TWO PROBABLE SAM SITES APPROX. 50 NM NW OF SARY SHAGAN , USSR

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:JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
ARMY -NAVY--C.fA-AIR FORCE
(Published and Disseminated by ClA/P.lC)
SUBJECT - Two Probable SAM Sites
LOCATION. Approx.. 50 nm NW of
Sary Shagan, USSR
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NO PIC/JB-71/60
DATE : 19 April 1960
COORD 46?25'N 72?451E
(Approx.)
This brief, the :result of a preliminary photographic analysis,
identifies two adjacent probable SAM (surface-to-air missile) sites
under construction, located at approximately 46?25'N/72?45'E, about
50 nautical. miles northwest of Sary Shagan, USSR. One of the two sites,
which have a common fence, is in the mid/late construction stage and
has an outside service road and six other service roads leading through
probable launch positions. Dark areas on these six service roads sug-
gest launch positions under construction. Positioned, at the center of the
site is a probable guidance facility under construction. The other site,
which is in an earlier stage of construction, has initial. grading on the
complex network of service roads and in the probable guidance area,.
These two sites are only a portion of a large- complex which will be
:reported on in. a forthcoming brief.
The positioning of two SAM sites adjacent to each other is inconsis-
tent with operational SAM sites observed in the USSR. However, at the
Kapustin Yar SA.M test facilities, there are two sites so ;positi.oned at
the Troop Training Launch Area.
NOTE: 'Because of the poor quality of base maps of this area and
the scattered cloud cover on the photography, it is emphasized that the
g-ographic positioning of these sites is only approximate at this time.
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