AQUATONE ELINT BRIEFING AT SAC, 27 JULY 1956

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 1999
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• Publication Date: July 31, 1956
• Content Type: MFR

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SUBJECT: AQUATONE ELINT Briefing at SAC, 27 July 1956
1. (O/SI) and the undersigned
were cordially received at Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, for a
report of the ELINT results from the eight AQ,UATONE overflights so far
conducted. General LeMay and the members of his senior staff, who have
been involved in AQUATONE, were present together with a number of other
officers (attendance list attached hereto).
2. I opened the briefing by stating that this was more of a pre-
liminary report on a research project than a formal briefing, that we
wanted to share our findings with SAC and would welcome questions and
suggestions at any time.
3. I reviewed very briefly the nature of the vehicle and its capa-
bilities and summarized the general characteristics of electronic systems
one, two, three and four. We also mentioned the work being done on the
modification of the AN/APQ-56 radar to permit its use in such a small
vehicle.
4. Returning to System One, the detailed characteristics were out-
lined with an indication of the antenna patterns and the approximate
range of pick-up of signals from TOKEN and other radar systems.
5. I then referred to the track chart which shows the eight tracks
that have been covered and introduced who discussed the radar
signal intercept results of the flights going into considerable detail
with respect to the Leningrad, Moscow and Kerch flights. There were
numerous questions, evidencing a great deal of interest, even in many
of the technical details. General LeMay was much interested in the
signal characteristics, being particularly concerned whether we thought
we had anything from YO-YO, etc. (he is an amateur radio operator and is
very interested in such matters).
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6., - then described our analysis procedure for identifying
precision radar systems and studying unknown signals. He discussed in
considerable detail the large number and great variety of signals re-
ceived before and after passing Moscow on that flight.
7. There was then considerable discussion of the future plans of
the Project, an expression of strong interest on the part of General LeMay
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and many suggestions and recommendations. All of these matters will be
discussed in detail with General Cabell and Mr. Bissell.
Attachment:
Attendance List of Briefing
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