HERRINGBONE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SITE E-29

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CIA-RDP78T05439A000300090095-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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4
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December 28, 2016
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August 16, 2000
Sequence Number: 
95
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Publication Date: 
September 28, 1960
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BRIEF
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Approved For Release 2001/08/20 : CIA-RDP78T05438@00090095-9 Approved For Release 2001/08/20 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000300090095-9 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER No Pages 3 Copy No. -1 -1 7lts r40eW ooa aae turoffusa"Oft adwetlat the pa_. val ilefrnta of the U.1t. 8uus -t thla the awning of the itp o ? Lw. T Ue ttl. VAC. S.c*. 793 S .d 714k. the te*oeratraoa Of te.*.&UOC of wAICh in Y.7 maInl-r to au 4a\Uthot1YO person is pfWllbtt?d bT !?w'. DECLASS REVIEW BY NIMA / DoD NOFORN JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF ARMY-NAVY-CIA SUBJECT : Herringbone Surface-to-Air Missile Site E-29 NO . DATE PIC/JB-1010/60 28 September 1960 LOCATION: 46 nm WNW of Moscow, USSR COORD: 56001'20"N 36020'00"E FIGURE 1. HERRINGBONE SAM SITE E-29. The site location is shown in 25X6 red NOFORN 1'11NICI4Ua COPY S-E-C-R-E-T NOFORN PIC/JB- 1010/60 REFERENCE POINT: The Kremlin, 55?45'N 37?37'E. ]LOCATION: 46 nm west-northwest of reference point. just north of Denkovo. FUNCTION: One of a group of sites deploygftfor the defense c}? Moscow. SITE STATUS: Probably complete and operational.- REMARKS: This is the first known photography from which the geographical coordinates of Herringbone SAM Site E-29 can be accurately determined. The site is regularly shaped and is located in a partially cleared area on the outer herringbone defense ring. Visible service roads indicate that the site probably has 60 launch points. A YO-YO radar site is present. and a probable housing facility is located a short distance ? northeast of the herringbone site. MAPS or CHARTS: SAC. US Air Target Chart. Series 100, Sheet 1st ed (PROV), Oct 56, scale 1:100, OOC S-E-C-R-E-T NOFOR N