432nd Missile Regiment

432-й ракетный полк

Military Unit: 44124

Activated 12.60 at Korosten, Zhitomir Oblast, under 80th Missile Brigade, and from 5.61 the 50th Missile Division.

Organisation:

• 1st battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 1961
• 2nd battalion with 4 R-12 (SS-4) pads - alert duty from 1961

The battalions stood down in 1984.

The regiment went on alert duty 1985 with 9 RSD-10 Pioner-K (15P645K) (SS-20) missiles (missiles from Yurya or Nizhniy Tagil).

The regiment stood down in 1990, and was disbanded 10.90.

US designation: Korosten MRBM complex (Korosten launch sites 1 and 2). Type II (pad) sites.

Korosten launch site 1 with 4 R-12 pads (50 51 53N, 28 18 13E):

Korosten launch site 2 with 4 R-12 pads (50 52 17N, 28 31 02E):

Four alternative fixed field sites for the pad launchers, were set up at Litki (site 1: 51 01 27N, 28 27 55E and site 2: 51 01 36N, 28 24 01E) and Yemilchino (site 1: 50 52 29N, 27 53 32E and site 2: 50 52 08N, 27 53 10E). All but Litki 1 appeared to be inactive by 1967.

Korosten Mobile IRBM Base 1 (1985-1991 RSD-10 missiles) (50 52 17N, 28 31 02E):