131st Missile Regiment
131-й ракетный полк
Military Unit: 32111, from 1968: 26161, from 1970: 01074
Activated 1.7.60 in Yurya, Kirov Oblast, under the 25th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 8th Missile Division.
1963 with 3 battalions at three sites:
site BSP-18 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 31.10.62
site BSP-15 with 3 R-16 silos - alert duty from 24.2.64
site BSP-17 with 2 R-16 pads - alert duty from 29.2.64
In March 1964 all battalions were upgraded to regiments:
BSP-18 remained as 131st Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads
BSP-15 became 776th Guards Missile Regiment with 3 R-16 silos
BSP-17 became 700th Missile Regiment with 2 R-16 pads
In 1968 the regiment stood down, and the BSP-18 site was transferred to the 776th Guards Missile Regiment.
1969 transferred to Kostroma, Kostroma Oblast, under the 10th Guards Missile Division.
1970 transferred to Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Kray, under the 62nd Missile Division.
The regiment went on alert duty 16.11.71 with 6 R-36 (8K67) (SS-9) missiles at site BRK-10.
The regiment stood down 1979, and began conversion to the R-36MUTTKh (SS-18) missile - alert duty from 21.11.80.
Disbanded 1.12.09.
US designation 1960-1968: Yurya ICBM complex (Launch site F, later Launch Site 7). Type IIB pads.
US designation 1971-1968: Uzhur ICBM complex (Launch Group J) - Type IIIC silos.
Yurya Launch Site 7 (BSP-18) (59 20 45N, 49 13 47E):
Uzhur ICBM Complex - Launch Group J (Type IIIC):
silo 56J: 55 29 57N, 90 18 12E - control site
silo 57J: 55 35 12N, 90 13 39E
silo 58J: 55 34 45N, 90 21 41E
silo 59J: 55 26 17N, 90 18 05E
silo 60J: 55 27 29N, 90 25 01E
silo 61J: 55 30 21N, 90 24 41E