MODIFIED PRIMORYE AGI

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00171R000100640001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 17, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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17 JUNE 1983
MODIFIED PRIMORYE AGI
CHALMPUSHKA/ROSE 0 A S I REPAIR YARD, USSR (SW
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE ELECTRONICS SUITE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY
MOllIFTED7UIURADED ON THE ' ZAKARPATY' E' , ONE OF TWO SOVIET
NORTHERN FLEET-SUBORDINATED PRIMORYE-CLASS INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION SHIPS (AGI). (SWN)
25X1
2. REMARKS: AT CHALMPUSHKA/ROSLYAKOVA SHIP REPAIR YARD ON E_
X FLAT PROBABLE RADAR COVER/BASE HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN 25X1
THE DIAMETER HOLE WHICH HAD BEEN CUT IN THE ROOF OF 25X1
THE FORWARD DECKHOUSE. ADDITIONAL ELECTRONICS iIAD BEEN ADDED
TO THE FORWARD MAST ON THE AFT DECKHOUSE. THIS MAST WAS
REINFORCED TO SUPPORT THE ADDED WEIGHT OF THE NEW LIGHT-TONED
PROBABLE ANTENNAE WHICH APPEAR TO COVER AOST OF THE MAST. A
NEW LIGHT ELECTRONICS MAST HAD ALSO BEEN ADDED TO THE AFT END
OF THE AFT DECKHOUSE. THE MAIN MAST REMAINS SCAFFOLDED
PRECLUDING ASSESSMENT OF ANY ADDITIONAL ELECTRONICS. (SWN)
THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE ELECTRONICS MASTS HAD BEGUN IN THE
SPRING OF 1981. ON ' ZAKARPATY' E' WAS IN THE 25X1
LARGE FLOATING DRYDOCK (YFDB) AT ROSLYAKOVA. THE Sri1P WAS
MOVED TO THE QUAY AT CHALMPUSHKA BETWEEN 25X1
BUT DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE NEW 25X1
ELECTRONICS WERE NOT DISCERNIBLE AT THAT TIME. A DARK AREA,
WHICH LATER DEVELOPED INTO THE CIRCULAR RADAR/BASE, WAS NOTED
IN THE ROOF OF THE FORWARD DECKHOUSE ON 25X1
THIS DIAMETER RADAR/BASE IS SIMILAR TO TIE 4- AND 25X1
5-METER DIAMETER RADOME BASES INSTALLED ON THE BAL'ZAc1-CLASS
AGI; HOWEVER, NO FLAT AREA HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THE
BAL'ZAM BASES. (SWN)
UNTIL THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BAL'ZAM AGI THE PRIMORYE-CLASS
(SIX UNITS EXIST) WAS THE SOVIETS LARGEST DEDICATED
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SHIP. THE UPGRADING OF TrlE
' ZAKARPATE' E' (THE LAST PRIMORYE AGI CONSTRUCTED) MAY BE AN
ATTEMPT TO SUPPLEMENT THE SOPHISTICATED BAL'ZAM AGI (THREE
HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED) WITH EXISTING PRIMORYE HULLS. (SrdN)
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
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SOVIET AGI FUNCTION AS ELECTRONICS INTELLIGENCE GATiiE:tING
SHIPS. THEY MONITOR FOREIGN MISSILE FIRINGS, SPACE EVENTS,
AND MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS. TREY ALSO FUNCTION AS
COMMUNICATIONS LINKS WITH SOVIET Alit AND SEABORNE AILlTAitY
FORCES. (SWN)
3. COORDINATES 69-03-28N 033-12-U3; 25X1
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
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