KASP-B IN TOW ON VOLGA RIVER, USSR

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CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6
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December 28, 2016
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August 16, 2011
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December 29, 1977
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6 NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consu Ita nts PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved USIBONLY- USIB Departments Only ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ...- This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . ...- , -- ,, Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6 . _ _.. . ; __ ~ . ~.. _ .. _ --~__._.L1 -- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6 National Photographic Interpretation Center (S/WNINTEL) A KASP-B aerohydrodynamic vehicle was observed being towed southward on the Volga River (Figure 1) toward Volgograd The vehicle was approximately 217 nautical miles (nm) north of Volgograd and 542 nm north of Kaspiysk Special Research and Development Facility a tug and another vessel (vessel not on graphic). The right wing of the vehicle appeared to be partially submerged. The KASP-B was being towed by a tug and was being followed by (TSR) A KASP-B was observed at Kas i sk S ecial Research and Develop- manr Fa~;1;rv fF;gure 2) on 13 occasion (S/WNINTEL) It is believed that the KASP-B is constructed at Taganrog Airframe Plant Dimitrou 86 because KASP-B components have 25X1 been seen there 25X1 (S/WNINTEL) The presence of a KASP-B at this northern location on the Volga River is unexplained. GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES 51-53N 47-03E w~~M~ro Monce Snnilir IMNkp. Swrcp Nq M.tIgU~ IiNOME. 29 DECEMBER 1977 IMAGERY INFORMATION REPORT KASP-B IN TOW ON VOLGA RIVER, USSR (S) However, this KASP-B was not observed on coverage of 25X1 L~X1 7X1 25X1 BE NO. None 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6 Q Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17 :CIA-RDP78T05698A000300010116-6