TALL KING B/C AIR WARNING RADAR RAMAK AW RDR FAC TALL KING, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 14, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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TALL KING B/C AIR WARNING RADAR
RAMA A R HANISTAN
Z-15859/82
NPIC/IEG (9/82)
14 SEPTEMBER 1982
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A TALL KING B/C AIR WARNING RADAR
WAS IDENTIFIED FOR-THE FIRST TIME IN AFGHANISTAN AT RAMAK
(FORMERLY GHAZNI) AW RADAR FACILITY TALL KING ON IMAGERY
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE TALL KING, AS WELL AS ITS ASSOCIATED
MODIFIED SCORE BOARD IFF (IDENTIFICATION F4.IEND OR FOE)
RADAR, COMPUTER VANS, AND GENERATOR VANS, WAS
OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED. ONE THIN SKIN AND TWO SPOON REST
RADARS (NOT ON GRAPHIC), PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED, REMAINED
DEPLOYED AT THE FACILITY. THE PROBABLE TALL
KING-ASSOCIATED VANS HAVE BEEN PRESENT
THE TALL KING B/C IS A
FIELD TRANSPORTABLE, LONG ADAR USED PRIMARILY FOR
STRATEGIC EARLY WARNING. THE MAXIMUM RANGE OF THE RADAR,
APPROXIMATELY 400 NM, WILL PERMIT THE SURVEILLANCE OF
TARGETS WELL INSIDE OF PAKISTAN (APPROXIMATE RADAR SCAN
DEPICTED ON INSET MAP). RAMAK AW RDR FAC TALL KING IS
IMMEDIATELY SOUTHEAST OF GHANZI SOVIET MILITARY CAMP SE
WHICH HOUSES A SOVIET MOTORIZED RIFLE
REGIMENT. AGILITY IS IN SOUTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN,
APPROXIMATELY 60 NM WEST OF THE AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
BORDER.
COLLATERAL REFERENCE:
RADAR HANDBOOK - EURASIAN COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, VOLUMN 2
(U), 30 APRIL 1972; DIA, ST-HB-05-1-72.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical 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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