BOX TOP-EQUIPPED MODIFIED FULL HOUSE SYSTEM IDENTIFIED IN MONGOLIA NEMEGETE UULA ELINT TRACKING FACILITY, MONGOLIA

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CIA-RDP82T00709R000201190001-4
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July 7, 2010
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September 13, 1982
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201190001-4 ROUTING TO: AME AN ADDRESS DATE INITIALS i I 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) CONTROL NO. ~OF -CJ -C2 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201190001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201190001-4 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201190001-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201190001-4 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachment to Z-15858/82 NPTC/IT:C Copy 13 SEPTEMBER 1982 BOX TOP-EQUIPPED MODIFIED FULL HOUSE SYSTEM IDENTIFIED IN MONGOLIA NEMEGETE UULA E LINT TRACKING FACILITY, MONGOLIA 25X1 1.' (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE:' AN UNUSUAL MODIFICATION OF THE FULL HOUSE RADIO INTERCEPT/DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEM WAS RECENTLY DEPLOYED AT NEMEGETE UULA ELINT TRACKING FACILITY. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: A BOX TOP-EQUIPPED MODIFIED FULL HOUSE RADIO INTERCEPT DIRECTION FINDING (RI/DF) SYSTEM WAS IDENTIFIED AT NEMEGETE UULA ELINT TRACKING FACILITY, ON THE 25X1 INTERCEPT SYSTEM CONSISTED OF A BOX TOP RI- DF VAN CABLE CONNECTED TO SEVEN ADCOCK ANTENNAS (FOUR ADCOCK ANTENNAS FORM A SQUARE FOUR ARRAY) AND SEVEN MONOPOLES (EIGHT MONOPOLES FORM A TALL RODS ARRAY). THIS INTERCEPT SYSTEM WAS ORIENTED IN A FAN-SHAPED CONFIGURATION CONSISTING OF AN 25X1 OUTER ROW OF SEVEN ADCOCK ANTENNAS AND AN INNER ROW OF SEVEN MONOPOLES. THE CONVENTIONAL FULL HOUSE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A BOX TOP/ZIL RECEIVER VAN CABLE CONNECTED TO TWO CIRCULAR ARRAYS OF TALL RODS AND SQUARE FOUR ANTENNAS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE ANTENNAS FORM THE SOVIET'S MOST WIDELY DEPLOYED OMNIDIRECTIONAL INTERCEPT SYSTEM. (SWN) ANALYSTS COMMENTS -- THIS DISTINCT FAN-SHAPED PATTERN HAS BEEN OBSERVED ONLY TWICE PREVIOUSLY; FIRST AT TORGAU ARMY BARRACKS KAVALLERIE 261 AND AT ODESSA ARMY BARRACKS PROTOPOPOVKA AL-11 ON BOTH OCCASIONS IMAGE INTERPRETABILITY PREVENTED THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANTENNA TYPES; HOWEVER, THE DISTINCT FAN-SHAPED PATTERN WAS EVIDENT. ANTENNA ORIENTATION WAS 225 DEGREES AT BOTH FACILITIES. THIS BOX TOP-EQUIPPED MODIFIED FULL HOUSE SYSTEM IS ESTIMATED TO PROVIDE THE SOVIETS WITH A UNIDIRECTIONAL AUTOMATED INTERCEPT SYSTEM. 3. (S) COORDINATES 43-00-10N 101-17-OSE These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET 25X1 25X1 - 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07: CIA-RDP82T00709R000201190001-4