CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM OPCEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100120002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 30, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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TO AFSSO USAF
1964 DEC 30 23 26I
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IS FROM THE CIA/PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION. CITE C;.P ;030.
THE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE TRACKING/INSTRUMENTATION FA;. T ES
AT KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER ARE NOW SU' T
OF TOTALLING 17 SITES AND EXTENDING 135 NAUTICAL MILES DOWN E.
THIS SUSPECT EXTENSION OF TRACKING FACILITIES IS BASED ON ACORRELA
TION OF COMPONENTS AT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED "H-SHAPED" 'RADAR ES
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AND COMPONENTS RECENTLY OBSERVED AT KY/VLAD MTC SAM INSTRUM 'LION
SITES 10 AND 11. THE LATTER TWO SITES ARE CONNECTED TO THE
KY/VLAD MTC SAM RANGEHEAD BY CABLE LINES. (SEE NPIC/R-126/
THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED "H-SHAPED" RADAR SITES ARE OF
CONFIGURATIONS WITH DIFFERING NUMBERS OF COMPONENTS. ONE C u H- -
TION CONSISTS OF FOUR ELEVATED RADAR POSITIONS FORMING A SQUARE
APPROXIMATELY 575 FEET ON A SIDE WITH ROAD ACCESS FORMING A DIST-
INCTIVE H-PATTERN. IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR RADAR POSITIONS ARE
THREE SUSPECT INSTRUMENTATION POSITIONS AND A SUPPORT AREA OF
APPROXIMATELY FOUR BUILDINGS. INSTALLATIONS OF THIS CONFIGURATION
IN THE GENERAL KAPUSTIN YAR AREA ARE LOCATED NEAR ELTON, GORNYY
BALYKLEY, AND PALLASOVKA.
THE SECOND CONFIGURATION OF "h-SHAPED" 'ADAR SITE CONSISTS OF
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A TOTAL OF TEN RADAR POSITIONS, FOUR OF WHICH ARE ELEVATED AN FORM
A SQUARE APPROXIMATELY 575 FEET ON,N A SIDE, THREE SUSPECT Ii~ISTRUi1EN-
TATTON POSITIONS, AND A SUPPORT AREA OF APP OXIIATELY 25 BUILDINGS.
INSTALLATIONS OF THIS CONFIGURATION IN T ]-l'-7 GENERAL KAPUSTIN YAR AREA
ARE LCCATED NEAR KA?iYSHIN, ALEKSANDROV GAY (CITE CIA-P-0322), AND
COi'IPLEX C KY/VLAD il]T'R (SEE NPIC/R-811x/64) .
INSTRUilENTATIOtN SITES 15 AND 11 ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE SECOND
CONFIGURATION "'r;-SHAPED" RADAR SITE SINCE THEY E-AC 1 CONSIST OF TEN
RADAR POSITIONS, FOUR OF ~'?NICE FORN'4 A SQUARE APPROXIINNATELY 575
FEET ON A SIDE, AND THREE SUSPECT Ii~ISTRWENTATION POSITIONS.
HO'.IEVER, THESE TWO SITES LACK THE CHARACTERISTIC H-SHAPED ROAD
PATTERN, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPORT AREAS ONLY TOTAL FOUR STRUCT-
URE S. SITE 1r7, WHEN OBSERVED H_____________________ CONSISTED
OF FOUR OCCUPIED RADAR POSITIONS, SIX UNOCCUPIED RADAR POSITIONS,
AND T1iIEE OCCUPIED SUSPECT INSTRU;;ENTATION POSITIONS. SITE 11,
11HEN 03SERVED ON CONSISTED OF SEVEN
OCCUPIED RADAR POSITIONS, THREE UNOCCUPIED RADAR POSITIONS, AND
THREE OCCUPIED SUSPECT INSTRU11 iNTATIOtN POSITIONS.
THE KY/VLAD MTC SAN RANGEHEAD IS LOCATED AT 43-43t\ G45-45E
AND THE NOMINAL FLIGHT LINE, BASED ON NEAR-RANGE INSTRUMENTATION
AND ORIENTATION OF LAUNCH FACILITIES, IS APPROXIMATELY 3: DEC ES.
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES, AND DISTANCES AND B%ARINGS F"-?U: SA: RANG'EHEAD
FOR THE "H-SHAPED" RADAR SITES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SITE GEO COORDS DISTANCE BEARING (DECR'EES)
15 49-92N 046-10-T 22.8
1 1 49-07N 045-43'E 19.S
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ELTON
49-16N 04
6-49E
50.0
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GORNYY BALYKLEY
49-33N 04
5-02E
54.1
KAMYSHIN
50-03N 04
5-16E
76.1
PALLASOVKA
50-0411 04
6-54E
87.1
ALEKSANDROV GAY
50-ION 04
S-34E
135.7
COMPLEX G--KY/V
48-25N 04
6-14E
30.0
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