SAM ACTIVITY--EGYPT AND SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000100010008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 1, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
SAM ACTIVITY--EGYPT AND SYRIA
GROUP 1: EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
JULY 1970
DOPY NO ~~~
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PIR-045/70
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1. The deployment of Soviet surface-to-air missile sites in Egypt and Syria
has continued to increase since March 1970. This report presents the status of
fined by interpretation of the latest photography
Information is current through Figure 1 is a
location map which indicates the regions of SAM deployment in Egypt and. Syria.
Figures 2 through 5 portray graphically the locations of all known sites and T-
shaped structures; these are numbered to correspond. with line item entries in
Tables 1, 2, and 3.
2. Totals of 93 SA-2 sites and 18 SA-3 sites have been identified on photog-
raphy. This represents an increase of 18 SA-2 sites and 10 SA-3 sites from
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~SA-2 SITE
~SA-3 SITE
T,;SHAPE~DSTRUCTURE
NOTE: RED DENOTES NEW FACILITIES
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NOTE: RED DENOTES NEW FACILITIES
SA-2 SITE
SA 3 SITE
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3. A 11 SA-2 sites have been identified as confirmed sites. Of the 18 SA-3
sites, l~+ have been identified as confirmed, three were probable, and one was
possible. Two previously reported possible SA.-3 sites at A 1 Iskandariyah (Table
1, items 79 and 89) have now been identified as SA-2 sites. Three SA-2 sites
(A 1 Iskandariyah A2~+-2, Sawhaj A31-2, and Al Ismailiyah C19-2) have been deleted
from the listing. One was subsequently identified as an AAA site; the other two
were abandoned and returned to cultivation.
~+. Thirty-three T-shaped structures have been identified. Four now have
been confirmed as SA-2 sites and one as a probable SA-3 site under construction.
5. Six new SA-2 sites were identified on photography of June 1970 (Mission
1110). All six sites were unoccupied and four of them were in various stages
of construction. The total known SA-2 sites in Syria is nine.
FIGURE ~+. SAM DEPLOYMENT IN MATRUH AREA OF EGYPT
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SA~2 SITE
SA~3 SITE
T~SHAPED STRUCTURE
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SA~2 SITE
FACILITIES
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Unidentified objects in
guidance area.
Foemerly identified as a
puss SA-3 site.
Formerly identified as a
poss SA-3 site.
Site under construction.
Formerly Aswan T-shaped
structure ~r1.
Formerly Asu2n T-shaped
structure #2,
Site under construction.
Site under construction.
Site under construction,
Formerly Al Qahiral
T-shaped #10, site
under constracti on.
Eoub craters in area;site
is 1 nm SSE of As Suway
T-shaped structure #6.
Homb craters in area;
site is under
construction.
Former/ Al ?skandariyah
T-shaped structure #1;
site is under
construction.
Formerly Al Qahirah
T-shaped structure !k3?
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AL Q(~HIRAH #1
AL Q(~HIFAH #2
AL QpHIRAH #4
AL QpNIRAH #5
AL Qf~f[IRAf{ #6
AL QAHIRAH #'/
AL QpHIRAH #B
AL QAHIRAH #9
AS SUWAYS #1
AS SUWAYS #2
As suwnxs #3
AS SUWAYS #4
As suwnxs #5
AS SUWAYS #6
AS SUWAYS #'/
AS SUWAYS #8
AS SUWAYS #9
AS SUWAYS #10
AS SUWAYS #11
AS SUWAYS #12
AS SUWAYS #13
AS SUWAYS #14
AS SUWAYS #15
MATRUH #1
3o-49N o;o-o8E
29-45N o31-25E
29-45N o31-13E
29-52N 031-12E
29-54N 031-11E
3o-OON o31-O6E
3o-o5N o3o-53E
construction.
No change since 1109.
30-OON 031-18E No change since 1109.
30-01N 031-02E ---
3o-46N o32-10E No change since 1109,
30-46N 032-OBE U-shaped wall added.
30-44N 032-08E No change since 1109.
30-41N 032-0'/E No change since llG9.
30-3'/N 032-OBE No change since 1109.
30-34N 032-O1E Excavation now covered; bomb craters were
visible in area; Al amailiyah ~y2-3
18 1 nm SSF.
3o-3oN o32-o9E Still under construction.
30-28N 032-04E Structure now covered.
30-25N 031-57E Excavation showed bomb damage.
30-24N 032-04E Still under construction.
30-20N 032-O1E Still under construction.
30-12N 032-14E Structure showed bib damage.
30-lON 032-12E Still under construction.
30-11N o32-16E Still under construction.
30-42N 032-04E Still under construction.
31-18N 027-14E Linear excavation under construction.
26-48N o33-56E T-shaped excavation under construction.
Table 3. SAM Deployment in Syrie. (Item numbers are keyed to Figure 5.)
Current Usual Remarks
Status Statue
1 HOMS E22-2
2 Dausxe A12-2
3 HDMS A35-2
4 Dnwsx@ a23-2
5 Dnusxfl Bz3a-2
6 DUMAYR A24-2
7 DARA Eo3-2
8 HOMS A20-2
9 DIMASHQ C19-2
0 =Occupied
U = Unoccupied
Undet = Undetermined
34-33N 036-35E o 0
33-27N 036-24E Undet
34-48rr o36-41E u
33-21N 036-06E U Site under construction.
33-22N 036-07E U Site under construction.
33-35N 036-35E U Site under construction.
32-46N 036-10E U
34-36N 036-41E U Site under construction.
33-our o36-12E
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