CONTINUING SA-5 SHIPMENT NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 25, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONTINUING SA-5 SHIPMENT
NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH, USSR
NPIC/PEG (1/83)
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ADDITIONAL SA-5 EQUIPMENT IS ON THE QUAY.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: ELEVEN ADDITIONAL SA-5 LAUNCHERS AND SIX SQUARE
PAIR RADAR TRAILERS HAVE ARRIVED AT NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES
SOUTH THE LAUNCHERS ARE ON FLATCARS ON
THE QUAY. THE 14 SA-5 CANISTER TRANSPORTERS AND EIGHT SQUARE
PAIR RADAR TRAILERS PRESENT REMAIN. THE
LAUNCHERS, WHEN SHIPPED TO SYRIA, WILL PROBABLY BE SENT TO THE
HIMS SA-5 COMPLEX WHICH AD NOT
YET BEEN OCCUPIED. THE NUMBER OF SQUARE PAIR TRAILS PRESENT
AT THE PORT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THREE SETS. THE HIMS COMPLEX
WILL REQUIRE TWO SETS. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THE THIRD SET WILL BE
UTILIZED. TWO SQUARE PAIR SETS WERE CONFIRMED AT THE DUMAYR
SA-5 COMPLEX
25X1
25X1
25X1
(SWN) TWO TRANSPORTABLE ELECTRONICS TOWERS (TET) PRESENT ON
ARE NO LONGER ON THE QUAY AND HAVE PROBABLY BEEN 25X1
LOADED ON A BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH HAS ARRIVED
THE SHIP IS ADJACENT TO THE AREA OF THE QUAY 25X1
WHERE THE CLAM SHELL RADAR AND TETS WERE LOCATED ON
BOTH CLAM SHELL RADAR REMAIN ON THE QUAY. THE 25X1
BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS MERSHIP HAS LARGE HATCHES AND HAS BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF SA-5 EQUIPMENT TO SYRIA. ONE
MUROM-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH IS OFFSHORE HAS ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH ARMS TRANSFERS TO SYRIA.
(SWN) THE CLAM SHELL RADAR IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART SOVIET
LOW-ALTITUDE ACQUISITION RADAR AND COMBINED WITH THE TET HAS
PREVIOUSLY BEEN OBSERVED ONLY IN THE SOVIET UNION ASSOCIATED
WITH THE SA-10 SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE CLAM SHELL RADAR AND TET
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE LOW-ALTITUDE DEFENSES FOR THE
SA-5 SYSTEM CURRENTLY BEING SHIPPED FROM NIKOLAYEV. THIS
ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN SHIPPED OUTSIDE
THE SOVIET UNION.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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NPIC/PEG (1/83)
(SWN) SHIPS AT THE QUAYS INCLUDE THREE LENINSKY
KOMOSOMOL-CLASS MERSHIPS IN ADDITION TO THE
BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS MERSHIP.
COORDINATES 46-49-57N 031-56-57E
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