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

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CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5
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March 15, 2011
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September 6, 1983
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) Z-14194/83 NPIC/IEG (9/83) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) 36 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 2 Attachment to Z-1494/83 NPIC/IEG (9/83) Copy 6 SEPTEMBER 1983 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 WFiV ICH IS DIMENSIONALLY COMPARABLE TO THE KITCHEN ASM) WAS PARTIALLY VISIBLE, CENTERLINE-MOUNTED, UNDER THE FUSELAGE OF A STANDARD BEAR B AT DOLON AIRFIELD ONLY ONE 25X1 TAIL SURFACE AND PART OF TILE OBJECT FUSELAGE COULD BE SEEN. THE TAIL SURFACE 25X1 APPEARED TO BE CANTED DOWNWARD AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES. THE OBJECT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THIS BEA 25X1 SWN 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 ASM 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 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 (ANHEDRAL) FROM THE HORIZONTAL. These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical 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. WARNING NOTICE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 Copy Attachment to Z-14194/83 NPIC/IEG (9/83) 6 SEPTEMBER 1983 POINTED OR CURVED. (SWN) 079-11-40E (S) 25X1 25X1 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered WARNING NOTICE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100120005-5