NEWLY IDENTIFIED SA-3 SAM SITE,TOWERS LENINGRAD AREA,USSR

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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPREi'At,10H REPORT
NEWLY IDENTIFIED
SA-3 SAM - SITE TOWERS
LENINGRAD AREA, USSR
.NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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NEWLY IDENTIFIED SA-3 SAM SITE TOWERS
LENINGRAD AREA, USSR
This report, prepared in response to re-
quirement t'SI I3-64 dated 2n \pri l 1064. prese nts
information on newly identified tnsers at two
Leningrad area SA-3 surface-to-:air missile
AM) sites observed on K11-7 photography of
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It updates in-
formation contained in two preyinus reports,
NPIC 'R-360 63 dated t)ecemher 1063 1 ' and
NPIC 'R-183 '63 dated :August 1?63.2 ' heights
and dimensions of_, the two towers_iiave been
omitted, since camera data from the LII--
system are limited. Findings in this report
are tentative and details are suhj_ct to re-
vision in the light of any new information.
I o date. I$ SA-3 S.A\I sites have been iden-
tified in the Ieningrad defense ring. Previous
to Mission 4006, a tower, probably associated
with guidance- equipment. had been identified in
the central guidance area of four of them.
Mission 4006 photography provided good-
quality stereoaraphic coverage of SA-3 SAM
sites C02 and C04 'Figures 1 and 2). Towers
were observed at each of these sites, bringing
the number of _S.\-3_sites at which, towers have
been observed to six (Figure 31.
The towers are latticed structures sur-
mounted by_ an apparent flat surface. This sur-
f, ce may support an object, or an array. the
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? SA-3 SAM sites with previously identified towers
? SA-3 SAM sites with newly identified towers
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FIGURE 3. SA-3 SAM SITES 'Y ITH TO,ti'ERS, LENII:GRAD AREA, USSR.
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dimensions of which cannot he determined at area, and no mounded radars, similar to those
this time due to indistinct imacerv. observed at S.\-3 sites elsewhere in the Soviet
No smaller towers, similar to those at the L'nion, were observed at Leningrad area S.:\-3
other four SA-3 S:\\I sites in the Leningrad sites C02 and C04.
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