DEPLOYMENT OF NEW ANTIAIRCRAFT SYSTEM MIRIM AIRFIELD, NORTH KOREA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: May 14, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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DEPLOYMENT OF NEW ANTIAIRCRAFT SYSTEM
MIRIM AIRFIELD, NORTH KOREA
1.- (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW ANTIAIRCRAFT SYSTEM WHICH EMPLOYS
A ZPU-4 -TYPE AA GUN AND THE LAND-BASED VARIANT OF THE DRUM
TILT FIRE CONTROL RADAR HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: IMAGERY EVEALED THE
DEPLOYMENT-1077A NEW ANTIAIRCRAFT SYSTEM NEAR
MIRIM AIRFIELD AT UTM 51SYD45502085. THE NEW SYSTEM CONSISTS
OF EIGHT ZPU-4 -TYPE MULTIBARREL AA GUNS OCCUPYING AN EIGHT-
POSITION CIRCULAR AA SITE, AND A GUN CARRIAGE-MOUNTED LAND-
BASED VARIANT OF THE DRUM TILT FIRE CONTROL RADAR IN A FIRE
CONTROL AREA. THIS IS THE FIRST CONFIRMED ASSOCIATION OF THE
LAND-BASED DRUM TILT RADAR WITH AN AA SITE. CABLE SCARRING
EXTENDS FROM EACH GUN TO THE CENTER OF THE SITE AND CONTINUES
IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION FOR 100 METERS TO A FIRE CONTROL
AREA. THE FIRE CONTROL AREA CONTAINS THE DRUM TILT FIRE
CONTROL RADAR WHICH IS CABLE CONNECTED TO AN ELECTRONICS
SUPPORT VAN TRUCK AND TWO VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT BUNKERS. IN
ADDITION TO THE CABLE SCARRING, A PERSONNEL TRENCH CONNECTS
EACH GUN POSITION AND THE FIRE CONTROL AREA TO A
BARRACKS/SUPPORT AREA.
(S/D) THE NEW SITE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED OVER THE LOCATION OF
A FORMER NINE-POSITION AA SITE OCCUPIED WITH ZPU-2
ANTIAIRCRAFT MACHINE GUNS. CONSTRUCTION OF THE AA SITE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE NEW SYSTEM BEGAN AND WAS IN
THE MIDSTAGE OF CONSTRUCTION IT WAS
COMPLETED
(S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THE AA GUNS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM HAVE A FIRING PLATFORM IDENTICAL TO A ZPU-4. ALTHOUGH
IMAGE QUALITY PRECLUDED ACCURATE MENSURATION OF THE GUNS, THE
BREECH AND MAGAZINE AREA APPEAR LARGER, INDICATING THAT THE
WEAPON IS EITHER A MODIFIED ZPU-4 OR A NEW TYPE INDIGENOUS AA
GUN PRODUCED TO OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LAND-BASED
VARIANT OF THE DRUM TILT FIRE CONTROL RADAR.
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(S) COORDINATES 39-00-50N 125-50-45E
4.- (S/D) COLLATERAL REFERENCE: NPIC IMAGERY ANALYSIS REPORT,
IAR-0123/81, NEW LAND-BASED DRUM TILT FIRE CONTROL RADAR,
NORTH KOREA, JULY '1981.? (S)
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