CABLE (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68B00307R000100010034-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: September 7, 1963
• Content Type: CABLE

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ROUTINE
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1. WE CONSIDER PROPOSED SEXTANT MODS DESIRABLE AND BELIEVE
THEY WOULD RESULT IN SOME MINOR INCREASE IN RELIABILITY. ONE
PARTICULAR AREA WHICH HAS CAUSED MINOR DIFFICULTY IS PRESENCE OF GHOST
IMAGES. STICKY CONTROLS, BUBBLE SIZE AND LIGHT ILLUMINATION HAVE
NOT BEEN A SERIOUS PROBLEM BUT OCCASIONALLY DO REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS.
THE SEXTANT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SOME TIME AND THE IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTEC
WOULD CERTAINLY BE NICE TO HAVE .INCLUDED. ONE SIGNIFICANT ANTICIPATED
ADVANTAGE WOULD BE IMPROVEMENT IN THE MAINTENANCE AREA. ALSO
THE SKY COMPASS FEATURE WOULD PROVIDE A CAPABILITY WHICH WE DO NOT
HAVE.
2. WE ANTICIPATE VERY LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN NAVIGATION ACCURACY
AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED MODS. WE EXPECT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME
CEA FROM CELESTIAL NA'/ LEGS AS WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING.
3. IN SUMMARY WE FEEL THAT THE MODS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE PROVIDED
THEY CAN BE JUSTIFIED IN VIEW OF THE ANTICIPATED "LARGE COSTS
'AR it REF MSG., BUT SUSPECT THAT THE COST MAY NOT OUTWEIGH
THE ADVANTAGES EXPECTED,=a` ~.?-CS~Gr.
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