AIR SURVEILLANCE RADAR NANJING RADAR PLANT 720, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 18, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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NANJING RADAR PLANT 72U CHINA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE CHINESE APPEAR TO BE UPGRADING THEIR
AIR SURVEILLANCE RADAR CAPABILITY.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A POSSIBLE FRENCH THOMSON-CSF LP-23B RADAR WITH
A POSSIBLE AT 431 HB ANTENNA HAS BEEN MOUNTED ON A NEW LATTICE
CHECKOUT TOWER AT NANJING RADAR PLANT 720 SINCE 25X1
THE TESTING OF THIS SYSTEM AT ONE OF CHINA'S LARGEST 25X1
MANUFACTURERS OF LAND-BASED RADAR SUGGESTS THE CHINESE ARE
UPGRADING THEIR AIR SURVEILLANCE/AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM.
ANTENNA PANELS/SECTIONS FOR THIS SYSTEM FIRST APPEARED HERE IN
APRIL 1982.
(SWN) THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED NEW/MODIFIEDI YAGI 25X1
ANTENNA (MOUNTED ON A FOUR WHEEL, LOW CARRIAGE BASE) IS GIVEN
THE NPIC INTERN DESIGNATOR NANJING B. THIS NEW LONG RANGE
EARLY WARNING RADAR APPEARS TO HAVE 18 YAGI ELEMENTS OF VARIOUS
LENGTH OR THE HORIZONTAL BOOM. 25X1
3.1 I COORDINATES 32-05-16N 118-46-22E
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