NEW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AL LADHIQIYAH, SYRIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: March 1, 1984
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NEW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AL LADHIQIYAH, SYRIA (SWN/NOFORN 25X1
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW COASTAL DEFENSE SITE IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 6 NM SOUTHEAST OF AL LADHIQIYAH.
(SECRET/NOFORNy
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REMARKS: AL LADHIQIYAH COASTAL DEFENSE SITE SE WAS OBSERVED
UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON GIANT REACH II, SR-71 IMAGERY, OF
THE SITE, NOT PRESENT IN MID-DECEMBER 1983,
CONSISTS OF FOUR LARGE, CIRCULAR, PROBABLE LAUNCH PADS AND IS
POSSIBLY FOR THE 5SC-3 CRUISE MISSILE MOBILE COASTAL DEFENSE
SYSTEM. THIS IS THE SECOND SUCH SITE OBSERVED IN SYRIA, AND
IS SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO TARTUS COASTAL DEFENSE SITE NO 2
WHICH WAS NEWLY IDENTIFIED UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CONCOMITANT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE TWO
SITES, THE SSC-3 WAS OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SYRIA ON
AT QANTARA PORT FACILITY AL MINA AL BAYDAH
APPROXIMATELY S NM NORTH OF AL LADHIQIYAH.
(SWN/NOFORN/
ANALYST'S COMMENT--THE SSC-3 PROBABLY USES THE SS-N-2C (STYX)
WHICH IS A SUBSONIC CRUISE MISSILE WITH A RANGE OF
APPROXIMATELY 48 NM. (SWN/NOFORN
3. AL LADHIQIYAH:
035-52-7E (S)
TARTUS:
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE:
COORDINATES 35-28-10N
COORDINATES 34-56-10N 035-52-55E (S)
JANE'S WEAPON SYSTEMS (1983-84) (U)
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