SQUARE PAIR RADARS AT SARY-SHAGAN R&D RADAR FACILITY 3, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010004-0
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 18, 1977
• Content Type: REPORT

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National
Photographic
Interpretation
Center
01-77-56-cret-fitff-f?
IMAGERY INFORMATION REPORT
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SQUARE PAIR RADARS AT SARY-SHAGAN R&D RADAR FACILITY 3, USSR
Two SQUARE PAIR radars were observed fully assembled at Sary-Shagan
Research and Development (R&D) Radar Facility 3
They were deployed on concrete pads near the two large probable
radars housed under environmental covers at opposite ends of a radar
control building. The command guidance antennas for the SQUARE PAIR did
not appear to be attached, and no modifications were discernible. Neither
SQUARE PAIR would operate effectively with the current orientation (toward
the radar facility support buildings), and each should be turned in a north-
west azimuth toward the center of the Sary-Shagan Missile Test Range.
The SQUARE PAIR is the tracking and guidance radar for the Soviet
long-range, SA-5 surface-to-air missile system. R&D Radar Facility 3 has
been under construction since February 1971 and is between ABM-related
Sary-Shagan R&D Radar Facilities 1 and 2. Althpugh the exact function of
R&D Radar Facility 3 is unknown, its orientation is similar to
that of existing ABM-related radars at Radar Facilities 1 and 2. These two
facilities are designed to track ballistic targets launched from Kapustin
Yar toward the 1,050-nautical-mile impact area at Sary-Shagan.
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