SUMMARY OF SA-2 ACTIVITY IN NORTH KOREA FEBRUARY 1973 - JANUARY 1974

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
SUMMARY OF SA-2 ACTIVITY
IN NORTH KOREA
FEBRUARY 1973 - JANUARY 1974
MAY 1974
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SUMMARY OF SA-2 ACTIVITY IN NORTH KOREA
FEBRUARY 1973 - MARCH 1974
1. This report contains information on activity pertaining to SA-2 missile facilities in North
KorO
The report includes text, two location maps, six photographs, and three tables.
2. During the reporting period) I North Korea has
continued to implement a program of expansion of its SA-2 missile force designed to achieve complete
peripheral defensive coverage. Particular emphasis has been in the northern portions of the country.
Significant developments observed on photography between February 1973 and March 1974 were
the identification of eight new occupied SA-2 sites and one new SAM support facility (Figure 1),
11 new alternate SA-2 sites including the first hardened SAM site under construction in North Korea
(Figure 2), and the first observation of dummy SA-2 sites and equipment in the country. By March
1974 the number of occupied SA-2 sites in North Korea had been increased to 42 and SAM support
facilities had been increased to ten (Figure 1 and Table 1).
Occupied SA-2 Sites
3. The eight new occupied SA-2 sites, which have the normal revetted six-position
configuration, have virtually closed previous gaps in the peripheral defense along the southwestern
portion of the Sino-Korean border and along the north-central and northeastern coastal regions of
North Korea (Figures 1 and 3 and Table 1).
4. Of the 42 occupied SA-2 sites, four have been confirmed and 13 have tentatively been
identified as being equipped with the F model FAN SONG radar (Table 1). All occupied SA-2 sites
in North Korea have collocated or associated AAA defenses.
5. Fourteen dummy SA-2 sites with associated dummy equipment were observed in proximity
to known occupied SAM sites. These dummy sites, consisting of three to six launch positions and
ranging from one-fifth to one-half the size of a normal SA-2 site, were 1 to 6 nautical miles (nm)
from occupied sites (Figures 4 and 5 and Table 1).
SAM Support Facilities
6. One new SAM support facility at Kusong was identified his
facility should greatly improve logistical support to existing SA-2 sites along the southwestern portion
of the Sino-Korean border (Figure 1 and Table 1).
7. Construction of concrete-lined storage buildings has been completed or is nearing completion
at nine of the SAM support facilities. No evidence of this type of storage building has been observed
at Pyongyang SAM Support Facility
Alternate SA-2 Sites
8. Eleven new alternate SA-2 sites,* consisting of three to six launch positions, have been
identified within 10 nm of occupied sites. The majority of these alternate sites are characterized
by partially revetted launch positions and an absence of an interconnecting road network. No SA-2
equipment has been observed at these sites (Figures 2, 6, and 7).
9. Sariwon SAM Site C1OA-2 the first hardened SA-2 site observed in North
Korea, was identified as to function in . The site is now in the final stages
of construction and consists of six tunnel-served revetted launch positions and an elevator-served
central guidance area (Figure 8). Possible rails, to facilitate movement of the launcher from the tunnels
to the launch positions, have recently been observed at each of the launch positions. Although vresently
considered an alternate site because of its proximity to Sariwon SAM Site C10-2
this site, when complete, will probably replace the current occupied site as the primary aci ity.
No further evidence of site hardening has been observed in North Korea.
*During the period February 1968 to February 1973, 29 alternate SA-2 sites were identified in North Korea; however,
all of these sites have either deteriorated, been overgrown, or been abandoned.
