CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM IAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300030086-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 86
• Publication Date: July 16, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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IS FROM THE CIA/IMAGERY ANALYSIS DIVISION. CITE IAD 7778.
1. THE PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX, REPORTED
UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE BLACK SEA AREA BY CITE NPIC 7734, IS
LOCATED AT 45-09-ION 035-44-30E, ABOUT 17 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-
NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF FEODOSIYA, USSR (USATC 0249-16HL, 4TH
EDITION, AUGUST 1963). APPROXIMATELY ',8081 YARDS FROM THE
LAUNCH COMPLEX "ENGAGEMENT" RADAR SITE, ALONG AN AZIMUTH OF 343
DEGREES, A SMALL AREA OF NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY HAS DE-
VELOPED DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME THAT MAJOR LAUNCH COMPLEX
CONSTRUCTION BECAME APPARENT. LOCATION AND TIMING OF THIS
ACTIVITY REQUIRES THAT IT BE CHECKED ON SUBSEQUENT MISSIONS
AS THE SUSPECT CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR A BACK NET-SIDE NET
RADAR FACILITY.
2. LAUNCH SITE C, AND POSSIBLY B OF THE THREE-SITE
COMPLEX, REVEAL CONSTRUCTION FOR TYPICAL "V" SHAPED RAIL/GUIDE
LAUNCH POSITION PATTERNS. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO EQUATE THIS
LAUNCH COMPLEX WITH LAUNCH COMPLEX 1 AT SARY SHAGAN AS CLOUDS
QN THE FEODOSIYA AREA PREVENT INTERPRETATION OF LAUNCH SITE A
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CONSTRUCTION PATTERNS. THE SARY SHAGAN PROBABLE LONG RANGE
SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES ARE UNIQUE IN THAT ONE LAUNCH SITE AT EACH
OF THE COMPLEXES LACKS THE "V" LAUNCH POSITION CONFIGURATION.
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