PROBABLE VERTICAL-LAUNCH SAM POSITIONS NOVOROSSIYSK CVHG, USSR

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August 26, 1983
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201550001-9 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 ARCHIVES 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: PAPER PRINT FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE NPIC IEG SSFD 8/83 -SEEREF- (Security Classification) CONTROL NO. Z- 14069/83 COPY 29 OF 29 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions (Security Classification) Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201550001-9 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201550001-9 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or 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 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201550001-9 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201550001-9 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201550001-9 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201550001-9 J .. ~. SECRET NOFORN Page 1 of 2 Copy (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Attachment to' Z-14069/83 NPIC/IEG (8/83) 26 AUGUST 1983 PROBABLE VERTICAL-LAUNCH SAM POSITIONS 'NOVOROSSIYSK" CVHG, USSR SWN SIGNIFICANCE: PROBABLE VERTICAL-LAUNCH SAM POSITIONS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED KIEV-CLASS GUIDED MISSILE V/STOL AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVHG), UNIT 3, "NOVOROSSIYSK". (SWN/NOFORN) 2. REMARKS: SIX( (PROBABLE VERTICAL LAUNCH SAM POSITIONS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BENEATH A FIVE-SIDED DECK PLATE FORWARD ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE "NOVOROSSIYSK". THESE POSITIONS. IN THE AREA OCCUPIED BY AN SA-N-4 LAUNCHER ON KIEV UNITS 1 AND 2 (GRAPHIC 1). THE SIX LAUNCH POSITIO N WERE ARRANGED N TWO STAGGERED ROWS OF THREE EACH. (NOT 25X1 ON GRAPHICS) REVEALED SIX IDENTICAL LAUNCHER POSITIONS, ARRANGED IN THE SAME PATTERN, UNDER A FIVE-SIDED DECK PLATE AFT OF THE ISLAND OF THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE FLIGHT DECK. THESE DECK PLATES, BUT NOT THE VERTICAL LAUNCH POSITIONS, CAN BE SEEN (GRAPHIC 2). (SWN/NOFORN) 25X1 THE VERTICAL LAUNCH SAM SYSTEM IS PROBABLY THE SAME SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THE UDALOY-CLASS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER (DDG; GRAPHIC 1) AND THE GRISHA-IV LIGHT FRIGATE (FFL), WHICH IS THE TESTBED FOR THE NEW SAM SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND NO CONTROL RADARS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON THE UDALOY DDG OR THE "NOVOROSSIYSK". HOWEVER, A BACK-TO-BACK PLANAR ARRAY RADAR, PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UDALOY SAM SYSTEM, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE GRISHA-IV. THIS TYPE OF CONTROL RADAR WILL LIKELY BE INSTALLED ON THE NOW UNOCCUPIED PLATFORMS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE "NOVOROSSIYSK'S" ISLAND, WHERE THE POP GROUP RADARS (CONTROL RADARS FOR THE SA-N-4) WOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. (SWN) PROVISIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE SA-N-4 "POP-UP" SAM SYSTEM WERE OBSERVED DURING INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE "NOVOROSSIYSK" AT NIKOLAYEV SHIPYARD NOSENKO 444 DURING THE FITTING OUT PERIOD, THE DECK-LEVEL SLIDING DOORS WERE REMOVED AND THE FIVE-SIDED DECK PLATES WERE INSTALLED. (SWN) These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical 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 and Methods Involved SECRET 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201550001-9 SECRET NOFORN (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 Copy__. Attachment to Z-14069/83 NPIC/IEG (8/83) 26 AUGUST 1983 THE "NOVOROSSIYSK" IS NOW ATTACHED TO THE SOVIET NORTH FLEET AND IS HOMEPORTED AT SEVEROMORSK NAVAL BASE THIS BASE IS ALSO THE HOMEPORT FOR THE TWO OPERATIONAL UDALOY DDG. THE LOCATION OF THESE UNITS WITHIN THE SAME BASE AND FLEET WILL FACILITATE WEAPONS COMPATABILITY TESTING AS THE VERTICAL LAUNCH SAM SYSTEM BECOMES OPERATIONAL. (SWN) KIEV UNIT 1 IS NOW UNDERGOING MAJOR OVERHAUL AT NOSENKO 444 AND WILL MOST LIKELY ;A-N-4 SYSTEM REPLACED BY THE NEW SYSTEM- (SWN) 3. BE-NONE, COORDINATES-NONE These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical 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 and Methods Involved Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84TO0171 R000201550001-9 25X1 25X1 SECRET NOFORN -., Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/13: CIA-RDP84T00171 R000201550001-9