U silos (49 58 31N, 56 51 09E - abandoned):

Petrovskiy launch site with 3 R-14U silos (50 00 47N, 56 57 37E):