571st Vitebskiy Missile Regiment

571-й ракетный Витебский полк

Military Unit: 44245, from 1970: 29473

Activated 7.60 in Novosysoevka, Primorsky Krai, under the 45th Missile Division.

Organisation:

The third battalion with 3 R-14U silos was disbanded 1964, and the launch site was never completed.

The two battalions stood down in 1970, and on 26.9.70 the regiment was transferred to Khmelnitskiy, Khmelnitskiy Oblast, under the 19th Missile Division.

The regiment went on alert duty 9.73 with 10 UR-100U (15A20U) silos in area BRK-7.

Converted to the UR-100NU (15A35), and went on alert duty 5.83.

The missiles were removed between March and June 1998, and the regiment officially stood down in 5.6.98.

Disbanded 1.7.99.

US designation 1960-1970: Novosysoyevka IRBM complex (Novosysoyevka launch sites 1 - 3). Type III (pad) and IV (silo) sites.

Novosysoyevka launch site 1 with 4 R-14 pads (44 12 02N, 133 26 21E):

Novosysoyevka launch site 2 with 3 R-14U silos (44 07 53N, 133 28 03E):

Novosysoyevka launch site 3 with 3 R-14U silos - never completed (44 07 42N, 133 23 56E):

US designation: 1973 - 1998 Derazhnya ICBM Complex - Launch Group G (Ten Type IIIG and one Type IIIX silos):