SAM SITE C30B-2 HANOI NORTH VIETNAM 21-11-00N 105-26-15E (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R001300120005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 30, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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30 DECEMBER 1965
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SAM SITE C30B-2
HANOI, NORTH VIETNAM
21-11-OON 105-26-15E
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD SHOWS APPARENT ABANDONMENT OF AN SA-2 SAM
SITE IN NORTH VIETNAM.
2. REMARKS:
ON THE FIRST SAM SITE IN NORTH VIETNAM (SITE B17-2) 25X1
WAS OBSERVED ON PHOTOGRAPHY. SAM SITES 2 AND 3 WERE FIRST OBSERVED IN
MAY; SITE 4 IN JUNE; SITES 5, 6, AND 7 IN JULY; SITES 8 THROUGH 18 IN
AUGUST; SITES 19 THROUGH 22 IN SEPTEMBER; SITES 23 THROUGH 33 IN
OCTOBER; SITES 34 THROUGH 52 IN NOVEMBER; AND SITES 53 THROUGH 61 IN
DECEMBER.
3. MISSION READOUT:
REVEALED A NEWLY-IDENTIFIED SA-2 25X1
SAM SITE (HANOI SAM SITE C30B-2) LOCATED 25 NM WEST-NORTHWEST OF HANOI.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF SIX REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS AND A REVETTED
CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA. NO MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS, MISSILES, OR MISSILE-
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED.
BLUE SPRINGS REVEALS SAM SITE C30B-2 TO 25X1
CONSIST OF A REVETTED CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA. THE SIX REVETTED LAUNCH
POSITIONS HAVE BEEN LEVELED AND THE AREA IS APPARENTLY BEING RETURNED
TO CULTIVATION. NO MISSILES OR MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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