IMAGERY ANALYSIS MONTHLY REVIEW

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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National Top Secret
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Assessment
Center
Imagery Analysis
Monthly Review
Top Secret
July 1980
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National Top Secret
Assessment
Center
Imagery Analysis
Monthly Review
This publication of the Office of Imagery Analysis contains
substantive findings and analytical judgments that were
derived principally from analysis of imagery. (U)
Comments and queries on the contents of this publication
are welcomed. They should be directed to the analyst whose
name and green line extension appear after each article. (U)
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Soviet Mobile Direction-Finding The Soviets have shipped a tactical direction-
Station Shipped to Cuba (S) finding station-the Turn Twist-to Cuba.
(S WNINTEL)
2 Modernization of a Fourth Soviet Imagery analysis shows that a Sverdlov-class
Sverdlov-Class Light Cruiser (S)
4 First Electricity Generated at
Ekibastuz Thermal Power Plant, the first 500-megawatt turbine generator
USSR(U) at the Ekibastuz Thermal Power Plant GRES-1
is in operation. (S WNINTEL)
6 First Seaborne Delivery of
Petroleum to North Korean
Refinery (S)
North Korea is now receiving seaborne deliveries
of petroleum for its Unggi Petroleum Refinery.
(S WNINTEL)
8 R&D Institute For Testing High- A facility under construction near Wuhan-previously
Voltage Transmission Equipment identified from imagery as being associated with
Identified Near Wuhan, China (S) electromagnetic pulse (EM P) simulation-is a
research and development institute for testing high-
voltage transmission equipment. (TS R)
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light cruiser, the Mikhail Kutuzov, is undergoing
modernization at Sevastopol Shipyard Semorzavod
497. (S WNINTEL)
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RLIY
Soviet Mobile Direction-Finding
Station Shipped to Cuba (S)
The Soviets have shipped a tactical direction-find-
ing station-the Turn Twist-to Cuba. The truck-
mounted Turn Twist is a passive direction-finding
system that operates by intercepting and collecting
aircraft communications. Turn Twist belongs to a
new family of Soviet intelligence collection systems
that previously had been seen only with Soviet line
divisions in the Warsaw Pact, and that recently
have been seen with a Soviet independent motor-
ized rifle brigade in Afghanistan. (S WNINTEL)
Satellite imagery of Nikolayev Port Facilities
South, the major Soviet port for military exports to
the Third World, showed that one Turn Twist-
present had been shipped out by
Ground photography showed a Turn
as it exited the Bosphorus The
craft-in the western Mediterranean ~ 25X1
ary and in the Caribbean just east of CubaO 25X1
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Kreml arrived at the Cuban port of Mariel, Cuba,
on 1 March. The Turn Twist has not been seen in
Cuba since the reported arrival of the Kreml.
(S WNINTEL)
The Turn Twist will provide the forces in Cuba
with a mobile, aircraft direction-finding system. An
aircraft direction-finding capability was previously
available only at fixed facilities in Cuba.
(S WNINTEL)
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Kreml with the Turn Twist still on deck was subse-
quently photographed at sea from a US Navy air-
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RUFF
Modernization of a Fourth Soviet
Sverdlov-Class Light Cruiser (S)
Imagery analysis shows that a Sverdlov-class light
cruiser (CL), the Mikhail Kutuzov, is undergoing
modernization at Sevastopol Shipyard Semorzavod
497. This is the fourth Sverdlov-class CL to be
modernized since 1973. The modernization of these
ships consists of the addition of a weapons system
with a more effective low-altitude air defense capa-
bility, including some capability against cruise mis-
siles. (SWNINTEL)
P eight weapons posi-
tions within 30-mm guns and four Drum Tilt
radar positions were seen installed aboard the Mik-
hail Kutuzov. A new superstructure serves as sup-
port for the air defense weapons. (TS R)
The Soviets built 14 Sverdlov-class CLs between
1950 and 1955. Three--the Oktyb'skaya Revoluti-
siya, the Admiral Ushakov, and the Alexsandr Su-
vorov were modernized between mid-1973 and late
1978. In addition, two Sverdlov-class CLs have
been scrapped, one was converted to a guided mis-
sile cruiser, and two were converted to command
light cruisers. Five Sverdlov-class CLs have retained
their original configuration except for minor modi-
fications. Two of these, however, are currently un-
dergoing overhaul-the Alexsandr Nevsky at the
Rosta Naval Base and Shipyard Sevmorput and the
Dimitry Pozharsky at the Vladivostok Naval Base
and Shipyard 202. Based on the activity seen at the
repair bases, these two vessels appear to be candi-
dates for modernization in the near future. (TS R)
The modernization of the Sverdlov-class indicates
that the Soviet Navy intends to keep warships of
this class in active service. The Sverdlov-class CLs
and Kotlin-class destroyers are the only two de-
ployed classes of warships that the Soviets are
known to have tasked to provide naval gunfire sup-
port for amphibious assault operations. Such sup-
port requires an effective air defense system.
