OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF STRATEGIC TARGETS CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000200060006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 22, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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CSD/NPIC 386/64
22 December 1964
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OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
OF STRATEGIC TARGETS
CUBA
THIS BOARD PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE OF OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY OF SELECTED
TARGETS IN CUBA FROM MISSIONS OF NOVEMBER 1962.
1. SAN CRISTOBAL MRBM SITE #3 WAS OBSERVED ON SECOND OBLIQUE
SCARRING FOR ONE Fh,L ABLE LAUNCH POSITION, NINE BARRACKS/SUPPORT
BUILDINGS, 2 MEDIUM SOVIET TENTS, AND APPROXIMATELY 15 UNIDENTIFIED
VEHICLES. THE TWO 6-GUN AAA SITES SITES LOCATED JUST EAST AND WEST
? OF THE AREA ARE PROBABLY OCCUPIED.
2. GUANAJAY IRBM SITES 1 AND 2 WERE OBSERVED ON SECOND OBLIQUE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRASS KNOB
SITE 1 -- EARTH SCARRING FOR 4 LAUNCH POSITIONS AND 2 CONTROL
AREAS ARE APPARENT. NO VEHICLES OR MILITARY EQUIPMENT ARE
DISCERNABLE.
SITE 2 -- EARTH SCARRING FOR 4 LAUNCH POSITIONS AND 2 CONTROL
AREAS ARE APPARENT. NO VEHICLES OR MILITARY EQUIPMENT ARE
DISCERNABLE.
AN EARTH COVERED DRIVE-THROUGH STRUCTURE APPEARS COMPLETE. A CONVOY
OF APPROXIMATELY 20 UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES IS ENTERING THE AREA WITH
NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES OBSERVED IN THE PARKING AREA WEST OF THE BUNKER.
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3. SAGUA LA GRANDE MRBM SITE 2 WAS OBSERVED ON 2ND OBLIQUE PHOTO-
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GRAPHY BY BRASS KNOBI
I EARTH SCARRING FOR THE 4
LAUNCH POSITIONS WAS APPARENT. THE SUPPORT AREA CONTAINED NUMEROUS
PROBABLE TENTS AND UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES OR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
4. SAN JULIAN AIRFIELD WAS OBSERVED ON 3RD OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY
PREPARED BY: CSD/NPIC
Distribution:
Copy 1 - Director, NPIC
2 = Asst for Ops
3 - Chie CSD REF
4 - DIA
5--PID
6 - NSB/RB/CSD
7 - Chief, RAS/CSD