AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY HIMS, SYRIA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200510006-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 10, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY
1. (SWN). SIGNIFICANCE: ASSOCIATED AIR DEFENSES AROUND THE HIMS
SA-5 COMPLEX ARE BEING IMPROVED. THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED SA-6
SITE IS NOW OCCUPIED, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED ELECTRONICS UNIT,
POSSIBLY ECM RELATED, IS FIELD DEPLOYED EAST OF THE COMPLEX.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: SA-6 EQUIPMENT IS IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME
AT RIMS SAM SITE 384. TWO TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS, ONE
TRANSLOADER, AND ONE STRAIGHT FLUSH RADAR ARE IN REVETTED
POSTTTONS. THE SITE WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON
(GRAPHIC 1)
AND WAS PROBABLY COMPLETED
(SWN) FIELD DEPLOYED ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED
APPROXIMATELY 1 NM EAST OF THE RIMS SA-5 COMPLEX
AT 34-36-47N 036-49-46E. SIX PROBABLY
hLECTRUNICb-ASSOCIATED VEHICLES AND SIX TENTS ARE SET UP ALONG
THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT LEAST ONE OF THE VEHICLES APPEARS TO
BE POSSIBLY ECM RELATED. THE SA-6 EQUIPMENT AND PROBABLE
ELECTRONICS VEHICLES WERE NOT PRESENT ITHE
RECENT DEPLOYMENT OF THIS EQUIPMENT MAY INDICATE THAT
ASSOCIATED AIR DEFENSES ARE BEING UPGRADED PRIOR TO THE
DEPLOYMENT OF THE SA-5 EQUIPMENT. (GRAPHIC 2)
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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