CABLE TO RUEAHQ/HQ USAF FROM NPIC WASHDC

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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NPIC CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF FOUR '.2 SURFACE-TO-AIR
(SAM) SITES AND ONE SAM SUPPORT FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR---
NEW DELHI AND CHANDAGARH, INDIA AS REPORTED BY U.S. 0-AIR ATTACH -
(IR 1 844 0081 65).
ONE SITE IS LOCATED 16 NM NW OF NEW DELHI AT 28-49-20N/
77-02-20E, PLOTTED ON AMS SERIES 250, U502, SHEET NH43-16,
1ST ED, FEB 1962. THIS SITE IS IN THE LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTI
AND CONSISTS OF A DOUBLE SECURITY FENCE AROUND A LINK CON-
FIGURATION FIGURATION WITH SIX WALLED LAUNCH POSITIONS, THE EXTERIOR FACES
OF WHICH APPEAR TO BE BACKFILLED OR BUNKERED; A WALLED CENTRAL GUIDANCE
AREA WHICH ALSO APPEARS TO BE BACKFILLED; AND THREE MISSILE-HOLD
POSITIONS EACH WITH A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND HAVING A
REVETTED DRIVE-THRU ROAD IN FRONT OF EACH BUILDING. CABLE DITCHING
IS OBSERVED BETWEEN EACH LAUNCH POSITION AND NUMEROUS VEHICLES/
EQUIPMENT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SITE. LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
1,500 FEET SOUTH OF THE SITE IS A SIMILAR LINK CONFIGURATION UNDER
CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT REVETTED OR WALLED LAUNCH POSITIONS. THIS
AREA CONTAINS 2 LARGE AND 13 SMALL BUILDINGS.
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A SITE IS LOCATED 14 NM SE OF AMBALA AT 30-16-45N/77-00-35E,
ROTTED ON USATC SERIES 200, SHEET 440-15AL, 1ST ED, MARCH 1961.
THIS SITE CONSISTS OF A LINK CONFIGURATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CONTAINING SIX WALLED LAUNCH POSITIONS, A CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA
AND THREE MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS. A CIRCULAR ROAD UNDER
CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DIAMETER AS THE SITE PERIMETER
ROAD IS LOCATED ABOUT 1,500 FEET WEST OF THE SAM SITE. THERE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 18 VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT AND 46 TENTS LOCATED NEARBY.
A SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMMATELY 7 NM SE OF CHANDAGARH AIRFIELD
AT 30-34-20N/76-51-50E, PLOTTED ON AMS SERIES 250, U502, SHEET
NH 43-8, 1ST ED, JULY 1959. THIS SITE CONSISTS OF A LINK CONFIGURATION
UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONTAINING 6 WALLED LAUNCH POSITIONS, A CENTRAL
GUIDANCE AREA, AND THREE MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS. LOCATED APPROXI-
MATELY 1,500 FEET SW OF THE SITE IS A CIRCULAR ROAD IN THE EARLY
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION WITH A DIAMETER APPROXIMATELY
THE SAME AS THAT OF THE SITE PERIMETER ROAD. WITHIN THE AREA ARE
APPROXIMATELY 40 TENTS AND 20 VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT.
A SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 9 NM NW OF CHANDARGARH AIRFIELD
AT 30-48-15N/76-44-5OE, PLOTTED ON AMS SERIES 200, U502, SHEET NH
43-8, 1ST ED, JULY 1959. THE SITE CONSISTS OF A DOUBLE FENCE
SECURED INCOMPLETE LINK CONFIGURATION CONTAINING 6 WALLED LAUNCH
POSITIONS, THREE OF WHICH CONTAIN PROBABLE LAUNCHERS; WALLED
CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA, AND THREE MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. APROXIMATELY 10 VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT ARE LOCATED IN
THE SITE. LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET NW OF THE SITE IS A
CIRCULAR ROAD OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DIAMETER AS THE SITE
PERIMETER ROAD, A LARGE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND
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A !AN SUPPORT FACILITY, APPROXIMATELY 500 BY 600 FEET IN SIZE
IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 NM SOUTH. OF` C NDAGARH AIRFIELD AT
3$-40-OON/76-49-30E. THE FACILITY SISTS OF A SECURED AREA
CONTAINING ONE LARGE BUILDING, FIVE SMALL BUILDINGS, THREE
REVETTED STRUCTURES, TWO BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THREE
TENTS.
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