(S WNINTEL)
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First Electricity Generated at
Ekibastuz Thermal Power Plant,
USSR (U)
the first erate development of the Ekibastuz complex.
500-megawatt (MW) turbine generator at the Eki- (SWNINTEL)
bastuz Thermal Power Plant GRES-1 is in opera-
tion. This plant is the first of five major regional
thermal power plants that the Soviets plan to build
by 1980 in the Ekibastuz coal basin in western Si-
beria. Each plant will have eight 500-MW turbine-
generator sets. With a combined generating capaci-
ty of 20,000 MW, the five plants will constitute the
electrical power base for the Ekibastuz fuel and en-
ergy complex. The output capacity of these plants
will nearly equal that of the 41 hydroelectric and
thermal power plants which form the electrical
power base of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
(S WNINTEL)
The Soviets are constructing on-site power plants to
make the most economical use of the lignite depos-
its in the Ekibastuz coal basin. The lignite is not
coked, and because of its high ash content and im-
purities it cannot be transported economically. The
Soviets are also testing an experimental section of a
1,500-kilovolt direct-current transmission line at a
substation north of Moscow. They plan to build a
transmission line of the same type to carry electrici-
ty generated at Ekibastuz to the western USSR. (U)
The Soviets are about a year behind schedule in
constructing the first Ekibastuz plant. Their origi-
nal plan was to put the first two turbine generators
into operation in September and December 1979,
and then to place one unit on line every six months
thereafter, completing the plant in late 1982. Analy-
sis of June 1980 photography shows that only the
first unit is operational and that the second unit
probably will not become operational before late
1980. None of the six remaining 500-MW units at
Ekibastuz is likely to become operational before
1981. The rate of construction at Ekibastuz was
criticized by Secretary Brezhnev in November 1979,
and the Soviets are reportedly taking steps to accel-
Location of
Ekibastuz Thermal Power Plant (U)
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RUFF
First Seaborne Delivery of Petroleum
to North Korean Refinery (S)
North Korea is now receiving seaborne deliveries of draft vessels. (SWNINTEL)
petroleum for its Unggi Petroleum Refinery
a coastal tanker was ob-
served at the new ship-to-shore petroleum transfer
facilities 3.5 kilometers (km) from the refinery at
Unggi. The tanker was linked by hose to one of the
two petroleum loading/unloading manifolds that
are connected to a pipeline system serving the
Unggi refinery. Construction of the transfer facility
d
began in late 177 7 and was co mplete
sometime be-
tween May 1979 and May 1980. Before the comple-
tion of this facility, all petroleum delivered to the
Unggi refinery had been transported by rail from
the Soviet Union. (TS R)
North Korea's recently acquired
95,500 metric-ton-capacity supertanker, the Onsung,
was anchored in Unggi Bay approximately 3 km
from the petroleum transfer facility. The super-
tanker was higher in the water toward the bow, in-
dicating that some of its cargo had been offloaded.
Because the water at the quay is too shallow for
deep-draft ships, it seems likely that the coastal
tanker was being used to carry crude oil from the
Onsung to the petroleum transfer facility. On the
the coastal tanker was docked
in a new position at the quay, next to the other
loading/unloading manifold, but it could not be de-
termined if the ship was linked by hose to the man-
ifold. The Onsung was probably present at Unggi
but its anchorage area was not covered
TS R)
North Korea's only other ship-to-shore petroleum
transfer facility is at Songnim, 30 km south-south-
west of Pyongyang on the Taedong River. At Song-
nim, a single loading/unloading manifold transfers
petroleum via pipeline to a nearby storage facility
containing seven petroleum products storage tanks.
