175th Missile Regiment

175-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 00000, from 1969: 26164

Activated 31.3.64 in Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, from the 40th independent Missile Battalion, under the 42nd Missile Division.

The regiment controlled site BSP-5 with 2 R-16 (SS-7) pads - alert duty from 12.2.62.

The regiment stood down in 1969 (BSP-5 site to the 580th Missile Regiment), and was transferred to Dombarovskiy, Orenburg Oblast, attached to the 13th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 19.11.70 with 6 R-36 (8K67) (SS-9) missiles at site BRK-9.

The regiment stood down in 1978, and began conversion to the R-36MUTTKh (SS-18 missile) - alert duty from 18.2.79.

The regiment stood down in 1988, and began conversion to the R-36M2 - alert duty from 29.12.90.

US designation 1964-1969: Verkhnyaya Salda ICBM Complex (Launch Site D, later Launch Site 4). Type IIB pads.

US designation 1970-today: Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex (Launch Group J). Type IIIC silos.

Verkhnyaya Salda Launch Site 4 (BSP-5) (58 11 50N, 60 34 41E):

Dombarovskiy ICBM Complex - Launch Group I (Type IIIC):