SSC-3 MOBILE COASTAL DEFENSE SYSTEM

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 19, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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SSC-3 MOBILE COASTAL DEFENSE SYSTEM
TUBRUQ P , LIBYA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE SOVIET-BUILT COASTAL DEFENSE CRUISE MISSILE
SYSTEM, DESIGNATED SSC-3, IS NEARING OPERATIONAL STATUS IN
LIBYA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE FINAL STAGES OF ASSEMBLY AND POSSIBLY THE INITIAL
STAGES OF LAUNCHER CHECK-OUT/ALIGNMENT ARE UNDERWAY AT TUBRUQ
PORT FACILITIES WHERE THE FIRST OF TWO SSC-3
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS (TEL) IS BEING ASSEMBLED. SINCE
AZ-543 SPECIAL PURPOSE (SP) CHASSIS AT THE NORTH END vOF LTHE
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NAVAL SHIP REPAIR FACILITY. THE TWIN TUBE LAUNCH CANISTER IS
ROTATED 90 DEGREES FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MAZ-543 SP
CHASSIS. EQUIPMENT FOR TWO SSC-3 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER
(TEL) ARRIVED AT THE PORT FACILITY IN JANUARY 1983. THE SECOND
TEL WAS NOT OBSERVED ON TODAY'S IMAGERY. NO PREPARED SSC-3
LAUNCH POSITIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN LIBYA. (SWN)
THE SSC-3 SYSTEM CONSIST'S OF A TWIN TUBE LAUNCHER CONTAINING
SS-N-2C MISSILES MOUNTED ON A MAZ-543 SP CHASSIS. THE SS-N-2C
MISSILE HAS A RANGE OF 60 TO 80 NM. THE SSC-3 WAS FIRST SEEN
IN SEPTEMBER 1977 AT BALAKLAVA MISSILE TEST CENTER
IN THE SOVIET UNION AND
~IN ADDITION TO LIBYA
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HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN SEEN AT SPLIT, YUGOSLAVIA IN OCTOBER
1979, AND MOST RECENTLY AT DJIDJELLI, ALGERIA ON
COORDINATES 32-04-45N 023-58-58E
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