PROBABLE PAINT BOX SETS DAMASCUS SOUTHWEST ELECTRONIC VEHICLE FACILITY 1, SYRIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 2, 1983
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2 DECEMBER 1983
PROBABLE PAINT BOX SETS
DAMASCUS SOUTHWEST ELECTRONIC VEHICLE FACILITY '1, SYRIA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A HIGH COUNT OF FIVE PROBABLE PAINT BOX SETS
WAS AT DAMASCUS SOUTHWEST ELECTRONIC VEHICLE FACILITY 1 ON
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE PAINT BOX SET CONSISTS OF THREE URAL-375
VEHICLES: AN ANTENNA VEHICLE, AN OPERATIONS VEHICLE, AND A
SUPPORT VEHICLE. THE ANTENNA 19 AS NOT VISIBLE ON ANY OF THE
ANTENNA VEHICLES, INDICATING THAT THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT TN AN.
OPERATIONAL MODE. THE EQUIPMENT WAS IN T1iE PROCESS OF BEING
SET UP OR TAKEN DOWN, PROBABLY FOR TRAINING PURPOSES. ONLY
TWO PAINT BOX~SETS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SEEN DEPLOYED TOGETHER
IN SYRIA.. (SWN) t
THREE PAINT BOX SETS, THE PREVIOUS HIGH COUNT, WERE FIRST '
IDENTIFIED IN SYRIA AT DAMASCUS SOUTHER T (' ONIC VEHICLE
FACILITY 1 THREE
ADDITIONAL SETS WERE SEEN HEADING FR FACILITIES
TOWARD DAMASCUS BY THE US
DEFENSE ATTACHE, DAMASCUS. THIS EQUIPMENT PROBABLY DEPARTED
THE SOVIET UNION FROM NIKOLAYEV PORT FA('T~ITIES SOUTH (BE
(SWN)
A TOTAL OF SIX PAINT BOX SETS, PRESENT IN SYRIA SINCE OCTOBER,
MAY NOW BE ACCOUNTED .FOR. THE ONE REMAINING PAINT BOX SET WAS
LAST SEEN AT DAMASCUS SAM SITE A15-3 55
(SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS--THE PAINT BOX SYSTEM IS ASSESSED AS BEING
ELECTRONIC WARFARE ASSOCIATED; HOWEVER, A CONSENSUS OF OPINION
WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS NOT YET BEEN REACHED ON
THE EXACT FUNCTION OF TH OX SYSTEM. (SWN)
COORDINATES 33-26-50N 036-15-40E (S)
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