AERODYNAMIC OBJECT ON BEAR B DOLON AIRFIELD, USSR(SANITIZED)

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CIA-RDP84T00171R000201660001-7
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RIPPUB
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S
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5
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December 28, 2016
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February 15, 2012
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1
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Publication Date: 
September 6, 1983
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REPORT
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..A I Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE I NITIALS 1 ARCHIVES 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: PAPER PRINTS FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE (Security Classification) (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-14194-83 COPY 24 OF w Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions (Security Classification) Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201660001-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7 I I Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7 StUt I (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 2 Attachment to Z-1C/I4/839/83) Copy 6 SEPTEMBER 1983 AERODYNAMIC OBJECT ON BEAR B DOLON AIRFIELD, USSR SWN 1. SIGNIFICANCE: PART OF AN AERODYNAMICALLY SHAPED OBJECT CENTERLINE-MOUNTED ON A STANDARD BEAR B SUGGESTS A NEW OR MODIFIED AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE (ASM). (SWN) 2. REMARKS: AN AERODYNAMICALLY SHAPED OBJECT (THE VISIBLE PORTION OFWHICI-I IS D-IMENS IONALLY COMPARABLE TO THE KITCHEN ASM) WAS PARTIALLY VISIBLE, CENTERLINE-MOUNTED UNDER THE FUSELAGE OF A STANDARD BEAR13 AT DOLON AIRFIELD ONLY ONE 25X1 TAIL SURFACE AND PART OF THE OBJECT FUSELA E COULD BE SEEN. OF THE TAIL SURF FOLLOWS: TAIL CHORD LEADING EDGE -- TRAILING EDGE THE DISTANCE FROM THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE TAIL SURFACE TO THE END OF THE OBJECT THE TAIL SURFACE APPEARED TO BE CANTED DOWNWARD AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES. THE OBJECT MAY 1-IAVE BEEN ON THIS 13EAR BUT IMAGE INTERPRETABILITY PRECLUDED CONFIRMATION. ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- ALTHOUGH THE OBJECT IS IN SOME WAYS SIMILAR TO THE KITCHEN ASM, SEVERAL ANOMALIES EXIST WHICH SUGGEST A NEW OR MODIFIED ASM. a. STANDARD BEAR B HAVE NOT BEEN ASSESSED AS KITCHEN ASIA CARRIERS. b. THE DELTA WING OF A KITCHEN IS VISIBLE WHEN UPLOADED ON A BEAR G. NO WING SURFACE COULD BE SEEN ON THE OBJECT ON COULD THE BEAR B. c. KITCHEN TAIL SURFACES ARE ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE WHEN UPLOADED ON A BEAR G. THE TAIL SURFACE OF THE OBJECT ON THE BEAR B APPEARS TO BE AT A NEGATIVE ANGLE (ANUEDRAL) FROM THE HORIZONTAL. 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. WARNING NOTICE 1NTELLIOrNCr. SOURCIES OR MET IIODS INVOLVED SECRET 25X11 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 Copy Attachment to Z-14194/83 NPIC/IEG (9/83) 6 SEPTEMBER 1983 d. KITCHEN TAIL SURFACE TIPS ARE CLIPPED. THE TAIL SURFACE TIP ON THE OBJECT APPEARS TO BE POINTED OR CURVED. (SWN) 3.I I COORDINATES 50-32-13N 079-11-40E (S) 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 WARNING NOTICE INTELt. I G1:NCr. SOURCES on MriADDS INVOI.VI:O SECRET 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/16: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201660001-7