AL QAHIRAH GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT ROCKET AND RADAR PLANT 333

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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basic Imagery Interpretation report
Al Qabirab Guided Missile
Development Rocket and Radar
Plant 333 (S)
STRATEGIC WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
EGYPT
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Al Qahirah Guided Missile Development Rocket and Radar Plant 333
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
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1. (SAD) This report updates a previous basic report on Al Qahirah Guided Missile Development
Rocket and Radar Plant 333, Egypt. Each of the nine areas of the plant is discussed. Buildings and
structures either under construction or completed during the period from December 1977 through May
1980 are identified and measurements are provided. The amount of floorspace at the plant increased
slightly more than 30 percent during the two-year reporting period.
2. (S) This report includes a location map, two annotated photographs, and a table of mensural data.
BASIC DESCRIPTION
3. (S/D) Al Qahirah Guided Missile Development Rocket and Radar Plant 333 (Figure 1) is 8.5
nautical miles (nm) east-northeast of the center of Cairo along the main Cairo-Suez Highway
Between December 1977 and May 1980, roof
cover at the plant was increased by 34,191 square meters. Plant expansion/construction activity observed
during the reporting period is discussed for each of the nine areas that make up the plant complex. These
areas include a test area, a graded and sectioned area intended for possible future plant expansion, a
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fabrication and possible solid propellant processing and handling area, a fabrication and storage area, an
administration and recreation area, a motor pool, a SAM modification and maintenance area, a SAM
training area, and an abandoned possible test area. This report updates a previous NPIC report.'
4. (S/D) A test area was constructed in the northeast corner of the plant during the reporting
period. It consists of a 535-meter earthen, revetted test range, a firing-in butt 423 meters from the range
test stand, and a velocity test stand (item 5, Figure 2). Total roof cover of the structures in this test area
(items 1 through 8) is 1,893 square meters.
5. (S/D) The complex contains a large graded and sectioned area which contains five small struc-
tures (items 9 through 13) with a total of 1,017 square meters of roof cover. Two of the structures are
probable explosives storage buildings under construction (items 9 and 10). Item 11 is a large incinerator
with two stacks, each of which is 13 meters in height and 2.5 meters in diameter. The entire area was
graded in June 1978, but only very limited construction has occurred since then.
6. (S/D) Construction of new buildings in the fabrication and possible solid propellant processing
and handling area accounted for 16,319 square meters of new roof cover at Plant 333 (items 9 through 22
and 25 through 27, Figure 3 and Table 1). Particularly significant is the large three-building complex
(items 11, 14, and 15) housing probable administrative, engineering, laboratory, fabrication, and assembly
facilities. This building complex replaced eight small possible ingredients preparation buildings which had
a combined roof cover of only 866 square meters. The net gain in roof area is 15,453 square meters.
7. (S/D) The fabrication and storage area was expanded during the two-year period by 21 new
buildings with a combined roof cover of 11,912 square meters (items 1 through 8, 23, 24, 28, and 31
through 34). The large administration/engineering/research and development building (item 32) is a major
addition to this area. Another major addition to the area is the explosives processing and storage complex
(items 1 through 8) which may be related to the large multifunctional three-building complex of the
fabrication and possible solid propellant processing and handling area.
8. (S/D) Roof cover in the administration and recreation area was increased by 1,921 square meters with
the addition of a new barracks/utility building (item 29) and a new recreation/utility building (item 30).
9. (S/D) The amount of roof cover in the motor pool area was increased by 1,995 square meters with
the addition of an administration building, a vehicle operations building, a storage building, and a vehicle
shed (items 35 through 38).
10. (S/D) No change in existing facilities occurred in either the SAM modification and maintenance
or SAM training areas during the reporting period. SAM equipment observed in the SAM modification
and maintenance area on 16 May 1980 included 24 SA-2 missile launchers, ten SA-3 missile launchers, two
FAN SONG radars, three LOW BLOW radars, 16 generator vans, and numerous SA-2 missile canisters.
This equipment count is typical for this area. Six to ten SA-2 canisters have been seen in the SAM training
area since December 1979.
11. (S/D) The area formerly designated as a possible test area has been abandoned since December 1978.
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Table 1.
New Structures Observed at Plant 333 Since December 1977
(Items keyed to Figure 3)
This table in its entirety is classified SECRETI WNINTEL
Item
Building Description
Dimensions
(m)
Roof Cover
(sq m)
Remarks
L
W
1
Storage bldgs (8)
31
18
558 (ea)
(558 x 8 = 4,464)
2
Explosive processing bldg
15
15
225
3
Explosive processing bldg
6
3
18
4
Storage bldg
20
11
220
5
Explosive processing bldg
42
13
546
6
Explosive processing bldg
14
8
112
7
Explosive processing bldg
14
8
112
8
Explosive processing bldg
21
8
168
9
Vehicle storage shed
77
6
462
10
Storage bldg
14
12
168
11
Lab/fabrication/assem bldg
87
78
6,786
12
Storage bldg
12
9
108
13
Storage bldg
9
7
63
14
Admin/engr bldg
53
46
2,438
15
Lab/fabrication/assem bldg
93
43
3,999
16
Utility trailers (13)
8
3
24 (ea)
(24 x 13 = 312)
17
Utility trailer
22
3
66
18
Admin/storage bldg
7
8
56
19
Utility trailer
6
3
18
20
Utility trailers (6)
9
3
27 (ea)
(27 x 6 = 162)
21
Storage bldg
15
9
135
22
Utility bldg
10
5
50
23
Poss barracks
52
8
416
Ucon
24
Unid bldg
28
6
168
Ucon
25
Prob barracks
40
17
680
Ucon
26
Prob barracks
30
23
690
Ucon
27
Storage shed addition
18
7
126
28
Storage bldg
69
6
414
29
Barracks/utility bldg
76
21
1,596
30
Recreation/utility bldg
25
13
325
Ucon
31
Shop/assem bldg
91
25
2,275
32
Admin/engr/R&D bldg
60
41
2,460
33
Storage tank control bldg
10
5
50
34
Storage bldg addition
22
12
264
35
Admin bldg
14
12
168
36
Vehicle operations bldg
30
12
360
37
Storage bldg
21
11
231
38
Vehicle shed
103
12
1,236
Total roof cover added above
32,147
Total from inset table, Figure 2)
2,910
Total roof cover added
35,057
Bldgs removed since Dec 77
Poss ingredients preparation bldgs
231
Poss ingredients preparation bldgs
42
Poss ingredients preparation bldgs
114
Poss ingredients preparation bldgs
140
Poss ingredients preparation bldgs
46
Poss ingredients preparation bldgs
146
Poss ingredients preparation bldgs
21
Poss ingredients preparation bldgs
126
Total roof cover removed
866
Net roof cover increase
34,191
(35,057 - 866 = 34,191)
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