TROPOSCATTER FACILITIES TYPES AND DEPLOYMENT, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001500040001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 23, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

1. SIGNIFICANCE: DEPLOYMENT AND COMEARISON OF TYPE I AND II TROPOSCATTER
FACILITIES IN THE USSR.
2. REMARKS: FIFTEEN TROPOSCATTER FACILITIES OF 2 DIFFERENT TYPES HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE USSR ON KH PHOTOGRAPHY. THE EARLIER
IDENTIFIED CONFIGURATION, CONSISTING OF HORIZONTALLY
CYLINDRICAL ANTENNA REFLECTORS, HAS BEEN DESIGNATED "TYPE I"
AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT MURMANSK (2 FACILITIES) AND MYS
SERDTSE-KAMEN. THE LATER IDENTIFIED CONFIGURATION, CON-
SISTING OF "BILLBOARD" - TYPE ANTENNA REFLECTORS, HAS BEEN
DESIGNATED "TYPE II" AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT YENISEYSK,
OKHOTSK, YAKUTSK, IGARKA, SANGAR, ZHIGANSK, MAGADAN, AMDERMA,
TIKSI, VORKUTA, ANADYR, AND TALDOM. EXCEPT FOR THE AMDERMA
AND TALDOM FACILITIES, THE "TYPE II" FACILITIES ARE IN THE
EARLY-TO-MID STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE TROPOSCATTER FACILITIES IDENTIFIED TO DATE HAVE
BEEN DEPLOYED IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MANNER AS SOVIET
AIR WARNING FACILITIES AND COULD SERVICE THIS NETWORK.
OCAT ON: SEE ATTACHED MAP.
Thee notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their us should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
on,y for the reporting period as indi cored by date of ;,..a.
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6. NEGATION DATE: NONE
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
i,:URMANSK -
SANGAR --
YENISEYSK
PJTERMA --
A'CERMA -- NONE
8. DIMENSIONS/SPECIFICATIONS:
MURMANSK (TYPE I): MESH REFLECTOR - APPROXIMATELY 225 FT LONG.
A'DERMA: ANTENNA - 140 FT TOTAL HEIGHT
ANTENNA REFLECTOR - 70 FT HEIGHT, 60 FT WIDTH
FEED TOWER - 55 FT HEIGHT
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SANGAR --
YENISEYSK
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WITH THE ANTENNA ERECTED IN OPERATING, AND THUS MEASURABLE,
POSITION.
9. READOUT: THE "TYPE I" TROPOSCATTER FACILITY # 1 AT MURMANSK CONSISTS
OF A SINGLE HORIZONTAL PAR.A30LIC CYLINDRICAL WIRE MESH REFLECTOR.
These notes have been prepared far briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should o restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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THE "TYPE IT_" SUSPECT TROPOSCATTER FACILITY AT SANGAR
IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. ACTIVITY CONSISTS
OF 16 CIRCULAR EXCAVATIONS IN 4 ROWS OF 4 EXCAVATIONS EACH
(SUSPECT ANTENNA FOOTINGS); 2 LARGE, RECTANGULAR FLAT-
ROOFED CONTROL/SUPPORT BUILDINGS.; APPROXIMATELY 10 SMALL
BUILDINGS NEAR THE EXCAVATIONS; AND SUPPORT VANS.
THE PROBABLE TROPOSCATTER FACILITY OF "TYPE II"
CONFIGURATION AT YENISEYSK IS IN THE MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE OPERATIONS AREA CONSISTS OF 1 PROBABLE TRANSMITTING
BUILDING WITH A CUPOLA-TYPE STRUCTURE ON ITS ROOF, FLANKED
ON EACH SIDE BY A LARGE PROBABLE TROPOSCATTER ANTENNA UNDER
CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS COMPOSED OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
STEEL MULLIONS ANCHORED WITH LARGE CONCRETE FOOTINGS AND PIERS.
AT LEAST 8 OTHER ANCHORS ARE LOCATED TO THE NNW. AREA ALSO
CONTAINS A LARGE SUPPORT BUILDING, NUMEROUS GROUND SCARS AND
CRATES, AND AT LEAST 6 SUPPORT VANS.
THE "TYPE II" TROPOSCATTER? FACILITY AT ANDERMA, IN
LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, CONTAINS 2 REFLECTORS, A
TRANSMITTING BUILDING, 3 CONTROL/SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AT LEAST
5 VANS, EXTENSIVE GROUND SCARRING AND EXCAVATION WORK, AND
2 FEED TOWERS.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing be
only for the reporting period as indicated by the data of issue
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