ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSES HAIPHONG AREA NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001700040006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 26, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 1, 1966
• Content Type: PHOTO

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BLUE SPRINGS
ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSES
HAIPHONG AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
NPIC/CSD-22666
18 APRIL 1966
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS SELECTED ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SITES,
AUTOMATIC WEAPONS SITES, AND A SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITE IN THE
HAIPHONG AREA OF NORTH VIETNAM.
2. REMARKS:
SOME SIMILARITY MAY BE NOTED BETWEEN THE AAA SITES AND THE SA-2
SITE DEPICTED ON THE GRAPHIC; HOWEVER, VARIATIONS IN THEIR DIMENSIONS
CLEARLY DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF DEFENSE POSITIONS.
3. MISSION READOUT:
BLUE SPRINGS
ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE POSITIONS IN THE HAIPHONG AREA:
A. AN OCCUPIED SIX-POSITION LIGHT AAA SITE ADJACENT TO THE
HAIPHONG CHANNEL AT 205206N 1064100E.
B. AN OCCUPIED EIGHT-POSITION LIGHT AAA SITE WITH EIGHT
85MM ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY PIECES WITH ASSOCIATED FIRE CAN RADAR
AND PUAZO-6 FIRE DIRECTOR AT 205312N 1O64o48E.
C. A WELL-CONSTRUCTED SEVEN-POSITION AAA SITE AT-20530ON
io64o42E. A BTR-4o WITH A PROBABLE ZPU-2 IS OBSERVED IN EACH OF
THREE POSITIONS AND ONE VEHICLE REVETMENT. TWO BULLDOZERS ARE
OBSERVED, ONE IN EACH OF TWO POSITIONS.
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
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D. AUTOMATIC WEAPONS DEFENSE POSITIONS ON A HILLSIDE
ADJACENT TO HAIPHONG CHANNEL AT 204832N 1064800E. TWELVE
AUTOMATIC WEAPONS CONNECTED BY TRENCHES WITH FIRING BAYS ARE
NOTED.
E. AN EIGHT-POSITION ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SITE AT
205352N 1062109E. FOUR OF THE POSITIONS ARE OCCUPIED WITH
DUMMY ARTILLERY PIECES AND THE REMAINING FOUR ARE UNOCCUPIED.
F. HAIPHONG SAM SITE A33-2 AT 205627N
1O63640E, SIX NM NORTHWEST OF HAIPHONG. THE SITE IS UNOCCUPIED
AND NO MISSILE RELATED EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED.
IN ADDITION, THREE OCCUPIED AND EIGHTEEN UNOCCUPIED AAA SITES ARE
NOTED IN THE HAIPHONG AREA.
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) the were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated b ate
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