AERODYNAMIC OBJECT ON BEAR B DOLON AIRFIELD, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 6, 1983
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AERODYNAMIC OBJECT ON BEAR B
DOLON AIRFIELD, USSR SWN
1. SIGNIFICANCE: PART OF AN AERODYNAMICALLY SHAPED OBJECT
CENTERLINE-MOUNTED ON A STANDARD BEAR B SUGGESTS A NEW OR
MODIFIED AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE (ASM). (SWN)
2. REMARKS: AN AERODYNAMICALLY SHAPED OBJECT (THE VISIBLE PORTION
OFWHICI-I IS D-IMENS IONALLY COMPARABLE TO THE KITCHEN ASM) WAS
PARTIALLY VISIBLE, CENTERLINE-MOUNTED UNDER THE FUSELAGE OF A
STANDARD BEAR13 AT DOLON AIRFIELD ONLY ONE 25X1
TAIL SURFACE AND PART OF THE OBJECT FUSELA E COULD BE SEEN.
OF THE TAIL SURF FOLLOWS: TAIL CHORD
LEADING EDGE -- TRAILING EDGE
THE DISTANCE FROM THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE TAIL
SURFACE TO THE END OF THE OBJECT
THE TAIL SURFACE
APPEARED TO BE CANTED DOWNWARD AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 30
DEGREES. THE OBJECT MAY 1-IAVE BEEN ON THIS 13EAR
BUT IMAGE INTERPRETABILITY PRECLUDED CONFIRMATION.
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- ALTHOUGH THE OBJECT IS IN SOME WAYS
SIMILAR TO THE KITCHEN ASM, SEVERAL ANOMALIES EXIST WHICH
SUGGEST A NEW OR MODIFIED ASM.
a. STANDARD BEAR B HAVE NOT BEEN ASSESSED AS KITCHEN ASIA
CARRIERS.
b. THE DELTA WING OF A KITCHEN IS VISIBLE WHEN UPLOADED ON A
BEAR G. NO WING SURFACE COULD BE SEEN ON THE OBJECT ON
COULD
THE BEAR B.
c. KITCHEN TAIL SURFACES ARE ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE WHEN
UPLOADED ON A BEAR G. THE TAIL SURFACE OF THE OBJECT ON
THE BEAR B APPEARS TO BE AT A NEGATIVE ANGLE (ANUEDRAL)
FROM THE HORIZONTAL.
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d. KITCHEN TAIL SURFACE TIPS ARE CLIPPED. THE TAIL SURFACE
TIP ON THE OBJECT APPEARS TO BE POINTED OR CURVED. (SWN)
3.I I COORDINATES 50-32-13N 079-11-40E (S)
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