TALL KING B/C AIR WARNING RADAR RAMAK AW RDR FAC TALL KING, AFGHANISTAN

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• Publication Date: September 10, 1982
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FIELD TRANSPORTABLE, LONG RANGE RADAR USED PRIMARILY FOR
STRATEGIC EARLY WARNING. THE MAXIMUM RANGE OF THE RADAR,
APPROXIMATELY 400 NM, WILL PERMIT THE SURVEILLANCE OF
TARGETS WELL INSIDE OF PAKISTAN (APPROXIMATE RADAR SCAN
DEPICTED ON INSET MAP). RAMAK AW RDR FAC TALL KING IS
IMMEDIATELY SOUTHEAST OF GHANZI SOVIET MILITARY CAMP SE
TALL KING B/C AIR WARNING RADAR
RAMAK AW RDR FAC TALL KING, AFGHANISTAN
Z-15859/82
NPIC/IEG (9/82)
14 SEPTEMBER 1982
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A TALL KING B/C AIR WARNING RADAR
WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AFGHANISTAN AT RAMAK
(FORMERLY GHAZNI) AW RADAR FACILITY TALL KING ON IMAGERY
OF
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE TALL KING, AS WELL AS ITS ASSOCIATED
MODIFIED SCORE BOARD IFF (IDENTIFICATION FRIEND OR FOE)
RADAR, COMPUTER VANS, AND GENERATOR VANS, WAS
OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED. ONE THIN SKIN AND TWO SPOON REST
RADARS (NOT ON GRAPHIC), PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED, REMAINED
DEPLOYED AT THE FACILITY. THE PROBABLE TALL
KING-ASSOCIATED VANS HAVE BEEN PRESENT SINCE AT LEAST F-1
THE TALL KING B/C IS A
BORDER.
, WHICH HOUSES A SOVIET MOTORIZED RIFLE
REGIMENT. THE FACILITY IS IN SOUTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN,
APPROXIMATELY 60 NM WEST OF THE AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
COLLATERAL REFERENCE:
RADAR HANDBOOK - EURASIAN MM T COUNTRIES, VOLUMN 2
(U), 30 APRIL 1972, DIA, ST-HB-05-1-72.
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