CABLE TO RUAUAZ/PACOM ELINT CENTER FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001600020018-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: October 6, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

Approved For Release 2008/03/10: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01600020018-4
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P 060001Z OCT 66
FM NPIC
TO RUAUAZ/PACOM ELINT CENTER
INFO RUMFM/FICPACFAC
BT
C O N F I D E N T I A L
1966ccT 6 00 1iz
CITE NPIC 5687.
REF A PACOM ELINT CENTER FUCHU AS JAPAN DTG 300432Z SEPT 66
B NPIC 8575 DTG 241707Z SEPT 66
C DIAAP-1P 4237 DTG 012041Z SEPT 66
D FICPACFAC 200711 DTG'260919Z SEPT 66
IN RESPONSE TO REFERENCE A NPIC RE-VALIDATES THE RADARS
REPORTED IN REFERENCES B AND C FROM MISSION BLUE SPRINGS 5527 0
18 SEPTEMBER 1966 AS A BIG BAR AND A SIDE NET VICE A BAR LOCK A
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6 O CT 1966
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VERTICAL SUPPORT MEMBERS OBSERVED IN ONE HALF OF THE REAR SAIL
ELIMINATE THE BIG MESH WHICH HAS ONLY 3 VERTICAL SUPPORT MEMBERS
IN ONE HALF OF ITS REAR SAIL. THIS PROCESS OF ELIMINATION LEAVES
ONLY THE BIG BAR RADAR, WHICH MEETS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS IDENTI-
FIED. IN ADDITION TO THIS EVIDENCE, THE SIZE RATIO OF THE FRONT
SAIL TO THE LENGTH OF VAN APPROXIMATES A 2 1/2 TO ONE RATIO TO
WHICH ONLY THE LARGE SAIL OF THE BIG BAR EQUATES.
B. THE HEIGHT FINDING RADAR OBSERVED HAS ITS SAIL ON THE SIDE
OF THE VAN. A STONE CAKE HAS ITS SAIL MOUNTED ON THE END OF A VAN.
THE ONLY KNOWN SOVIET HEIGHT FINDING RADAR WITH SAIL MOUNTED ON THE
SIDE OF THE VAN IS THE SIDE NET.
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