HAMMAGUIR MISSILE TEST CENTER, NORTH AFRICA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000300300009-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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April 1964
HAMMAGUIR MISSILE TEST CENTER,
NORTH AFRICA
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 - The. Hamrznguir ;fissile Test Center is on pattern, an uniuentuueu wt, i,-,
the liafnmada du Guir (a barren. and rocky unidentified areas. The main portio
near The southeastJrn corner of \ta- rangehead'. is served by a`we1F_con,
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rocco and approximately 62.5 nautical miles macadam- road sv stem. The center w
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(Figute 1). This is -,i?ithin the disputed border Detailed analy
region between Algeri i and Morocco. The center: limited by nonstereo coverage, a gap
contains an airfield capable of handling largo-, the frames of the photography, poor
aircraft; a support base., two launch areas", ant quality,M'ri drifting,,sand:,:-
interferometer, a bell-shaped" instrumentation
Hammaguir ..\irtield,; at approximately 30- degrees. 1 A; possible- concrete thi
51N 03-04W, is about. 62.5 nm southwest of approximately 650 feet-in length, is at tl
Colomb Bechar; Algeria. - Only -the western -ern. e_nd_of-the runway.. -V second.runc
portion of the airfield which includes part of a proximately- r,;000 feet long and appro-~
main runway and a second smaller runwav is --1 50 feet.wide, is oriented on a magnetic
coveted by photography. ? Both runways appear of 70'250 degrees: No structures, air(
discernible within the
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o be of macadam construction. The visible vehicle
-00 feet anion of the airfield in
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-portion of the, main runway excee
in.~ length, is approximately 160 feet in width,-
and is oriented -on- a.magnetic azi rmittlY-of 4022 0
The Support Base' I-igure 2) is approxia_ and apparently provides local support
mately -L5 nm northeast of Hammaguir \irfield - center. It is a fence-enclosed area,
mately 2,200 by 1,700 feet.- Within'the
approximately 1 S possible barracks: and.:
matelv 25 unidentified structures.
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HAMMAGUIR
AIRFIE - C._ . SUPPORT
BASE
LAUNCH
AREA B
SPAIN
Paved road
Cable scar
? Unidentified area'
Instrumentation site
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 LAUNCH AREA A
Launch Area .\ is approximately h nm soutl-.
of the airfield ; 1- icure 3i. In the eastern 'portion
of this area is a tall structure wfych is asso-
ciated with the launch point. cveral additional
unidentified structures are in the launch area.
LAUNCH AREA B
Launch Area 13 is approximately 2.~, nm
&theast- of the Jaunch Area .\ and approxi-:
An interferometer ;1-igure S built on a
macadam foundation, is a.pproximatelv nm
south-southwe t of the airfield and approxi
matelv 2:0 nm west-northwest. of Launch \rea .\.
The axes are oriented in a nnrtl:east-sout!avest
anc~ northwest-.southeast direciion, and .:-e each
approximately 1;60 -feet in length. l; obliquity
tsf the photograph: has distor'ed t:le image of
? a
niately 4.5 nm south-southeast of the air,fie
Figure 4t. The access road enters the possibl
fenced area and divides to form a wve patter
Near the terminus of the southern leg of the w)
is a launch point, and an unidentified structui
wve. \ large rectangular building and sever4
unidentified structures are at the interz"ection
fh,e-equal-tided interferorneter.in I-igur~ n.
six or,,er sites are connected by cable scar
form a hell -shaped instrumentation patte3-
thicl~ extends drninr.tn e from the launch area
roximately Ls nm on !an azimuth of
I 'gave I Instrumentation Site I. th
nortd:ernmost of these sites I-igure 6), is ap
proximately -3.5 nm south=southeast of-the air
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field and contains two towers approximately a0
feet high. Instrumentation Site 2 1 igure - ,
approximately - nm south of the airfield, is.the
first site of the southern leg of the htll-shaped
instrumentation pattern. The four remaining
downrange' sites. 3, 4, 5, and 6, are all similar
FIGURE 8.
25X1 D SITE (SITE 6
in configuration and are composed of three in-
line `tructures, each approximately. 40 b}' 20
feet Figure ti0. Some vehicle tracks and cable
scars are visible in the downrange portion o
this. instrumentation pattern.
FIGURE 9. UNIDENTIFIED COMPLEX,
UNIDENTIFIED COMPLEX
An unidentified complex is approximately
1 .6 . nm south of the airfield ind 4 nm nort>il-
norfhwest of the launch areas. I figure U`.. I-he
complex, approximately 4.00n by 2.0(ln feet, is
fenced. \ narrow macadam rood extends from
the launch areas, through the complex. toward
the airfield. Observed along the roaJ. from
north to south. were three possible reverted
buildings, each approxin el. ~'n feet square. i
small cluster-Of unidentified structures with
two possi.hle drive-in-type buildings in the c
ter: and an unidentified building which'is a p
Bible security structure. Z o the west of
road are several unidentified black marks
irregular configurations.
Between the unidentified complex and
launch areas are several small unidentit
areas Figure 1 which contain additional bui
ings and structures, some of which are simi
in size and construction,
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