Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach by Robert M. Clark

Author:Robert M. Clark [Clark, Robert M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2016-05-23T21:00:00+00:00

Yamantau Mountain

Another unidentified Russian facility that has received much attention from the U.S. government is located at Yamantau Mountain in the Urals. It was under construction prior to the end of the Cold War. According to one U.S. official, the complex is “as big as the Washington area inside the Beltway,” or approximately 400 square miles, constructed inside the mountain. Because the facility appears to be hardened to withstand a nuclear attack, U.S. officials reportedly have speculated that it is a survivable command-and-control center, a survivable weapons production center, or a weapons storage area. Because of its location relatively close to Russia’s main nuclear weapons laboratory called Chelyabinsk-70 and the extensive rail network serving the facility, some observers suspect that the underground complex will be a nuclear warhead and missile storage site.25

Russia appears to have engaged in a campaign to deliberately mislead the United States about the purpose of the Yamantau Mountain project. Russian officials have made several conflicting claims about the purpose of the facility over the years. Some are far-fetched: that it is a mining and ore-processing complex or an underground warehouse for food and clothing. Others seem plausible: that Yamantau Mountain is to become a shelter for the Russian national leadership in case of nuclear war.26

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