PROBABLE PAINT BOX SETS DAMASCUS SOUTHWEST ELECTRONIC VEHICLE FACILITY 1, SYRIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 2, 1983
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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2 DECEMBER 1983
PROBABLE PAINT BOX SETS
DAMASCUS SOUTHWEST ELECTRONIC VEHICLE FACILITY 1, SYRIA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A HIGH COUNT OF FIVE PROBABLE PAINT BOX SETS
WAS AT DAMASCUS SOUTHWEST ELECTRONIC VEHICLE FACILITY 1 ON
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE PAINT BOX SET CONSISTS OF THREE URAL-375
VEHICLES: AN ANTENNA VEHICLE, AN OPERATIONS VEHICLE, AND A
SUPPORT VEHICLE. THE ANTENNA WAS NOT VISIBLE ON ANY OF THE
ANTENNA VEHICLES, INDICATING THAT THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT IN AN
OPERATIONAL MODE. THE EQUIPMENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
SET UP OR TAKEN DOWN, PROBABLY FOR TRAINING PURPOSES. ONLY
TWO PAINT BOX SETS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SEEN DEPLOYED TOGETHER
IN SYRIA. (SWN)
THREE PAINT BOX SETS, THE PREVIOUS HIGH COUNT, WERE FIRST
IDENTIFIED IN SYRIA AT DAMASCUS SOUTHEAST ELECTRONIC VEHICLE
FACILITY 1 THREE
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ADDITIONAL SETS WERE SEEN HEADING FROM TARTUS PORT FACILITIES
TOWARD DAMASCUS BY THE US.
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DEFENSE ATTACHE, DAMASCUS. THIS EQUIPMENT PROBABLY DEPARTED
THE SOVIET UNION FROM NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH (BE
(SWN)
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A TOTAL OF SIX PAINT BOX SETS, PRESENT IN SYRIA SINCE OCTOBER,
MAY NOW BE ACCOUNTED FOR. THE ONE REMAINING PAINT BOX SET WAS
LAST SEEN AT DAMASCUS SAM SITE A1S-3 55
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ANALYST'S COMMENTS--THE PAINT BOX SYSTEM IS ASSESSED AS
ELECTRONIC WARFARE ASSOCIATED; HOWEVER, A CONSENSUS OF
BEING
OPINION
WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS NOT YET BEEN REACHED ON
THE EXACT FUNCTION OF THE PAINT BOX SYSTEM. (SWN)
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