SEARCH FOR ELEVATED ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT AT SA-3 SAM SITES, USSR

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• Publication Date: October 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
SEARCH FOR ELEVATED ELECTRONICS
EQUIPMENT AT SA-3 SAM SITES,
USSR
Handle Via TALENT - KEYHOLE Control Only
This document contains classified information affecting the notional security of the United States within the
meaning of the espionage laws U. S. Code Title 18, Sections 793 and 794. The law prohibits its transmission
or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person, as well as its use in any manner
prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the
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receive TALENT-KEYHOLE information. Its security must be maintained in accordance with KEYHOLE and
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NPIC/R-236/63
SEARCH FOR ELEVATED ELECTRONICS
EQUIPMENT AT SA-3 SAM SITES, USSR
This report provides an answer to that
portion of DIA requirement DIAXX 63-78 re-
questing a search of photography for elevated
electronics equipment at SA-3 surface-to-air
missile (SAM) sites other than those covered
by the earlier part of the requirement and
reported on in NPIC/R-183/63. 1/ The latter
publication presented information on 14 SA-3
SAM sites, all of which appear to have serious
radar masking conditions, and on the towers
observed at some sites which may reduce
these conditions by elevating radar antennas.
As a result of the current study, an ele-
vated electronics position similar to a probable
radar position reported earlier 2/ has been
observed at four sites, and possible elevated
electronics equipment has been observed at one
site. Table 1 lists the SA-3 SAM sites covered
and provides further information resulting from
this study.
All information in this report is based on
KEYHOLE photography prior to
Table 1. Results of Search for Elevated Electronics Equipment at SA-3 SAM Sites
25X1 D
25X1 D
Baku
A-t6A
Chernyakhovsk
(Uz -24 k
54-24
22-02
(Ragnit
55-01
21-59
Kaliningrad
13-02
C-13
(Pravdinsk)
C-32
(Donskoye),
(Polessk
54-50
21-06 WE
(Baltiysk)
54-391F
19-54
Monoscopic coverage
only
Monoscopic coverage
only
Fair quality
Poor quality
Fair quality
Poor quality
Poor quality
Fair quality
Lack of stereoscopic coverage
precludes interpretation
Lack of stereoscopic coverage
precludes interpretation
No equipment or towers visible
No equipment or towers visible
No equipment or towers visible
Quality of photography precludes
interpretation
No equipment or towers visible
No equipment or towers visible
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Leningrad
C-01A
Lida
C-29A
Liepaja
A-19
Lyalichi
44-02E
1.32-3 E
Moscow
E-33A
Murmansk
B-0R
Odessa
A-05A
Olenegorsk
B-01
KEYHOLE Mission PI Quality/Tyne
No equipment or towers observed;
site under construction
Good quality No equipment or towers observed;
site observed to be under con-
struction
Good quality No equipment or towers observed;
site observed to be under con-
struction
Good quality No equipment or towers visible
Good quality Unidentified object observed in
center revetment and on roof of
revetted building adjacent to
main service road
Poor quality No equipment or towers visible;
site observed to be under
construction
Good quality Possible elevated electronics
equipment observed in center re-
vetment; no towers visible
Fair quality No equipment or towers observed
Poor quality Quality of photography precludes
interpretation
Fair quality No equipment or towers observed;
entire site is located on top of
hill and center revetment is
possibly raised
Fair quality No equipment or towers visible
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Palanga
A-03A
Pavilosta
56-53N
21-10E
Plesetsk
A-32
Fair quality Elevated electronics position ob-
served similar to the earth
mound with earth ramp mentioned
in an earlier report 2/ as oc-
cupied probable radar position
Poor quality Quality of photography precludes
interpretation
Pruzhany MRBM
Complex
B-10A
Good quality
Elevated electronics position ob-
served, similar to the earth
mound with earth. ramp mentioned
in an earlier report 2/ as oc-
cupied probable radar position
Site has occupied elevated prob-
able radar position consisting
of earth mound with earth ramp
(reported earlier 2/)
Sevastopol
A-01A
Good quality
A-17A
Good quality
Site observed to be under con-
struction
A-23
Good quality
Site observed to be under con-
struction
A-27A
Good quality
No equipment or towers observed
Severodvinsk
B-02A
Fair quality
No equipment or towers visible
64-32
Fair quality
No equipment or towers observed;
39-30
site observed to be probably
under construction
Shchuchin
A-27A
Poor quality Quality or photography precludes
interpretation
B-32A Poor quality Quality of photography precludes
interpretation
Sovetsk MRBM
Complex
A-06
Poor quality Quality of photography precludes
interpretation
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25X1A Ussuriysk
B-04
Vladivostok
A-07
Fair quality No equipment or towers visible
Fair quality No equipment or towers visible
Poor quality Quality of photography precludes
interpretation
Fair quality No equipment or towers visible;
site observed to be under con-
struction
Fair quality No equipment or towers observed
Poor quality No equipment or towers observed
Volkovysk
A-34A Good quality Elevated electronics position ob-
served, similar to the earth
mound with earth ramp mentioned
in an earlier report 2/ as oc-
cupied probable radar position
13-1.9A Good quality Elevated electronics position ob-
served, similar to the earth
mound with earth ramp mentioned
in an earlier report 2/ as oc-
cupied probable radar position
'Coordinates are included for sites lacking numerical designators.
**Formerly designated B-16A.
DOCUMENTS
1. NPIC. R-183/63, Towers at SA-3 SAM Sites, USSR, Aug 63 (TOP SECRET RUFF)
2. NPIC. R-122/63, Facilities and Equipment at Pruzhany MRBM Complex SA-3 SAM Site B-16A, USSR, Jun 63
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