702nd Missile Regiment

702-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 68530

Activated 10.7.64 in Yoshkar-Ola, Mariyskaya ASSR, under the 14th Missile Division.

The regiment controlled the BSP-16 site with 2 R-16 pads (alert duty from 13.12.63).

In 1968 the BSP-16 sites were transferred to the 690th Missile Regiment.

The regiment went on alert duty 6.4.71 with 10 RT-2 (SS-13) silos in area BRK-3.

The regiment stood down 1978, and converted to the RT-2P missile - alert duty from 17.10.78.

The regiment stood down 1992, and began conversion to the RT-2PM (15P158) (SS-25) missile - alert duty from 12.95 with 9 missiles.

Disbanded 12.03.

US designation 1964-1968: Yoshkar-Ola ICBM complex (Launch site E, later launch site 5). Type IID pads.

US designation 1971-1992: Yoshkar-Ola ICBM complex (Launch Group C). Type IIIE silos.

Yoshkar-Ola Launch Site 5 (BSP-16) (56 33 37N, 48 12 52E):

US designation 1971-1992: Yoshkar-Ola ICBM complex (Launch Group C) [Ten Type IIIE and one Type IIIX silos]:

• LCF C: 56 59 40N, 48 20 14E (Launch Control Facility C)
• silo 34C: 56 55 08N, 48 16 32E
• silo 35C: 56 59 33N, 48 25 22E
• silo 36C: 57 01 46N, 48 15 03E
• silo 40C: 56 55 57N, 48 27 12E
• silo 47C: 56 56 09N, 48 20 02E
• silo 48C: 57 03 23N, 48 22 09E
• silo 50C: 56 58 39N, 48 10 08E
• silo 51C: 56 53 40N, 48 09 28E
• silo 54C: 57 04 30N, 48 10 53E
• silo 55C: 57 02 37N, 48 03 13E

Yoshkar-Ola Mobile ICBM Base 4 (RT-2PM, 1995 - 2003) (56 35 57N, 48 21 36E):

No drawing.