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DEFENSIVE MISSILE INSTALLATIONS AT PORTS IN SYRIA

Document Type: 
CREST
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78T06493A000200040001-7
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
T
Document Page Count: 
7
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 31, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
July 1, 1978
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/31: CIA-RDP78TO6493A000200040001-7 Top Secret PHOTOGRAPHIC I NTERPRETATION REPORT NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER DEFENSIVE MISSILE INSTALLATIONS AT PORTS IN SYRIA (S) Top Secret PIR-033/78 JULY 1978 Copy 13 3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/31: CIA-RDP78TO6493A000200040001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/31: CIA-RDP78T06493A000200040001-7 ^ Ton Secrat RUFF 3. = Defensive missile facilities which have been identified include one SAM brigade headquarters, two SA-2 SAM support facilities, two SA-3 SAM support facilities, six occupied SA-2 SAM sites five SA-3 SAM sites, one unoccupied SAM site, and nine SAM sites under construction. 1 4. Defensive missile facilities are listed in Table 1. 2. To date, two new SAM brigades-the 37th SAM brigade at Tartus (Figure 1 and able an t e 71st SAM brigade at Al Ladhiqiyah (Figure 2 and Table 1)--have been identified in this area., facilities at Baniyas. 1. f Since the summer of 1976, the Syrian Air Defense Command has construc- ted sur ace-to-air missile (SAM) rings around major Syrian seaports and oil facilities on the Mediterranean Sea. Defensive missile rings have been built around the ports of Tartus and Al Ladhigiyah and a new ring is under construction to protect the oil refinery, storage, and port DEFENSIVE MISSILE INSTALLATIONS AT PORTS IN SYRIA (S) MAPS AND CHARTS JOG. (Ground), Series 1501, Sheets NI 36-8 and NI 36-4, scale 1:250,000 (UNCLASSIFIED) DOCUMENT REQUIREMENT -1- Top Secret Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/31: CIA-RDP78TO6493A000200040001-7 Top Secret RUFF -T-- 35?45' 1 SA-2 Site (occupied) SA-3 Site (occupied) Launch site (unoccupied/under construction) Q SA-2 Support Facility ASA-3 Support Facility (See Table 1 for more detailed information) 231 Tartus SA-2 Site 233 Tartus SAM Site 252 Tartus SA-2 Site 230 Tartus SA-3 Site 251 Tartus SA-3 Site 232 Tartus SAM Site 237 Tartus SAM Site 247 Tartus SAM Site 256 Tartus SA-2 Site Road Railroad I I NAUTICAL MILES -2- Top Secret 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/31 : CIA-RDP78TO6493A000200040001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/31: CIA-RDP78TO6493A000200040001-7 I op becret Hut-I- I I 35 045 36?00' Road Railroad 250 0 5 NAUTICAL MILES Mediterranean 254 Sea 249 245 ? 43 , 957 41239 244 W. 2 35030 W SAM Brigade Headquarters 245 Al Ladhiqiyah Prob SA-2 Spt Fac SA-2 Support Facility 253 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-2 SAM Spt Fac `? . I 254 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-3 Support Fac 242 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 244 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 249 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-2 Site 239 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 250 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 257 Al Ladhigiyah Field-Deployed SA-3 Site 241 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-3 SAM Site 243 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 258 Baniyas SAM Site 259 Baniyas SAM Site 261 Baniyas SAM Site 262 Baniyas SAM Site SA-2 Site (occupied) SA-3 Site (occupied) Launch Site (unoccupied/under construction) Brigade Headquarters 0 SA-2 Support Facility A SA-3 Support Facility (See Table 1 for more detailed information) Mediterranean Sea I I Hmeimim Airfield *262 261 ?259 FIGURE 2. DEFENSIVE MISSILE RING COMPOSED OF 71ST SAM BRIGADE AT AL LADHIQIYAH AND BANIYAS, SYRIA -3- -Top Seciet NPIC Site Name Coordinates y Type Status* Site Remarks 229 Tartus SAM Spt Fac 34-54-50N/035-54-10E SA-3 Abn Moved to NPIC site 248 sat 230 Tartus SA-3 SAM Site 34-55-30N/035-55-30E SA-3 Occ Field-deployed soft site launch 231 Tartus SAM Site 34-51-50N/035-54-20E SA-2 Occ Field-deployed soft site; originally SA-3 launch Site 232 Tartus SAM Site 34-50-50N/035-55-OOE SAM Ucon Permanent hardened site ucon launch 233 Tartus SAM Site 34-57-35N/035-53-30E SA-2 Occ SA-2 battalion field deploy adjacent to launch hardened site ucon 237 Tartus SAM Site 34-55-40N/035-53-25E SAM Ucon Permanent hardened site ucon launch 239 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 35-31 -OON/035-49-20E SA-3 Occ 4-rail, SA-3 launcher, semipermanent launch site 241 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-3 SAM 35-30-18N/035-46-38E SA-3 Ucon Soft site; positively abandoned Site launch 242 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 35-36-30N/035-51-58E SA-2 Occ Semipermanent soft site launch 243 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 35-32-15N/035-52-30E SAM Ucon Semipermanent soft site launch 244 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 35-29-10N/035-52-17E SA-2 Occ Semipermanent soft site launch 245 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-2 Spt 35-33-04N/035-49-02E Brigade Opr Probable new Hqs, 71st Air Def Brigade Fac hqs (ucon) 247 Tartus SA-3 SAM Site 34-55-38N/035-59-OOE SA-3 Ucon Relocated to NPIC site 251 launch 248 Tartus SAM Spt Fac 34-52-59N/035-55-50E SA-2 Opr Permanent facility spt fac 249 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-2 Site 35-33-45N/035-44-30E SA-2 Occ Semipermanent soft site launch 250 Al Ladhiqiyah SAM Site 35-37-40N/035-47-10E SA-3 Occ SA-3, 4-rail semipermanent soft site launch 251 Tartus SA-3 SAM Site 34-55-09N/035-58-43E SA-3 Occ SA-3, 4-rail, semipermanent soft site launch 252 Tartus SA-2 SAM Site 34-51-05N/035-59-17E SA-2 Occ Semipermanent soft site launch 253 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-2 SAM 35-33-50N/035-50-30E SA-2 Opr No permanent facilities Spt Fac spt fac 254 Al Ladhiqiyah SA-3 Slat 35-34-10N/035-47-30E SA-3 Opr No permanent facilities Fac spt fac 255 Tartus SA-3 Spt Fac 35-53-32N/035/56/17E SA-3 Opr Permanent facility ucon sat fac 256 Tartus SAM Site 34-46-50N/035-56-1 OE SAM Ucon Semipermanent soft site ucon launch 257 Al Ladhiqiyah FD SA-3 35-29-47N/035-54-33E SA-3 Occ SA-3, 4-rail, field deployed Site launch 258 Baniyas SAM Site 35-15-30N/035-56-1 1 E SAM Ucon Semipermanent soft site ,icon launch 259 Baniyas SAM Site 35-07-39N/035-57-39E SAM Ucon Semipermanent soft site ucon launch 261 Baniyas SAM Site 35-10-02N/036-02-46E SAM Ucon Semipermanent soft site ucon launch 262 Baniyas SAM Site 35-11-13N/035-59-28E SAM Ucon Semipermanent soft site ucon launch Table 1. Syrian SAM Sites (See also Figures 1 and 2) is classified TOP SECRET RUFF This table in its entiret Top Secret Top Secret Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/31: CIA-RDP78TO6493A000200040001-7
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