INITIAL DEPLOYMENT OF THE SA-X-12 MISSILE SYSTEM ORENBURG SAM SUPPORT FACILITY/BKS AL-1, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2011
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• Publication Date: February 10, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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IN
I
TIAL DEPLOY
MENT
OF THE SA-X-12 M
ISSILE SYS
N
1
TEM
PIC/IEG (02/8
0 FEBRUARY 19
4)
84
ORE
N
BURG SAM SU
PPORT
FACILITY BKS AL
-1, USSR ,
SWN)
1. SIGNIF
IC
ANCE: THE
INITI
AL DEPLOYMENT OF
THE EMBA-
03 S
UBSYSTEM
OF THE
S
A-X-12 SURF
ACE-T
O-AIR MISSILE SY
STEM WAS O
BSER
VED AT
ORENBU
RG
SAM SUPPOR
T FAC
ILITY/BKS AL-1
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2. REMARK
S:
THREE EMB
A-03
TRANSPORTER-ERE
CTOR-LAUNCH
ER A
ND RADAR
,
/
TRANSLOADER
S AND
THREE PROBABLE
EMBA-03
TELAR/
NORMAL
IMAGER
TR
LY
Y
ANSLOADER W
SEEN IN TH
INDICATED T
ERE I
E MAI
HAT T
NTERSPERSED WIT
N VEHICLE STORA
WO EMBA-03 TELA
H SA-4 EQUI
GE PARK. A
R/TRANSLOAD
PME
RE
ER
NT
VIEW OF
WERE IN
THE VE
HI
CLE PARK
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NEI
THER
OF THE RADARS A
SSOCIATED W
ITH
THE
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SA-X-1
2
SYSTEM, THE
GRIL
L PAN TARGET EN
GAGEMENT RA
DAR
AND THE
BILL B
OA
RD LONG RAN
GE AC
QUISITION RADAR
, WERE OBSE
RVE
D.
EMBA-0
3
MISSILE CAN
ISTER
S WERE ALSO NOT
OBSERVED.
(SW
N)
ORENBURG SAM SUPPORT FACILITY/BKS AL-1 AND THREE NEARBY
FACILITIES IN ORENBURG, INCLUDING A SAM TRAINING SCHOOL, HOUSE
A SA-4 BRIGADE SUBORDINATE TO THE VOLGA MILITARY DISTRICT.
!SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE EMBA-03 SUBSYSTEM OF THE SA-X-12 HAS
BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER LAUNCH
COMPLEX 400 KM SOUTHEAST OF ORENBURG, SINCE 25X1
AT LEAST 1975. THE SUBSYSTEM PROBABLY UNDERWENT INITIAL TROOP
FAMILIARIZATION/TRAINING AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE TESTING AT EMBA
DURING THE MARCH-SEPTEMBER 1983 TIMEFRAME. ORENBURG IS A
LOGICAL LOCATION FOR THE FIRST DEPLOYMENT OF THE EMBA-03
SUBSYSTEM BECAUSE OF ITS PAST ASSOCIATION WITH NEW ARMY-LEVEL
SAM SYSTEMS. THE SA-4 SAM SYSTEM, ALSO DEVELOPED AT EMBA, WAS
FIRST DEPLOYED IN TILE SOVIET UNION DURING 1967 AT ORENBURG SAM
SUPPORT FACILITY/BKS AL-1. (SWN)
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.
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10 FEBRUARY 1984
THE SA-X-12 MISSILE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF TWO SUBSYSTEMS, THE
EMBA-03 A HIGH PERFORMANCE MEDIUM-RANGE SAM SYSTEM WHICH IS A
FOLLOW-ON TO THE SA-4, AND THE EMBA-04 A LONG RANGE SAM SYSTEM
AND/OR ANTITACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM. THE EMBA-04
SUBSYSTEM IS STILL UNDERGOING TESTING AT EMBA AND IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE DEPLOYED UNTIL AT LEAST 1986. (SWN)
3.I I COORDINATES 51-46-23N 055-07-54E (S)
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