FIRST IDENTIFIED SA-3 SITE NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300160004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 26, 1973
• Content Type: MISC

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FIRST IDENTIFIED SA-3 SITE
NORTH VIETNAM
20-56-40N 105-43-43E
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26 January 1973
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REFERENCE T0: BH Q-348 FIRST IDENTIFIED SA-3 SITE
NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF AN SA-3 SITE
IN NORTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION: 10.2 NM SOUTHWEST OF HANOI,-AT 20-56-40N 105-43-43E
3. BACKGROUND: THE FIRST INDICATION OF SA-3 MISSILE EQUIPMENT IN
NORTH VIETNAM WAS THE IDENTIFICATION OF APPROXIMATELY
90 SA-3 MISSILE CANISTERS LOCATED IN THE DONG DANG
AREA ON
4. REMARKS:
VIETNAMESE BORDER. (SECRET
21-54-SON 106-40-10E, 3.5 NM FROM THE CHINA/NORTH
VICINITY OF DONG DANG TRUCK PARK 4~2
-- SITES NVN 45 AND NVN 577. (SECRET
BOTH WERE IDENTIFIED ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF
SINCE THE FIRST SA-3 SITE WAS IDENTIFIED TWO
ADDITIONAL SITES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY FIELD UNITS.
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