603rd Missile Regiment

603-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 74209

Activated 3.64 at Yurya, Kirov Oblast, from parts of the 116th Missile Regiment - under the 8th Missile Division.

The regiment controlled site BSP-31 with 2 R-16 (SS-7) pads, which went on alert duty 20.12.63.

In 1969 the regiment took over site BSP-1 from the 116th Missile Regiment and site BSP-2 from the 527th Missile Regiment:

• site BSP-1 with 2 R-16 pads
• site BSP-31 with 2 R-16 pads
• site BSP-2 with 2 R-16 pads

The regiment stood down in 1977, and was disbanded 1977.

US designation 1964-1977: Yurya ICBM complex (Launch site H, later Launch Site 8). Type IID pads.

Yurya Launch Site 4 (BSP-31) (59 11 27N, 49 46 39E):