ABM-RELATED ELECTRONICS UNDER CONSTRUCTION SARY-SHAGAN MTC RANGE RELATED FACILITY, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2011
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• Publication Date: April 10, 1982
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ABM-RELATED ELECTRONICS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW ABM-RELATED ANTENNA, PROBABLY PART
OF AN EAD TRACKING SYSTEM FOR ABM MISSILES UNDER
DEVELOPMENT, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A NEW 64-ELEMENT TELEMETRY ANTENNA IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT SARY-SHAGAN MISSILE TEST CENTER (MTC) RANGE
RELATED FACILITY 1. THE NEW ANTENNA RESEMBLES A HONEYCOMB AND
CONSISTS OF 64 HEXAGONAL CELLS ARRANGED IN EIGHT STAGGERED
ROWS. IT WILL PROBABLY BE MOUNTED ON AN AZIMUTH/ELEVATION
STEERING MECHANISM ON A FREE-STANDING PEDESTAL WHICH IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION NEAR THE OPERATIONS BUILDINGS. THE ANTENNA WAS
(S/D) SIMILAR 64-ELEMENT ANTENNA HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT
TRACKING FACILITIES IN AT LEAST FIVE OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE
USSR. THESE FIVE TRACKING FACILITIES SUPPORT ICBM AND NAVAL
MISSILE TEST LAUNCHES.
(S/D) THIS FACILITY ALONG WITH SARY-SHAGAN MTC RANGE RELATED
FACILITY 2 AND THE NEW INTERFEROMETER AT
SARY-SHAGAN TRACKING FACILITY G3 COMPRISE WHAT
IS PROBABLY A NEW ENHANCED WARHEAD TRACKING SYSTEM FOR THE ABM
MISSILES PRESENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
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