EGYPTIAN MISSILE LAUNCH AND TEST INSTALLATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200320068-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: May 1, 1963
• Content Type: IR

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
CIA/PIR-4/63
May 1963
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GYPTIANI MISSILE LAUNCH AND
TEST INSTALLATION
DECLASSIFICATION REV EW by NIMA/DOD 3/14/00
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EGYPTIAN MISSILE LAUNCH AND TEST INSTALIPATION
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A missile launch and test installation has
been identified from KEYHOLE photography 33
nautical miles (nm) west-northwest of Cairo at
30-09-OON 30-37-30E (Figure 1). The in-
stallation is located 10 nm by air west-south-
west of the abandoned Gebel Hamzi Airfield.
An all-weather road leads from the Cairo-
Alexandria highway (Desert Road) at the aban-
doned airfield and terminates at the test facility
(Figure 2). The installation was not pres-
ent on TALENT photography of
CAIRO?
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The launch point consists of a circular
pad 125 feet in diameter (Figure 3). To the
northeast are two assembly /checkout buildings;
a third, indistinct, structure is adjacent to the
road. Several scarred patterns around the
buildings may indicate construction of additional
support facilities. Ground support equipment
cannot be identified from the small-scale pho-
tography.
An oval road pattern northwest of the launch
pad appears to enclose a mounded area, which
Baltim
TEST INSTALLATION/
Railroads
Roads
e Airfields
Cultivated Area
FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF MISSILE LAUNCH AND TEST INSTALLATION.
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_Port Said
Suez
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ROAD
ALEXANDRIA
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DESERT ROAD
AIRFIELD
(ABANDOD)
LAUNCH AND
TEST INSTALLATION
ENGINE TEST
FACILITY
2 BLOGS
100' X 75'
LAUNCH PAD .
125' DIAM
PROS BLDG
APPROX 80?
LONG
CAIRO WEST CAIRO
AIRFIELD 24 NM
(SEE FIG 3)
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may be i utilized as a control bunker. South of
-the launch pad a branch road serves a probable
drive-through building. An engine test facility is
located on a ridge north-northeast of the launch
pad. A cut 350 to 400 feet long and about 150
feet wide at the upper end has been made in
the ridge. The existence of a test stand cannot
be determined. ?
Approximately 2.5 nm southeast of the
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launch pad is a small scarred area adjacent to
the road. This area may serve as an observa-
tion point for viewing missile launchings.
A search extending in an arc approximately
60 nm from the northwest tothe southwest of the
test facility revealed no impact areas or down-
range instrumentation. No other launch positions
or support facilities that might be associated
with this test facility were observed.
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MAPS OR CHARTS
AMS_ Series P 503, Sheet NH 36-5, 3d ed, Apr 61, scale 1:250,000 (UNCLASSIFIED)
ACIC- US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0447-IIAL, 1st ed, May 61, scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
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