WE FULLY AWARE YOUR CONCERN OVER LOCATION SAM SA-2 BUT THIS IS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001800050028-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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Approved For Release 2008/02/11: CIA-RDP78BO4558AO01800050028-8
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WE FULLY AWARE YOUR CONCERN OVER LOCATION SAM SA-2 BUT THIS IS
OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATION. WE CAN ONLY ADVISE WHERE INFORMATION
REQUIRED.
2. FYI WE CONSIDER COVERAGE OUT TO 10.5 NM FROM NADIR OF
VERTICAL (FLIGHT LINE) AS ADEQUATE FOR DETAILED PI; UP TO 28.5
NM ADEQUATE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION; UP TO 39 NM ADEQUATE
FOR GENERAL PI. BEYOND THIS POINT LITTLE REAL INTELLIGENCE IS
OBTAINABLE.
3. THEREFORE, FOR PRODUCTIVE COVERAGE IT IS DESIRABLE THAT
COLLECTION PLATFORM NOT BE MUCH MORE THAN 15 NM FROM COMOR TARGET.
IN INSTANCE OF SCTMTR RIGHT FAN COULD PICK UP RANGE FROM OPPOSITE
SIDE OF WHERE SAM LOCATED IF FLIGHT LINE GOES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
THUS VEHICLE WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 25 NM FROM SAM. THIS WE
UNDERSTAND IS BASIC FLIGHT TRACK COORDINATED BY OF
NPIC.
4. BASED ON THE FOREGOING, THE DETERMINATION FO FLIGHT TRACK
IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OSA NOT NPIC.
S E C R E T
CFN 0544 DUCKETT
SAM SA-2 10.5 NM NADIR PI 28.5 NM 39 NM
PI NOT BE 15 NM COMOR SCTMTR 25 NMI (NPIC OSA NOT NPIC
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