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Table 1. Occupied SA-2 Sites in North Korea
(Items keyed to Figure 1)
Item Installation
1 NAJIN A06-2
2 CHONGJIN B05-2
3 CHONGJIN A22-2
4 HOEMU
5 MANPO-UP A07-2
6 KANGGYE A09-2
7 CHUNGAM A26-2
8 CHANGJIN-UP A 23-2
9 HWANGSUWON-NI A14-2
10 SONGJIN A01-2
11 KUNSON A01-2
12 SINPO A09-2
13 NAMSAN-NI A10-2
14 NAMSAN-NI C14-2
15 HULCHON A29-2
18 SINANJU A07-2
19 PUKCHANG-NI A05-2
20 TOEJO-DONG A09-2
21 HUNGNAM A25-2
22 HUNGNAM C22-2
23 PYONGYANG C33-2
24 PYONGYANG C05-2
25 WONSAN A10-2
26 PYONGYANG C29-2
27 PYONGYANG C26-2
28 NAMPO B30-2
29 PYONGYANG B23-2
30 PYONGYANG B7-2
31 PYONGYANG C12-2
32 NAMP9C24-2
35 SINGYE A30-2
36 HOEYANG A10-2
37 TAETAN A01-2
38 HAEJUO
39 NUCHON-NI A22-2
40 PYONGSAN
41 ANHYOP A28-2
42 PYONGGANG A35-2
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41-41-50N 129-42-20E
41-25-31N 129-41-15E
41-11-30N 126-23-30E
40-58-18N 126-37-32E
40-36-OON 126-25-51 E
Newly identified Aug 73
identified Mar 74 F
40-39-10N 128-12-50E
40-44-10N 129-12-20E
40-21-OON 128-39-50E
40-01-46N 128-13-30E
40-25-03N 124-5745E
Newly identified Aug 73 oss F model
FAN SONG identified Dec 73
40-12-55N 125-11-46E Newly identified Aug 73
39-59-31N 124-34-18E Newly identified Sep 73
39-54-49N 125-24-08E
39-38-52N 125-46-20E
39-38-35N 126-23-15E pass F model FAN SONG identified Dec 73
39-48-30N 127-3242E
39-29-07N 127-15-57E
39-20-21N 125-31-09E
39-15-54N 126-06-29E
39-08-31N 127-35-49E
39-07-41 N 125-17-58E
38-56-26N 125-14-55E FAN SONG F identified May 73
one dummy SA-2 site in proximity
38-48-37N 125-08-20E
38-47-56N 125-28-05E
38-45-34N 125-51-16E
38-53-29N 126-12-07E
38-27-41 N 124-59-29E
38-22-30N 12640-05E
38-26-53N 126-13-55E
38-30-32N 126-28-55E
One dummy SA-2 site in proximity
Three dummy SA-2 sites in proximity
Two dummy SA-2 sites in proximity
FAN SONG F identified Sep 7
38-08-50N 125-17-30E
38-01-43N 125-30-53E
38-07-13N 126-10-33E
38-17.20N 126-26-50E
38-20-55N 126-49-40E
38-29-50N 127-15-15E
Prob F model FAN SONG identified May 73
1; 2 dummy SA-2 sites in proximity
One dummy SA-2 site in proximity
One dummy SA-2 site in proximity
FAN SONG F identified Nov 7
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FIGURE 1. OCCUPIED SA-2 SITES AND SAM SUPPORT FACILITIES IN NORTH KOREA
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Chon 'in SAM Su port Fac
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41-02-14N
Pukchong SAM Support Fac
Kusong SAM Support Fac
40-01-50N
Hamhung SAM Support Fac
39-53-40N
Kangso SAM Support Fac
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Pone an SAM Support Fac
38-51-29N
Sepo-up SAM Support Fac
Pyongsan SAM Support Fac
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O NEW OCCUPIED SA-2 SITE SINCE FEB 73
? OCCUPIED SA-2 SITE PRIOR TO FEB 73
(KEYED TO TABLE 1)
NEW SAM SUPPORT FACILITY SINCE FEB 73
* SAM SUPPORT FACILITY PRIOR TO FEB 73
(KEYED TO INSET TABLE)
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39-24-22N
125-32-26E
39-30-40N
127-18-03E
38-27-12N
126-14-02E
38-08-33N
125-23-04E
38-06-51 N
126-05-OOE
38-07-27N
126-06-56E
38-10-OON 126-25-50E
FIGURE 2. ALTERNATE SA-2 SI TES NEW SINCE FEBRUARY 1973
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Sinuiiu A15-2
Sukchon A27-2
Yonghung-up A13-2
Sariwon C10A-2
Singye A18-2
Nuchon-ni B24-2
Pyongsan
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