IMPROVED SA-13 PROBABLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT DONGUZ, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: November 2, 1983
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IMPROVED SA-13 PROBABLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT
1. SIGNIFICANCE: RECENT TESTING OF THE SA-13 AT DONGUZ INDICATES
THE SOVIETS ARE PROBABLY DEVELOPING AN IMPROVED MISSILE AND IN
SO DOING WILL INCREASE THE THREAT TO OPPOSING FORCE AIRCRAFT.
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE SOVIETS WERE CONDUCTING AN SA-13 SAM TEST AT
DONGUZ AAA/SAM MOBILE TEST AREA
THE PRESENCE OF TWO SA-13 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER AND
RADAR (TELAR) WITH MISSILE CANISTERS, A RECENTLY DESTROYED
DRONE/REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT, AND THE ACTIVITY AT TELEMETRY
AND CAMERA GROUND COLLECTION POSITIONS INDICATE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT (R&D) OF AN IMPROVED SA-13 MISSILE. THE DATA
COLLECTED AT TELEMETRY AND CAMERA STATIONS IS OF IMPORTANCE
ONLY TO R&D ENGINEERS AND IS INDICATIVE OF R&D TESTING NOT
TROOP TRAINING. TESTING HAD PROBABLY BEEN INITIATED
WHEN A DAMAGED FAGOT/FRESCO WAS OBSERVED ON
PARTIAL COVERAGE. THE SA-13 TELAR PRESENT
ARE THE FIRST OBSERVED AT THE ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (AAA)/SAM
MOBILE TEST AREA SINCE THE SYSTEM COMPLETED FIELD TESTS HERE IN
MARCH 1974. (SWN)
ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE SA-13
TELAR HAD JUST BEEN NITORED SAM LAUNCH AGAINST A
TARGET AIRCRAFT. THE DEBRIS FROM THE DRONE/REMOTELY PILOTED
AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AT 51-21-OON 054-42-35E (FIGURE 2). A
CARGO TRUCK AND A VAN TRUCK WERE AT THE SITE OF THE CRASH,
POSSIBLY TO COLLECT SOME OF THE WRECKAGE. THE PRESENCE OF
WATER OVER THE DEBRIS INDICATED THAT THE FIRE FROM THE CRASH
HAD JUST BEEN EXTINGUISHED. THE LAUNCH POSITIONS FOR THE TWO
SA-13 TELAR WERE AT TEST OPERATIONS AREA C, 1.1 NM SOUTHWEST OF
THE CRASH SITE AND LAUNCH POSITION 1, 1.3 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE
CRASH SITE (FIGURE 3').
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TEST OPERATIONS AREA B WAS PROBABLY THE OPERATIONS AND CONTROL
CENTER FOR THE TESTS. IN ADDITION TO THE CAMERA STATION, THE
AREA HAS TELEMETRY ANTENNAS, TRACKING RADARS, AC
AND AIR GROUND COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAS.
RADARS
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25 PEOPLE, ONE CARGO TRUCK, ONE BBV TRUCK, AND ONE -
NEWLY OBSERVED NEAR THE CAMERA STATION IN AREA B. A FIRE
TRUCK, PROBABLY THE ONE USED TO EXTINGUISH THE BURNING AIRCRAFT
DEBRIS, AND FIVE VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE ADJACENT TO
THE OPERATIONS BUILDING. (SWN)
ANALYSTS'S COMMENTS -- THE SOVIET SA-13 IS A MOBILE,
SHORT-RANGE (7.5 KM), LOW-ALTITUDE (6,000 METERS) TACTICAL SAM
SYSTEM FOUND IN THE AIR DEFENSE BATTERIES OF TANK AND MOTORIZED
RIFLE REGIMENTS. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A MT-LB TRACKED TELAR
WITH FOUR CANISTERED, HEAT-SEEKING MISSILES. THE TESTING
IDENTIFIED AT DONGUZ IS EVIDENCE OF THE ONGOING SOVIET R&D
PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MANEUVER REGIMENT'S AIR DEFENSE. THE
ONGOING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR A FOLLOW-ON TO THE ZSU-23/4
(THE ZSU-X) AND A NEW MOBILE AIR DEFENSE COMMAND POST (THE DOG
-19-30N 054-42-25E (S)
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