AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY DUMAYR SA-5 COMPLEX, SYRIA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 26, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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TWO PART GRAPHIC
AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY
DUMAYR SA-5 COMPLEX, SYRIA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE SA-5 COMPLEX IS NEARING OPERATIONAL
STATUS. INDICATIONS OF A SOVIET PRESENCE ARE ALSO OBSERVED.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: IN THE LAUNCH AREA, 18 LAUNCH POSITIONS ARE
STILL OCCUPIED. AT LEAST TWO SITES APPEAR TO BE ACTIVE, WITH
CABLE TRENCHING IN THE SITES LEADING TO THE TRACKING AND
GUIDANCE AREA. THE THIRD SITE, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS A DUMMY
SITE, HAS NO CABLE TRENCHING IN THE SITE OR LEADING TO THE
TRACKING AND GUIDANCE AREA. IN ADDITION, SIX REVETMENTS
ADJACENT TO THE TWO ACTIVE SITES HAVE BEEN NEWLY OCCUPIED WITH
CANVAS-COVERED EQUIPMENT. IN THE SUPPORT AREA, AT LEAST 12
SA-5 MISSILE/CANISTER TRANSPORTERS ARE PRESENT, AND TWO USB-41
SOVIET-PRODUCED 40-MAN TENTS ARE NEWLY ERECTED SINCE
THIS TYPE OF TENT HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED 25X1
WITH SYRIAN FORCES. THIS IS THE FIRST INDICATION OF A SOVIET
PRESENCE AT ANY SYRIAN SA-5-ASSOCIATED FACILITY. (GRAPHIC ONE)
(SWN) IN THE TRACKING AND GUIDANCE AREA, AT LEAST THREE AND
POSSIBLY FOUR SQUARE PAIR RADAR ARE ATOP RADAR MOUNDS. TWO OF
THE SQUARE PAIR RADAR ARE CABLE-CONNECTED TO THE TWO ACTIVE
LAUNCH SITES. IN ADDITION, AN ODD GROUP HEIGHT FINDER RADAR IS
NEWLY IDENTIFIED. THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF THIS
RADAR OUTSIDE OF THE WARSAW PACT. A CROSS SCREEN
IDENTIFICATION FRIEND OR FOE (IFF) RADAR (FORMERLY THE
SH-EL-05) IS NEXT TO THE TALL KING RADAR (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES IN THE TRACKING AND GUIDANCE AREA.
(GRAPHIC TWO)
(SWN) AIR DEFENSES (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC) IN THE AREA OF THE
SA-5 COMPLEX HAVE BEEN INCREASED AND NOW INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF
TWO SA-8 BATTERIES. AT LEAST SIX AND POSSIBLY EIGHT SA-8
TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHER RADAR ARE DEPLOYED ON THE
PERIMETER OF THE COMPLEX. THIS EQUIPMENT WAS PRESENT ON
UT SCALE AND OBILQUITY PRECLUDED A POSITIVE 25X1
IDENTIFICATION.
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