U-2 RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS C595C AND 605C FLOWN 23 AND 28 NOVEMBER 1965

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Preliminary Report
U-Z RECONNAISSANCE MIS8L rs C595C and C605C
rlowu Z3 and 28 November 1965
CENTRAL IN TELLIGENC E AGENCY
Directorate of Science and Technology
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U-2 &EC ONNAISSANC E MTSKCMS C 59 5C as C 6g 5C
Flown $3 sad 28 November 1965
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Mission C595C, flown 23 November. was over southwest China,
Burm&, Laos. North Vietnam and parts of Thailand for 1 hour and 56 minutes
and collected photographic iatslligeace as 25 COMt t targets.
Two fighters were reflected in
response to the mission; neither of them posed a threat to the mission.
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Mission C6O5C, flown ZS November was over pasts of south
and 13 minutes
and southeast China for 2 hour sad photographed 31 COMOR
targets.
pilots. Mission C595C was staged from Takkli, Thailand. Mission
C605C was flown from Taiwan. Ses figar+es 1 sad Z for mission
routes sad tables Z and 3 for targets covered.
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BACKGROUND C595C and C605C
Mission CS95C was flown on 23 November 1965. Launched in
response to the USIB requirement for monthly coverage of priority
COMOR targets on South China, the U-2,
took off from Ban Takhli at 02302
and returned to best at 06402 for a total flint time of four hours and
too minutes. The payload consisted of the "B" caanrera and the SZGD+i T
collection systems III and VI Defensive systems 9L 125. and 13A
were alfi carried. The pilot reported the weather as bettOsr than
the expected Catagory III (woken clouds).
Mission C60SC, flown on 28 November, also encountered better
weather conditions than predicted. On a round robin flight from Tao
Tuna, Taiwan. the GRC mission successfully overflew six highest
priority COMO& targets in Southeast China. The U?3 took off at
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0130Z, entered the msialaad at 031OZ, exited at 0523Z and returned
to base at 0640Z. The total flight time was five hours sad tan minutes.
The "S" camera, systems UI. VI, 9 . 1 . and 1 were carried.
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AKALYT'ICAL NDMGS
Mission C S95C
23 Novts es 1965
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The field evaluation of the mission photography shows that 68
targets in Burma., Laos, North Vietnam, and Soid west Chias- were
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covered. These targets includs 16 airfields, 51 military installations,
and one electronics facility. This includes 2.5 COMOk targets (go*
"Table U.).
A pbotojraph of (figse 3) is
iacWdod air an e:ampie of the photography obtained tar the asissicn.
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ANALY fCAL FZNDUMS
Missi m C 605C
28 Nov *mA r 1965
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Prelitmtaary interpretation at the photographic intelligence
obtained by the mission shows that 53 targets were covered. The..
include 20 airfields, 4 naval facilites, Z electronics installations, ZS
military cc mph ws, and 2 urban, areas. These include 31 COMDR
targets. A photograph of
as
is includeal,aa example
of the photography obtained by the mission (see figure 4).
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EARLY WARNING
3CR-27? (1)
MOO14 CONE (1)
KNIFE REST B (1)
CROSS SLOT (1)
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ROCK CAKE (1)
Q&OUNA CONTROL INTtRCEPT
J" LOCK
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BLGM (1)
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This preliminary technical evaluation of two U-2 reconnaissance
missions flown over parts of Laos, North Vietnam, Southwest China,
and Burma on 23 and 28 November 1965 was developed for the 303
C ittoo by the following elements at the Directorate at Science and
Team logy:
Office of Scientific Intelligence
Office of Special Activities
Office of ?Unt
rho evaluations are based on information and data provided by:
Joint Sobs Sigint Processing Center. Okinawa
National Photographic Interpretation Center, Washington. D. D.
67th Technical Reconnaissance Squadron, Yokota. Japan
PACOM ?lizat Center, J'uchu, Japan
Graphics support has been provided by the Officer of Research and Reports
of the Directorate of Intelligence.
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