FIELD-DEPLOYED SA-2 SITE SEBHA SAM SITE, LIBYA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100040010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 3, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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FIELD-DEPLOYED SA-2 SITE
SEBHA SAM SITE, LIBYA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A FIELD-DEPLOYED SA-2 SURFACE-TO-AIR
MISSILE (SAM) S IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED IN THE SEBHA AREA AT
27-00-5011 014-31-45E AND IS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL SA-2 SITE TO
BE IDENTIFIED NEAR SEBHA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE SITE IS PROBABLY DEPLOYED IN DEFENSE OF
SEBHA ALD APPROXIMATELY 3 NM TO THE 25X1
WEST. THE SAM SITE CONSISTS OF SIX SA-2 LAUNCHERS, ONE FAN
SONG GUIDANCE CONTROL RADAR AND ASSOCIATED VANS, AND ONE SPOON
REST EARLY WARNING RADAR. SA-2 EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN PRESENT IN
THE SEBHA AREA SINCE AUGUST 1981.
(SWN) TWO SA-3 SAM SITES ARE PRESENTLY DEPLOYED IN THE SEBHA
AREA. THE ADDITION OF THE SA-2 SITE WILL ADD HIGH ALTITUDE
DEFENSE CAPABILITIES NOT AFFORDED BY THE LOW TO MEDIUM RANGE OF
THE SA-3 SAM SITES.
(SWN) SEBHA SAM SITE, IN CENTRAL LIBYA, IS 3 NM EAST OF SEBHA
AIRFIELD.
3.1 I COORDINATES 27-00-50N 014-31-45E
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