CZECHOSLOVAKIAN-BUILT RAMONA M ELINT SYSTEM TRANSCAUCASUS MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR 22 MAY 1983 (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00171R000201400001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 18, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

i
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
ROUTING
TO:
NAME AND ADDRESS
DATE
INITIALS
1
ARCHI: E
2
3
4
ACTION
DIRECT REPLY
PREPARE REPLY
APPROVAL
DISPATCH
RECOMMENDATION
COMMENT
FILE
RETURN
CONCURRENCE
INFORMATION
SIGNATURE
REMARKS:
PAPER PRINTS
FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO.
DATE
w
(Security Classification)
NOFORN
CONTROL NO. Z-12723/83
COPY - OF,
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
(Security Classification)
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved
(WNINTEL) or (D)
NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION
Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions
NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or
Contractor/Consultants
PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved
ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information
Controlled by Originator
REL ... This Information has been Authorized for
Release to .. .
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
 25X1
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
SECRET
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Page 1 of 2 Attachment to Z-12723/83
NPIC/IEG (08'/83)
Copy 18 AUGUST 1983
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN-BUILT RAMONA M ELINT SYSTEM
TRANSCAUCASUS MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR SWN
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE SECOND OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT
OF THE RAMONA M ELINT SYSTEM IN THE SOVIET UNION. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THREE ANTENNA STATIONS/TERMINALS COMPRISE THE
RAMONA M SYSTEM. HOWEVER, ONLY THE CENTER STATION AND ONE
FLANK STATION WERE IDENTIFIED. THE CENTER STATION WAS AT
SUKHUMI SIGINT FACILITY ON AND ONE FLANK STATION WAS 25X1
AT GUDAUTA SIGINT FACILITY ON GUDAUTA IS 17.8 NM 25X1
NORTHWEST OF SUKHUMI. BOTH FACILITIES WERE IMAGED IN
FEBRUARY, BUT AT THAT TIME, NEITHER HAD THE RAMONA M
ANTENNA. THE OTHER FLANK STATION IS PROBABLY SOUTHEAST OF
SUKHUMI, BUT ITS LOCATION HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. (SWN)
THE RAMONA M IS A MOBILE VERSION OF THE RAMONA AND CONSISTS
OF A SPHERE ON A 30-METER MAST AND SUPPORT 25X1
VANS FOR EACH STATION -- SIX SUPPORT VANS WITH THE CENTER
STATION AND THREE SUPPORT VANS WITH EACH OF THE FLANK
STATIONS (ONLY TWO SUPPORT VANS WERE OBSERVED AT GUDAUTA).
THE RAMONA M IS A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED INTERCEPT SYSTEM USED
TO LOCATE AIRBORNE RADARS AND TO IDENTIFY THE INTERCEPTED
RADAR BY TYPE. THE RAMONA SYSTEM USES TIME-OF-ARRIVAL
EMITTER LOCATING PRINCIPLES WITH THREE INTERCEPT
STATIONS/TERMINALS. THE TWO INTERCEPT SIGNAL STREAMS FROM
THE FLANK STATIONS ARE SENT TO THE CENTER STATION WHERE
COMPUTER AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT SORTS OUT THE INDIVIDUAL
SIGNALS, MEASURES THE DELAY TO EACH INTERCEPT SITE, AND
CALCULATES THE LOCATION OF THE INTERCEPTED EMITTER. THIS
SYSTEM CAN REPORTEDLY ACQUIRE, IDENTIFY, AND LOCATE 10 TO 20
TARGETS PER MINUTE. (SWN)
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 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
OR METHODS INVOLVED
SECRET
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5
SECRET
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Page 2 of 2
Copy
Attachment to Z-12723/83
NPIC/IEG (08/83)
18 AUGUST.1983
THE ONLY OTHER IDENTIFIED DEPLOYMENTS OF THE RAMONA M IN THE
SOVIET UNION WERE IN THE ODESSA MILITARY DISTRICT ON 25X1
AND THE FAR EAST MILITARY DISTRICT ON 25X1
NALLY, A RAMONA M TERMINAL, PROBABLY BEING USED 25X1
FOR TROOP TESTING/TRAINING, WAS IDENTIFIED AT A SCHOOL FOR
SIGINT OFFICERS IN THE MOSCOW MILITARY DISTRICT IN MAY 1981.
THE RAMONA M SYSTEM 25X1
AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. (SWN) 25X1
COORDINATES 42-59-40N 040-57-45E (S) 25X1
COORDINATES 43-05-45N 040-36-40E (S)
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 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
INTELLI 0ENCE SOURCES
OR METHODS INVOLVED
SECRET
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201400001-5