CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001200020107-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 107
• Publication Date: February 2, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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2 FEB 196f,
T 0 P S E C R E I I THE FOLLOWING
IS FROM THE CIA/IMAGERY ANALYSIS DIVISION. CITE CIA-P 124.
REVEALS A "BEER CAN" TYPE,
CIRCULAR, ELEVATED PLATFORM WITH A CENTRAL CYLINDRICAL RADAR
PEDESTAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 58-MON 060-33E, APPROXIMATELY TH
NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF VERKHNYAYA SALDA. A SMALL SUPPORT
AREA CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 12 R UILDINGS IS NEARBY. THE RAISE
CIRCULAR PLATFORM AND ITS CENTRAL CYLINDER RESEMBLES, BOTH IN
SIZE AND CONFIGURATION, THE "BEER CAN" ELECTRONIC DEVICES
AT LENINGRAD NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST PRORABLE LONG RANGE SAM
LAUNCH COMPLEXES. TO THIS DATE, THE ONLY OTHER BEER CAN-TYPE
ELECTRONIC DEVICE SEEN IN THE SOVIET UNION IS THE ONE LOCATED
AT THE KAPUSTIN YAR MISSILE TEST RANGE, ELECTRONICS R&D AREA.
THE KAPUSTIN YAR DEVICE, NOW INCLUDES A PROVABLE CUT PARABOLOID
ANTENNA WITH A CHORD OF
APPROXIMATELY 55 FEET, MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE CENTRAL CYLINDRICAL
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PEDESTAL.
2. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT THE VERKHI AYA SALDA "BEER CAN"
TYPE ELECTRONIC FACILITY WAS NEGATED
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