(S WNINTEL)
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Construction of the Songnim transfer facility was
under way in early 1968 and was completed by
early 1970. Songnim is also unable to handle deep-
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RUFF
R&D Institute For Testing
High-Voltage Transmission Equipment
Identified Near Wuhan, China (S)
A facility under construction near Wuhan-previ-
ously identified from imagery as being associated
with electromagnetic pulse (EMP) simulation-is a
research and development institute for testing high-
voltage transmission equipment. The institute is the
first high-voltage research facility identified on pho-
tography in China. When complete, it will give the
Chinese the capability to develop and test new de-
signs of high-voltage equipment needed to upgrade
their electric power transmission system, which cur-
rently has a capacity of only 220 kilovolts. (TS R)
According to a recent US delegation to China, this
facility will be the largest and most modern high-
voltage research and development institute in
China. Under construction since 1977, it includes a
modern office and laboratory area, a support area,
and a 340-meter-long high-voltage transmission line
testing area. The office and laboratory area and the
support area appear to be complete. The high-volt-
age testing area, however, is still under construc-
tion. (SWNINTEL)
Within the testing area are several high-voltage test
towers and a 20-meter-tall surge generator. The
surge generator, which is similar in appearance to
surge generators produced in Sweden and East Ger-
many, will be used to discharge high-voltage power
along a transmission line to determine the ability of
line components to operate at various power levels.
Although surge generators are used at EMP facili-
ties to subject military equipment to the effects of
electromagnetic radiation, there are no indications
that the Wuhan facility will be engaged in EMP
simulation activity. (S WNINTEL)
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New OIA Publications
The following reports have been published by the Office of Imagery Analysis since the last issue of the
Imagery Analysis Monthly Review.
Imagery Research Papers
1. IS 80-10048J~ I Photographic Signatures of Soviet Divisional Combat Readiness, May 1980
(Top Secret MULTIPLE CODEWORD
4. IS 80-10084J~ I SS-11 Mod I Booster Reconfiguration Program, June 1980 (Top Secret
MULTIPLE CODEWORD)
5. IS 80-10079K Analysis of the SH-08 ABM and Its Launch Facilities at Sary Shagan,
USSR, June 1980 (Top Secret RUFF
6. IS 80-10032K, Expansion of China's Space Launch Capability, June 1980 (Top Secret
RUFF)
Imagery Analysis Memorandums
1.
IS 80-
1008
1K
,
New Con
struction and Explosives Test Activiti
es at Pu-hsin Explos
ives-
Relate
d Fa
cility, Taiwan (Secret)
3.
IS 80-
1010
5K
1
I Correlatio
n of Telemetry Van Movements From
Severomorsk With
Asso-
ciated
Nor
thern Fleet Naval Missile Firings
, 1977-1980 (Secret)
4.
IS 80-
1011
4, Mensuration of Unidentified O
bjects Seen on Soviet W- Class Submari
ne (Confidential)
5.
IS 80-
1009
7J,I
Iranian M
ilitary Forces Near the Afghanistan B
order (Top Secret MU
LTI- 25X1
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6.
IS 80
-101
11 K
,~
~ Expansio
n of Selected Egyptian Military Prod
uction and Repair F
acili- 25X1
ties-
1975
to 1980 (Top Secret RUFF)
7.
IS 80-
1009
9, The Shiraz Textile Mill, Iran
(Secret
Chinese Urban Personnel Shelters, June 1980 (Top Secret RUFF 1
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9.
IS 80-10119K,
Status of Oil Handling Facilities at Khark Island-l-13 Jun
e 1
980 (Top
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Secret RUFF)
11.
IS 80-10121K,
Status of Oil Handling Facilities at Khark Island-14-2
0 J
une (Top
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Secret RUFF)
12.
IS 80-10096 K,
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Secret RUFF
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Booster Thrust Estimate and Payload Projections for La
unch
Site W,
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Tyuratam Missile/Space Test Center (Top Secret RUFF
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15. IS 80-10116K,I I Search for SS-X-16/SS-20 Mobile Missile Equipment at Soviet Missile 25X1
Support Rear Depots (Top Secret RUFF)
17. IS 80-10093JX,
PLECODEWOR1
Destruction of Type 111-X Launch Control Capsules (Top Secret RUFF) 25X1
Leningrad Production Association Arsenal, USSR (Top Secret MULTI- 25X1
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