SAN EQUIPMENT RON AREA, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000400030012-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 14, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved For Release 2006/03/16 :CIA- 0030012-4
ETATION CENTER
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGR
SAM EQUIPMENT
RON AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
17-53-19N 106-21-11E
ATTACHMENT TO L-1834
14 SEPTEMBER 1966
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SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS SAM EQUIPMENT POSSIBLY EN ROUTE TO
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A VARIETY OF SAM EQUIPMENT, POSSIBLY IN TRANSIT, WAS SIGHTED AND
ATTACKED ON 08 SEPTEMBER BY U.S. PILOTS NEAR RON ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN
HA TINH AND DONE HOI ON NORTH VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN COAST. U.S. PILOTS
ALSO ATTACKED A VARIETY OF SAM MISSILE EQUIPMENT. ON 09 SEPTII~IBER
APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES WEST OF RON, THEY DROPPED BOMBS IN AN AREA
CONTAINING SAM TRANSPORTERS AND SUSPECT MISSILE VANS; SECONDARY FIRES
AND EXPLOSIONS WERE NOTED. THIS IS THE FARTHEST SOUTH. SUCH MATERIAL
HAS BEEN NOTED.
THESE SIGHTINGS WERE MADE ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH OF THE DEMILITARIZED
ZONE (DMZ) NEAR THE MAIN NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY, ROUTE lA; THE EQUIPMENT
MAY HAVE BEEN EN ROUTE TO THE DMZ AREA WHERE U.S. AIR ACTIVITY,
INCLUDING B-52 STRIKES, HAS BEEN HIGH.
These notes have been prepared for briefingb Durposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical worts. Their use
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UNDAMAGED MISSILE TRANSPORTERS LOADED WITH SA-2 MISSILES, ONE
PROBABLY UNDAMAGED MISSILE TRANSPORTER WITH AN SA-2 MISSILE, TWO
DESTROYED MISSILE TRANSPORTERS (ONE WITH DAMAGED MISSILE), AND ONE
HEAVILY DAMAGED MISSILE TRANSPORTER WITH MISSILE.
UTM COORDINA`T'ES TAKEN EROM AMS SERIES L701, SHEET 6264 I
These notes have been Drepared far brietinggb DurDOSes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
po~6ng bperiod rlase ndicated Dby ~theadateeo~t gssuerdFo intarma6onrconce~rning these noteseco tacteCA efalColl feral Support
Division, NPIC.
Approved For Release 3/16 :CIA-RDP79-0088~~00030012-4
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ATTACHIdENT TO L-1831+
14 SEPTEMBER 1966
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4. MISSIO~OUT:
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SAM EQUIPMENT
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17-53-19N 106-21-11E
~ UNDAMAGED MISSILE TRANSPORTER WITH MISSILE