FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF A MOBILE LONG RANGE COMMUNICATIONS SET SOVIET COMMUNICATIONS SITE NUMBER 1, QABUN, SYRIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 6, 1983
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FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF A MOBILE LONG RANGE COMMUNICATIONS SET
SOVIET COMMUNICATIONS STTF NIIMRFR i QABUN, SYRIA SWN
SIGNIFICANCE: MOBILE HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF LINKING DAMASCUS AND MOSCOW
IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SYRTA ON TMAGERY
(SWN
REMARKS: ONE R-136 MOBILE, LONG RANGE, HF COMMUNICATIONS
SET WAS IDENTIFIED AT SOVIET COMMUNICATIONS SITE NUMBER 1.
QABUN IN NORTHERN SUBURBAN DAMASCUS. THE R-136 SET. PRESENT
SINCE AT LEAST( (CONSISTS OF FOUR ZIL-131 VAN
TRUCKS AND USES HORIZONTAL DIPOLES AND SLOPING V ANTENNAS TO
PROVIDE LONG RANGE COMMUNICATIONS. PARK DRIVE MOBILE
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SETS ARE NORMALLY DEPLOYED WITH
MOBILE, LONG RANGE, HF COMMUNICATIONS SETS, AND ONE PARK
DRIVE SET HAS BEEN AT THIS FACILITY SINCE JULY 1982. (SWN)
OTHER EQUIPMENT OBSERVED INCLUDED THREE BTR-60 PA COMMAND
VEHICLES, ONE PROBABLE R-140 COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLE, ONE
R-405 RADIO VAN TRUCK, AND EIGHT R-100/-400 SERIES RADIO VAN
TRUCKS. ONE BUILDING-MOUNTED, PROBABLE R-400/-404 AND TWO
STICK MASTS WERE ALSO PRESENT. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS--THE R-136 SET, THE PARK DRIVE SET, AND
THE OTHER EQUIPMENT OBSERVED HERE FORM A SOVIET INDEPENDENT
SIGNAL UNIT THAT IS PROBABLY IN SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY
ADVISOR GROUP GARRISONED HERE. (SWN)
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