SS-21 EQUIPMENT TARTUS PORT FACILITIES, SYRIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 4, 1983
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SS-21 EQUIPMENT
TARTUS PORT FACILITIES, SYRIA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE FIRST KNOWN SHIPMENT OF SS-21 EQUIPMENT
OUTSIDE THE WARSAW PACT HAS ARRIVED IN SYRIA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: NINE SS-21 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS
(TEL)/RESUPPLY VEHICLES ARE OBSERVED ON THE CENTRAL MOLE AT
TARTUS PORT FACILITIES THIS EQUIPMENT HAS
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ARRIVED AT THE PORT EIGHTEEN SS-21
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TEL/RESUPPLY VEHICLES WERE INITIALLY INDENTIFIED AT NIKOLAYEV
PORT FACILITIES SOUTH AND WERE
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BEING LOADED ABOARD A SOVIET AKADEMIK TUPOLEV-CLASS
ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO/RO) SHIP
THE AKADEMIK
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TUPOLEV RO/RO IS NOT OBSERVED IN THE PORT AT TARTUS ON.TODAY'S
IMAGERY. 33 POSSIBLE SS-21 MISSILE AIRFRAME
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CANISTERS WERE BEING LOADED ABOARD A BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS
MERSHIP AT NIKOLAYEV. THIS SHIP IS NOT IN PORT AT TARTUS TODAY
AND NIKOLAYEV IS CLOUD COVERED. (SWN)
THE SS-21 IS THE FOLLOW-ON SYSTEM TO THE SOVIET FROG-7 SYSTEM,
AND ALTHOUGH THE SS-21 IS NOT WIDELY DEPLOYED WITHIN THE SOVIET
UNION, IT IS ONE OF THE LATEST SOVIET TACTICAL MISSILE
SYSTEMS. THE SS-21 HAS A PREDICTED MAXIMUM RANGE OF AT LEAST
120 KILOMETERS (70 NM). THE SOVIETS HAVE PREVIOUSLY EXPORTED
THE SS-21 SYSTEM ONLY WITHIN THE WARSAW PACT. (SWN)
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