SA-3 SAM SUPPORT FACILITY PA LAY, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300280001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 4, 1974
• Content Type: MISC

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SA-3 SAM SUPPORT FACILITY
PA LAY, NORTH VIETNAM
21-57-OON 106-21-10E
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
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SA-3 SAM SUPPORT FACILITY
PA LAY, NORTH VIETNAM
1, SIGNIFICANCE: IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW SA-3 SAM SUPPORT
2. LOCATION:
3. REMARKS:
IS 1.4 NAUTICAL MILES (NM) WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
PA LAY AND 20 NM WEST OF THE CHINA-NORTH VIETNAM
BORDER NEAR DONG DANG AT 21-57-OON 106-21-10E.
PA LAY SA-3 SAM SUPPORT FACILITY
SA-3 MISSILE EQUIPMENT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED
ON THAT DATE, APPROXIMATELY 118 SA-3 CANISTERS
WERE STOCKPILED AT DONG DANG TRUCK PARK #2
IN NORTH VIETNAM ON
, 19 NM EAST OF THE NEW SA-3
4. NEGATION:
FOUR SQUAD TENTS AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
(MAINLY CARGO TRUCKS) WERE OBSERVED AT THE
LOCATION OF THE NEW SA-3 SAM SUPPORT FACILITY
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 boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as ind!ceted by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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CANISTERS WERE OBSERVED.
5. MISSION READOUT: THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED, FIELD-DEPLOYED SA-3 SAM
SUPPORT FACILITY IS SURROUNDED BY HILLS ON THREE SIDES AND IS ROAD
SERVED BY AN UNNUMBERED ROUTE CONNECTED TO HIGHWAY 1B.
THE FACILITY CONSISTS OF ONE MISSILE-CHECKOUT TENT, (ANNOTATED ON
GRAPHIC), FOUR SQUAD TENTS, A VEHICLE PARKING AREA, AND A PROBABLE
OXIDIZER TANK STORAGE AREA. TWENTY-TWO SA-3 CANISTERS AND THREE
SA-3 CANISTER TRANSPORTERS WERE OBSERVED (ANNOTATED ON GRAPHIC).
OTHER EQUIPMENT PRESENT INCLUDED SEVEN PROBABLE OXIDIZER TANKS, TWO
PROBABLE KRAZ-214 CARGO TRUCKS, TWO. PROBABLE CARGO TRUCKS, TWO
PROBABLE VANS, ONE PROBABLE VAN TRUCK, ONE POSSIBLE UTILITY VEHICLE
AND ONE PROBABLE K-51/61 TRUCK-MOUNTED CRANE.
ENLARGEMENT FACTOR: 60X
IEG/SGD/SAB
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 boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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C0`;NTENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS REPORT ARE WELCOME. THEY MAY BE
DIRECTED TO THE IMAGERY ANALYST
OF THE SOUTH ASIA
BRANCH, SOUTHERN GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION, IEG/NPIC, CODE 143,
25X1
25X1
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
UPM
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