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Reviewed 15 August 2026 · geometry completeness 32/100 · medium
No linked dossier or facility-model row exists. A new model must first define whether the subject is one prepared site, F17's six-site deployment network, all 33 sites, one mobile company, or the national system; these scopes differ by orders of magnitude and have different civil-versus-mission cost shares.
Supported useThe fixed works were dispersed surface deployment sites for a mobile Bloodhound system, not bunkers. Exercise/peacetime sites used octagonal launch pads and wartime sites square pads, plus hardened areas for the missile-group control centre, illumination radar and motor generators and two mast foundations. There were 33 secret deployment sites nationally; F17 had six, including one exercise site. A company fielded four launchers, eight missiles, two generators and 11 km of cable, with about 138–140 personnel. No pad dimensions, paved area, road length or concrete thickness is given.
Geometry evidenceinner_structure: Surface civil works: octagonal or square reinforced-concrete launch pads, separate equipment hardstands, two mast foundations and an access road; explicitly no fixed shelter or defensive works at exercise and wartime deployment sites. | other: value: 33 | unit: deployment sites | scope: national programme including exercise sites; value: 6 | unit: deployment sites | scope: F17's two three-site groupings; value: 4 | unit: launch pads/launchers per company | scope: standard RB 68 company; value: 2 | unit: mast foundations | scope: the described exercise site
Historic-cost evidenceamount_sek: 40000 | price_date: 1967–1968 | basis: one-time payment for a 30-year land lease | scope: one F17 exercise site | note: Article gives SEK 360,000 as a 2017 purchasing-power equivalent; this is land tenure, not construction.; amount_sek: 400000000 | price_date: 1960s programme | basis: UK delivery budget | scope: six-division RB 68 acquisition programme | note: Included missiles, launchers and other imported materiel; not fortification cost.; amount_sek: 400000000 | price_date: 1960s programme | basis: Swedish delivery/support budget | scope: whole RB 68 programme | note: Included vehicles, radio link, fortifications and about 30 years of maintenance at roughly SEK 1m/year; civil works are not separated.; amount_sek: 1000000000 | price_date: 1965 price level | basis: estimated total life-cycle cost | scope: whole RB 68 programme | note: Article gives about SEK 11bn in 2017 purchasing power; not a site replacement cost.
Systems describedsystem: mission equipment | evidence: Per company: radio link, missile-group control centre/computer, illumination radar, four launchers, eight missiles, two motor generators, power distribution, 11 km cable, vehicles and test equipment. | scope: one RB 68 company; system: communications | evidence: Bidirectional voice/data radio link to an LFC; the exercise site also had a telecom cabinet for LFC or ordinary telephone-cable connection. | scope: company and exercise-site evidence; system: power | evidence: Two motor-generator sets and a power-distribution unit per company; fixed hardstanding was prepared for generator placement. | scope: one company/site; system: autonomy and support | evidence: Mobile field company carried cooking, fresh water, food, ammunition, accommodation and medical support; these were not permanent site buildings. | scope: mobile company; system: protection | evidence: No fixed shelter or permanent close-defence works were built, deliberately avoiding signatures; protection relied on concealment, terrain and movement. | scope: exercise and wartime deployment sites
Primary cost driversnumber, plan dimensions, thickness and reinforcement of launch pads; radar/control/generator hardstand areas; access-road length and pavement; mast foundations and telecom connection; site count and reuse/commonality across companies; if functional replacement includes it: radar, control computers, launchers, generators, vehicles, missiles and 11 km cable per company
Unit / programme scopeThe article combines one F17 exercise-site narrative, F17's six-site grouping, 33 national deployment sites, 12 wartime companies and the entire weapon-system acquisition. The programme budgets cannot be divided into a per-site civil cost from this source.
Revision directionIndeterminate
Missing inputslaunch-pad plan dimensions, thickness and reinforcement; equipment-hardstand areas and pavement build-up; access-road lengths and standards; utility and telecom trench lengths; site earthworks and drainage; site inventory by exercise, peacetime and wartime type; civil-works share of the Swedish SEK 400m programme budget; chosen replacement scope for mission equipment
Site / data issuesNo dossier is linked despite substantial fixed-civil and programme-cost evidence.; Programme life-cycle budgets include equipment, vehicles, fortification and maintenance and must not be treated as site construction totals.; The SEK 40,000 figure is a 30-year lease payment, not a build cost.; The absence of shelters is positive morphology evidence; a bunker archetype would be wrong.