SUPPLEMENT 9 TO JOINT EVALUATION OF SOVIET MISSILE THREAT IN CUBA

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• Document Page Count: 27
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 4, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 28, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUPPLEMENT 9
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JOINT EVALUATION OF
SOVIET MISSILE THREAT IN CUBA
PREPARED BY
Guided Missile and Astronautics Intelligence Committee
Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
National Photographic Interpretation Center
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SUPPLEMENT 9
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JOINT EVALUATION ,OF
SOVIET MISSILE THREAT IN CUBA
PREPARED BY
Guided Missile and Astronautics Intelligence Committee
Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
National Photographic Interpretation Center
28 OCTOBER 1962
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NOTICE
This report is based primarily on detailed analysis of low-altitude
photography taken on (See Figure 4 for tracks.)
The primary emphasis is placed here on a technical evaluation of force
readiness, pace of construction, and changes in the deployment program
(Table 1). This report does not attempt to estimate Soviet intent to attack
the United States.
SUMMARY
1. All 24 MRBM launchers are believed to be fully operational. (See
Figure 2.)
2. Activity was continuing at all the MRBM and IRBM missile sites
covered on (See Figures 1 and 2.) Camouflage and
covering with canvas and natural concealment was continuing at the MRBM
sites and is becoming more effective.
3. No IRBM missiles, missile transports or erectors have been iden-
tified. However, we have identified oxidizer trailers and possible fuel
transporters among the support equipment near Guanajay IRBM Site 1.
These fuel transporters are larger in size than similar fuel transporters
at MRBM sites.
4. No new MRBMor IRBM sites have been detected; however, we have
had no high altitude coverage appropriate for search since
5. The establishment on of Scrambler communi-
cations between the USSR and Cuba meets the requirement of the deployed
missile units in Cuba for a communications system which is both very
secure and capable of handling a large volume of traffic. We consider these
links as the best candidates identified to date for Soviet command and
control of the missile forces in Cuba.
6. There is more evidence of the intent to have nuclear warhead
bunkers at each launch site.
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