SA-2 SAM SITE B17-2 HANOI AREA NORTH VIETNAM 20-47-00N 105-54-33E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000800120001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 19, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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TROJAN HORSE 19 MAY 1965
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SA-2 SAM SITE 1317-2
HANOI AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
20-47-OON 105-54-33E
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARDS J-6960, K-0216,
K-0254, AND K-0426 FOR COMPARISON)
1. NUMEROUS COLLATERAL REPORTS HAVE INDICATED THAT NORTH
VIETNAM IS TO RECEIVE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE EQUIPMENT FROM
EITHER CHINA OR THE USSR. A CIA CABLE, DATED 14 MAY 1965,
REPORTS THAT SOVIET MILITARY AID, INCLUDING SURFACE-TO-AIR
MISSILES, IS ON ITS WAY, BY RAIL, THROUGH CHINA TO THE DRV.
A DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE CABLE, DATED 16 MAY 1965, REPORTS
A SOVIET OFFICIAL IN HANOI 17 AD INDICATED TIi.AT THE VIETNAMESE
WOULD OPERATE THE SURFACE-TO-AIR `MISSILE SITES SINCE THEY HAD
BEEN TRAIN 11"
IN CHINA.
2. TROJAN HORSE( REVEALED AN SA-2
SAM SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION 15 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HANOI.
THE SITE YAS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF FOUR COMPLETED REVETTED
DRIVE-TIHROUGH LAUNCH POSITIONS, TWO POSSIBLE LAUNCH POSITIONS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, A COMPLETED REVETTED CENTRAL GUIDANCE POSITION,
AND A PQSSIBLE MISSILE-:TOLD REVETMENT IN AN EARLY STAGE OF
CONSTRUCTION. THE PERIMETER SERVICE ROAD AND THE INTERCONNECTING
RODS WERE ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION.. AN UNOCCUPIED MEDIUM AAA SITE
LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE SAM SITE WAS BEING BISECTED BY THE
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 board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAM SITE. MEASUREMENT OF THE SAM SITE
REVEALED THE INNER SERVICE ROAD TO HAVE A DIAMETER OF
APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AND THE PERIMETER SERVICE ROAD TO HAVE
A DIAMETER OF APPROXI`MMIATEI.,Y 820 FEET. THE DIAMETER OF A REVETTED
LAUNCH-I POSITION WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 40 FEET.
3. TROJAN HORSE REVEALED TiiE
FOLLOWING DEVELOP LENTS: THE TWO POSSIBLE LAUNCH POSITIONS
OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON 05 APRIL. WERE NOW OBSERVED TO
BE IN A LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THE MISSILE-HOLD
REVETMENT WAS IN AN INTERMEDIATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE
PERIMETER SERVICE ROAD AND THE INTERCONNECTING ROADS WERE
OBSERVED TO FORM A SOVIET-TYPE LINK PATTERN. NO MISSILE-ASSOCIATED
EQUIPMENT WAS NOTED AT THE SITE.
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4. TROJAN HORSE REVEALED THE
MISSILE BOLD AREA TO BE IN A LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE
PERIMETER SERVICE ROAD AND INTERCONNECTING ROADS TO BE IN AN
INTERMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION STAGE. NO MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
WAS OBSERVED AT THE SITE. MEASUREMENT OF THE SAM SITE REVEALED
THE INNER SERVICE ROAD TO HAVE A DIAMETER OF 520 FEET AND TI:E
PERIMETER SERVICE ROAD TO HAVE A DIAMETER OF TI-IE
DIMENSIONS OF A REVETTED LAUNCH POSITION WERE ESTIMATED TO DE
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 board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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5. TROJAN NORSE( REVEALED THE SIX
LAUNCH REVETMENTS (FOUR PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS COMPLETED)
TO BE STILL IN A VERY LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION
WAS ALSO CONTINUING ON TIME GUIDANCE AREA, THE INNER SERVICE
ROAD, AND ON TWO MISSILE: HOLD REVIET`'ENTS. ONE SIDE OF A THIRD
REVET IENi WAS IN A `-MIl)-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION TIT(! ONLY. THE BASE
OF THE OTHER SIDE COMPLETED. AT LEAST EIGHT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT
WERE OBSERVED -- FIVE WERE PROBABLY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND
THREE WERE UNIDENTIFIED. NO CABLE SCARRING WAS SEEN IN THE AREA.
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REVEALS TIME SITE TO APPEAR OCCUPIED. FIVE OF T iE MISSILE LAUNCH
REVETMENTS ARE COVERED BY PROTECTIVE M.' ATERIAL AND AT LEAST FOUR
CONTAIN PROBAiLE ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. AN UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT
TONED OBJECT IS OBSERVED PROTRUDING BEYOND THE PROTECTIVE
COVERING AT THE EASTERNMOST LAUNCH REVETMENT. THE SIXTH LAU: CH'
REVETMENT IS UNOCCUPIED. T NE CENTRAI GUIDANCE AREA AND TWO OF
T1 711E THREE MISSILE-HOLD REVE71ENTS ARE ALSO OBSCURED FROM VIEW
Y PROTECTIVE COVERING, BUT TiII: SOUTHERNMOST MISSILE-HOLD REVETMENT
CONTAI S ONE POSSIBLE '`MISSILE TRANSPORTER. AT LEAST SIX GROUPS OF
COVERED OBJECTS/EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED WITHIN THE SAM LAUNCH AREA.
6. THIS MISSION, TROJAN MORSE
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7. TiiE iANOI AREA IIAS BEEN PI:EVI SLY COVERED BY NUMEROUS
LAZY DAISY, LUCKY DRIGON, Al) TROJAN HORSE MISSIONS. 25X1
PRLPARED BY: CSD/NPIC
DISTRIBUTION:
COPY 1 - DIRECTOR, NPIC
2 - CHIEF, REF/CSD
3 - CHIEF. RAS/CSD
4 - DIA
5 - TCO~
6 - TCO
7 - PI 1)
S - PAG
9 - NSB/RB/CSD
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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SA-2 SAM SITE B17-2
HANOI AREA, NORTH VIETNAM,,
20-47-OON 105-54-33E
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