CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM IAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300030158-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 158
• Publication Date: July 1, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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IS FROM THE CIA/IMAGERY ANALYSIS DIVISION. CITE IAD 7636.
REFERENCE IS MADE TO PARAGRAPH 4, CITE CIA-P-176, DATED 1 JUNE
1966.
MISSION 4029 (7 JUNE 1966) CONFIRMS THE PRESENCE OF A PROBAB
LONG RANGE SAM TYPE LAUNCHER JUST WEST OF THE CONTROL BUNKER AT
LAUNCH SITE 5, SARY SHAG AN LAUNCH COMPLEX A. WITH THIS CONFIR-
MATION, THE FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT, RELATED INFORMATION IS BEING
CONSIDERED DURING THE CONTINUING PHOTO ANALYSIS OF LAUNCH
COMPLEX A:
1. THE BACKNET-SIDENET RADAR SITE EMPLACED 7,000 FEET EAST
OF THE MISSILE STORAGE AND CHECKOUT FACILITY, LAUNCH COMPLEX A,
IS CONNECTED BY CABLE TO THE UNIDENTIFIED RADAR SITE AT THE
PARTLY DISMANTLED SAM SITE B04-2. THE SAME BACKNET-SIDENET
RADAR SITE IS ALSO CONNECTED BY CABLE TO THE CENTRAL CONTROL
BUILDING AT ELECTRONICS SITE C.
2. THE ORIGINAL RADARS AT ELECTRONICS SITE C HAVE BEEN
DISMANTLED AND ARE BEING REMOVED.
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3. THE NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION ACTIVI Y INSIDE THE EASTERN
PERIMETER FENCE AT LAUNCH SITE 6, LAUNCH COMPLEX At RESEMBLES
ROAD AND HARDSTAND CONSTRUCTION NORMALLY FOUND AT A MISSILE
CHECKOUT OR STORAGE AREA.
4. THE NON-STANDARD APPEARANCE OF THE NORTHERN RADAR POSITION
AT THE ELECTRONICS SITE FLANKING OLD SAM SITE B04-2 CONSISTS OF
A RING FRAME ENCIRCLING THE RADAR WITH APPROXIMATELY THE SAME
DIAMETER (45 TO 50 FEET) AS THAT FOUND AT THE CENTRAL RADAR
POSITION AT ELECTRONICS SITE C. NO RADAR POSITION AT THE DE-
PLOYED COMPLEXES HAS SUCH A RING FRAME.
5. THE ABSENCE OF RAILS OR GUIDES AT LAUNCH POSITIONS AT
LAUNCH COMPLEX It SITE A AND COMPLEX 2, SITE B IS UNIQUE AMONG
ALL THE PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES BEING DEPLOYED
TO DATE.
6. THE PRESENCE OF A FENCE LINE AT PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM
LAUNCH COMPLEX 2 SUGGESTS THAT ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE
POSSIBLE INSTALLATION OF A THIRD LAUNCH SITE JUST NORTH OF LAUNCH
SITE B.
7. THE FAILURE TO THIS DATE TO DEPLOY PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM
LAUNCH COMPLEXES AT MAJOR SOVIET MISSILE INSTALLATIONS, I.E.
TYURATAM, PLESETSK.
8. THE POSSIBILITY THAT LAUNCH SITE 5 IS BEING CONVERTED
FROM A GRIFFON LAUNCH SITE TO A PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM-TYPE
LAUNCH SITE.
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9. ONE SARY SHAG AN SA-2 SAM SITE HAS BEEN DISMANTLED AND
A SECOND APPARENTLY ABANDONED, PROBABLY CONCURRENTLY WITH THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH SITES.
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