POSSIBLE TESTING OF NEW ARMORED PLATFORMS FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS KRASNOYARSK ELECTRONICS TEST FACILITY, USSR (SWN) (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 12, 1984
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to Z- 190 96/84
NPIC/IEG/TFD
12 DECEMBER 1984
POSSIBLE TESTING OF NEW ARMORED PLATFORMS FOR SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
KRASNOYARSK EL Y, USSR (SWN)
SIGNIFICANCE: THE PRESENCE OF MODIFIED ARMORED V
EH
IC
LES
AT THIS
FACILITY INDICATES THAT THE SOVIETS ARE POSSIBLY
PLATFORMS FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.
DE
(S
VE
WN
LOPI
)
NG NEW
2. REMARKS: TWO MODIFIED BTR-70 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC)
AND 0- MODIFIED BMD AIRBORNE AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE (AACV)
WFRF AT RASNOYARSK ELECTRONICS TEST FACILITY ON
25X1
THE CANVAS-COVERED STANDARD BMD ARRIVED AT
THE
TEST 25X1
FACILITY BY THE TWO CANVAS-COVERED BTR
-7
0
WERE
FIRST 25X1
OBSERVED PARKED ADJACENT TO THE BMD ON
TH
E
TWO
BTR-70 25X1
HAD ALR
CIRCULA
EADY BEEN
R OBJECT A
MOD
PPR
IFIED AND
OXIMATELY
HAVE WHAT APPE
TWO METERS IN
ARED
DIAME
TO
TE
B
R
E A
MOUN
TE
D IN
PLACE O
F THE TURR
ET.
THE BMD
WAS MODIFIED B
ETWEE
N
25X1
A
ND
NOW APPEAR
S TO HAVE A CI
RCULA
R
OB
JECT
25X1
APPROXI
TURRET.
MATELY TWO
THE DIME
ME
NSI
TERS IN DI
ONS OF THE
AMETER MOUNTED
UNIDENTIFIED
IN P
OBJEC
LA
TS
CE
O
OF
N AL
IT
L
S
THREE
VEHICLE
S ARE LARG
ER
THAN THE S
TANDARD TURRET
S
25X1
METERS
FOR THE BT
R-7
0 AND BMD
RESPECTIVELY),
AND
AR
E
COMP
AR
ABLE
TO THE
SATELLITE
DIS
HES FOUND
ON THE WOOD BI
NE AN
D
KR
-EL-
01
.
THE VEH
ICLES, HOW
EVE
R, HAVE NO
T BEEN SEEN WI
THOUT
C
AN
VAS.
(SWN)
THIS TE
ST FACILI
T
Y S
UPPORTS KR
ASNOYARSK RADI
O PLA
NT
A
ND
KRASNOYARS
K TELEVISION P
LANT
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TH
E RADIO PL
ANT HAS BEEN I
NVOLV
ED
I
N TH
E
DEVELOPMENT OF ALL KNOWN SOVIET MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEMS INCLUDING PARK DRIVE, MODIFIED PARK DRIVE, WOOD BINE,
AND THE KR-EL-01. THE TELEVISION PLANT HAS PRODUCED WOOD BINE
SINCE 1982. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IS A LOGICAL PROGRESSION FROM
THE TRAILER-MOUNTED PARK DRIVE, THE TRUCK-MOUNTED WOOD BINE AND
KR-EL-01, TO AN APC-/AACV-MOUNTED SYSTEM. THE INCREASED
MOBILITY AND SURVIVABILITY OF AN ARMORED VEHICLE-MOUNTED
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WOULD MOST LIKELY COMPLEMENT
PARK DRIVE AND WOOD BINE, RATHER THAN REPLACE THEM. (SWN)
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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NPIC/IEG/TFD
12 DECEMBER 1984
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS ON AN ARMORED PLATFORM WOULD ENHANCE
THE COMMAND AND CONTROL AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL. FRONT AND
ARMY-LEVEL FORWARD COMMAND POSTS, COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF WHEELED
ARMORED VEHICLES, CURRENTLY LACK THE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
CAPABILITY PRESENT AT THE MAIN AND RESERVE COMMAND POSTS.
DEVELOPMENT OF A BMD VERSION COULD BE FOR THE USE OF AIRBORNE
FORCES AS WELL AS OTHER FORCES. (SWN)
3. I (COORDINATES 56-04-10N 092-52-42E (S)
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