RADAR SITE TSO-NA AREA, TIBET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000400080009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 31, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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RADAR SITE
TSO-NA AREA, TIBET
2801N 09202E
1- TSO-NA (TSONA DZONG) IS LOCATED ON THE MAIN ROAD LEADING TO THE BUM
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LA (PASS). IN THE 1962 ATTACK ON INDIA THE CHINESE USED TSO-NA AS
THE STAGING AREA FOR THEIR DRIVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH BUM LA TO TOWANG.
2- THIS RADAR SITE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED ON 2
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3_ REVEALS A RADAR SITE 7 NM NORTHEAST OF TSO-NA.
THE SITE CONTAINS ONE SCR-270 RADAR, ONE GENERATOR VAN, 10 TENTS AND
ONE CARGO TRUCK. SIXTY-THREE CRATERS ARE OBSERVED ONE NM SOUTH OF
THE RADAR SITE.

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