SAM SITE B28A-2 THANH HOA NORTH VIETNAM 19-50-28N 105-29-35E (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001600110008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 1, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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SAM SITE B28A-2
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19-50-28N 105-29-35E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE ONE HUNDREDTH SA-2 SAM SITE TO BE
IDENTIFIED IN NORTH VIETNAM.
2. REMARKS:
ON THE FIRST SAM SITE IN NORTH VIETNAM (HANOI SAM 25X1
SITE B17-2) WAS OBSERVED ON PHOTOGRAPHY. SAM SITES 2 AND 3 WERE FIRST
OBSERVED IN MAY; SITE 4 IN JUNE; SITES 5, 6, AND 7 IN JULY; SITES 8
THROUGH 18 IN AUGUST; SITES 19 THROUGH 22 IN SEPTEMBER; SITES 23
THROUGH 33 IN OCTOBER; SITES 34 THROUGH 52 IN NOVEMBER; SITES 53
THROUGH 64 IN DECEMBER; SITES 65 THROUGH 93 IN FEBRUARY 1966; AND
SITES 94 THROUGH 100 IN MARCH 1966. SITES 10, 18, AND 50 HAVE SINCE
BEEN ABANDONED AND PROBABLY RETURNED TO AGRICULTURE, BRINGING THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF KNOWN SAM SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM TO NINETY-SEVEN.
3. MISSION READOUT:
REVEALS A NEWLY-IDENTIFIED
SA-2 SAM SITE 16.5 NM WEST OF THANH HOA. THE SITE CONSISTS OF FOUR
REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS AND A REVETTED CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA. A
PROBABLE ACQUISITION RADAR REVETMENT IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF 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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Excluded from automatic
downgrading and
declassification
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19-50-28N 105-29-35E