AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY DUMAYR SA-5 COMPLEX, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200540003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 22, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY
DUMAYR SA-5 COMPLEX, SYRIA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: PROBABLE SA-5 LAUNCHERS ARE PRESENT,
HOWEVER, THE SITE IS NOT YET OPERATIONAL.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: EIGHTEEN CANVAS-COVERED PROBABLE SA-5
SURFACE-TO-AIR (SAM) LAUNCHERS AND TWO SETS OF SQUARE PAIR
ANTENNA TRAILERS ARE AT DUMAYR SA-5 COMPLEX. ONE PROBABLE
LAUNCHER IS IN EACH OF THE 18 LAUNCH POSITIONS AT THE COMPLEX.
THIS INCLUDES THE SIX LAUNCH POSITIONS IN THE NORTHEASTERN SITE
WHERE THERE ARE ANOMALIES IN THE SITE CONSTRUCTION AND
CONFIGURATION. THE SQUARE PAIR TRAILERS ARE IN ONE OF THE
GUIDANCE AREAS AND NUMEROUS OTHER SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE IN THE
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT AREAS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SA-5
EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT ONE OF THE TWO SA-5 COMPLEXES
IN SYRIA. THE COMPLEX IS NOT YET OPERATIONAL, NO RADARS ARE
SET-UP AT THE SITE AND THE PROBABLE LAUNCHERS ARE NOT CABLE
CONNECTED.
(SWN) SA-5 MISSILE TRANSSHIPMENT ACTIVITY IS PROBABLY IN
PROGRESS AT TARTUS PORT FACILITIES TEN 25X1
PROBABLE SA-5 MISSILE/CANISTER TRANSPORTERS (EIGHT CANVAS
COVERED, EACH LOADED WITH A PROBABLE SA-5 MISSILE CANISTER AND
ASSOCIATED FIN CRATES) ARE ON THE CENTRAL MOLE. TWO ADDITIONAL
EMPTY SA-5 MISSILE/CANISTER TRANSPORTERS ARE NEAR A NEWLY
ARRIVED SOVIET BEZITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS MERSHIP, INDICATING THAT
AT LEAST TWO ADDITIONAL SA-5 CANISTERS WITH ASSOCIATED FIN
CRATES MAY BE OFFLOADED SOON. A TOTAL OF 12 EMPTY SA-5
MISSILE/CANISTER TRANSPORTERS WERE ON THE MOLE 25X1
ONCE LOADED, THESE TRANSPORTERS WILL PROBABLY RETURN TO 25X1
DAMASCUS SAM SUPPORT FACILITY 13 WHERE THEY 25X1
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(SWN) ALSO AT TARTUS, AT LEAST THREE SA-8 SAM
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS (TEL) AND AT LEAST ONE SA-8
RESUPPLY VEHICLE HAVE DEPARTED FROM THEIR DEPLOYED POSITIONS ON
THE CENTRAL MOLE. SIX PROBABLE SA-8 TEL/RESUPPLY VEHICLES
REMAIN DEPLOYED ON THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CENTRAL MOLE. THREE
CANVAS-COVERED TRANSPORTERS (POSSIBLY MISSILE RELATED) ARE ON
THE ROAD NEAR THE MILITARY TRANSSHIPMENT AREA.
(SWN) AT DAMASCUS SAM SUPPORT FACILITY 13, NO SIGNIFICANT
CONSTRUCTION OR SA-5 ASSOCIATED ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. SOME
EQUIPMENT MOVEMENTS ARE EVIDENT IN THE INSTALLATION; HOWEVER,
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE NUMBERS OR TYPES OF EQUIPMENT ARE
OBSERVED.
(SWN) AT AL LADHIQIYAH PORT FACILITIESI I ONE
KAPITAN KUSHNARENKO-CLASS MERSHIP REMAINS AT THE MAIN QUAY. NO
ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED.
(SWN) HIMS SA-5
FACILITIES SOUTH
COVERED.
AND NIKOLAYEV PORT 25X1
IN THE SOVIET UNION ARE CLOUD 25X1
COORDINATES 33-32-OON 036-41-OOE
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