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DECLASS REVIEW by NIMA/DOD
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
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Copy No.-.
This material contains inf~Uon hotting the National Defense of the United States within the meanln of the
E Espioa,a6e Lwa, Title
iA I B.C. Bea. 793 and 794, the trans:alaslon or revelaUon of which In any manner to an ttnauthorized person is prohibited by law.
JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
ARMY-NAVY--CIA
SUBJECT Hex:igo- --Type Surface--to--Air NO. . JB-1002-59
Missile Sites
LOCATION : Near. Moscow, USSR DATE: 27 August 1959
WAC NUMBER: 167
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MAP DATA : USAF PC 167 B, 1:500, 000. (C) -
USTC S 0167?-983.3-?100A. (PROV), 1:100, 000. (S)
SOURCE REFERENCES
1. A_FCIN--1, No. 1223035, 12 August 1959. ~Sl
Oryi 2. CIA/PIC B-?1009/59, 13 August 1959. (S)
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3. A=my, SPIR No. 186, 14 July 1959. (S) SPECIAL
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REMARKS
Two hexa o-T.?-type surface-to--air missile (SAM) sites have been
identified on sm-a1?-frrmat aerial photography. A qualified
Western observer acted -t_ third type of hex,go-:al SAM site in the Moscow
area. 1/ This aut`t.:ority- stated that ti-.e three SAM sites are in the vicinity
of the followi-~g coordi .?;tes (See Figure 1):
55035`N / 37020'E 14 rm SW of Moscow
55?39'N / 37?201E 12 27-rn SW of Moscow
55?42'N / 37"i.5'E 13 _-m WSW of Moscow
Line drawi-gs of the two sites c:-_ photography is available are
included in this brief 'Figures 2 ,-;:- d 31.
The first SAM site (Figure 2) is o-_1~?- partially covered by photography.
Three launch revetme-As -,-,.d -:, iu_id,-:_~:e facility, all eider construction, are
visible on. the photograph.
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The second SAM site (Figure 3) cc,:..viC_-D.s six launch revetments and
guidarVice revetments u?`: der cc t_structio:-'. The I,u--.ch revetments are posi-
tioned in a fa:-:--.s aped ps.tte ':~. 'wit- t: a guidance revetments in the center.
The la..u-.clL reve*ar_e-~ts t' Foot- sites are similar in desig-Z to t1lose at
25X6 the SAM site _' ear - 3/ It i_s reported by the Western
observer (me~,tiotLed above) 0--nit the site on w!- ch photography is not avail-
able is of the same design as tx:e SAM site ~ ear_ Svv;verdlovsk, USSR. 1/a/
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