PROBABLE VERTICAL-LAUNCH SAM POSITIONS NOVOROSSIYSK CVHG, USSR

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• Publication Date: August 26, 1983
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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.
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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)
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