TALL KING RADAR FACILITY DAMASCUS, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00339R000400120010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 12, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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TALL KING RADAR FACILITY
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
33-19N 036-17E
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
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REFERENCE TO: GIANT REACH MISSION XA010,
TALL KING RADAR FACILITY
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
DAMASCUS TALL KING RADAR FACILITY
IS 1500 FEET WEST OF DAMASCUS AW RADAR FACILITY
SE AND APPROXIMATELY NINE
NAUTICAL MILES (NM) SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DAMASCUS
AT 33-19-55N 036-17-34E.
3. MISSION READOUT: THE TALL KING RADAR FACILITY CONSISTS OF A HARDENED
BUNKER WITH A DRIVE-IN ENTRANCE AT BOTH ENDS. THE TALL KING RADAR ANTENNA
WAS LYING ON THE GROUND. AT LEAST TWO SMALL, REVETTED SUPPORT BUILDINGS,
SIX REVETTED TENTS, AND AT LEAST 14 REVETMENTS WERE IN THE AREA. EIGHT
PROBABLE ELECTRONICS VANS WERE ALSO OBSERVED.
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SECRET
DAMASCUS AW RADAR FACILITY SE (NOT DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC) WAS IN THE LATE
STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THIS FACILITY CONSISTS OF TWO LARGE UNDERGROUND
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
SECRET
WARNING NOTICE,
Sensitise Intris9ence s1 ,urt es
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I Tessa niln:,tinn Restriced
GIANT REACH Missions are extremely sensitive.25X1
The use of this imagery will be limited to essential
military intelligence, targeting, and contingency
planning purposes. The imagery will not be used in
production of normal intelligence publications which
are widely disseminated at the SECRET' classificatirrn
level. 25X1
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BUNKERS, 14 SMALL DRIVE-IN REVETTED BUNKERS AND AT LEAST FIVE DRIVE-IN
REVETMENTS. RADARS OBSERVED AT THIS FACILITY WERE A POSSIBLE SIDE NET
AND A POSSIBLE FLAT FACE. SIX PROBABLE ELECTRONICS VANS WERE ALSO PRESENT.
A SIDE NET RADAR (ANNOTATED ON GRAPHIC) WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN THE TWO
FACILITIES.
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USA OF AMEAB/SGD/IEG/NPIC, CODE 143,
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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RETURN TO:
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TALL KING RADAR FACILITY
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
33-19N 036.111
"WARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED/
DISSEIRIATION RESTRICTED." "GIANT REACH MISSIONS ARE EXTREMELY
SENSITIVE. THE USE OF THIS IMAGERY WILL BE LIMITED TO ESSENTIAL
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, TAI ETING, AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING
PURPOSES. THE IMAGERY WILL NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION OF NORMAL
INTELLIGENCE PUBLICATIONS 'WHICH ARE WIDELY DISSEMINATED AT THE
SECRET CLASSIFICATION LEVEL."
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
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