NEWLY IDENTIFIED PROBABLE PLANAR ARRAY RADAR KAMCHATKA IMPACT AREA OMICRON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 10, 1982
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NPIC/IEG (12/82)
10 DECEMBER 1982
NEWLY IDENTIFIED PROBABLE PLANAR ARRAY RADAR
KAMCHATKA IMPACT AREA OMICRON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE PLANAR ARRAY RADAR IS AT THIS
FACILITY WH CH IS 0 THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE KAMCHATKA MISSILE
IMPACT AREA. THIS IS THE SECOND PLANAR ARRAY RADAR ASSOCIATED
WITH THE IMPACT AREA; THE FIRST BEING A FLAT TWIN RADAR AT UST
KAMCHATSK RADAR FACILITY 25X1
2. (SWN) REMARKS: 25X1
3.0-METER-HIGH (ESTIMATED DIMENSIONS) PROBABLE PLANAR ARRAY
RADAR WAS BENEATH GABLE-ROOFED 25X1
STRUCTURE. THIS STRUCTURE - D BUILDING IN THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FACILITY. THE STRUCTURE OVER THE RADAR
(AND POSSIBLY THE RADAR ITSELF) WAS INCLINED APPROXIMATELY
EIGHT DEGREES AND ORIENTED ON AN AZIMUTH OF APPROXIMATELY 330
DEGREES. A SINGLE SECURITY FENCE SURROUNDS A SHORT
CALIBRATION/INSTRUMENTATION PEDESTAL WHICH IS 30 METERS IN
FRONT OF THE PROBABLE PLANAR ARRAY RADAR.
(SWN) A SECOND RADAR, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE SHIP
WHEEL RADAR, WAS APPROXIMATELY 75 METERS SOUTHWEST OF THE
PLANAR ARRAY. THIS RADAR CONSISTS OF A VAN WITH TWO
DISH ANTENNAS ON ITS ROOF. 225X1
BOTH OF THESE ANTENNAS WERE ORIENTED ON AN AZIMUTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 330 DEGREES AND BOTH WERE ELEVATED APPROXIMATELY
10 DEGREES. THE ROOF OF THE VAN APPEARED TO HAVE POSITIONS FOR
TWO ADDITIONAL ANTENNAS.
(SWN) THE PROBABLE STRATEGIC ROCKET FORCES-RELATED
COMMUNICATION C VEHICLES, INITIALLY IDENTIFIED AT
THIS FACILITY ROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THIS 25X1
FACILITY. 25X1
3. (S)
COORDINATES 56-48-40N 161-27-20E. 25X1
COLLATERAL REFERENCE: MINIBOARD 25X1
NPIC/PEG, PROBABLE SRF-RELATED COMMUNICATIONS/ELECTRONICS
VEHICLES, Z-11655/82, 15 NOV 82
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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