AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY HOMS SA-5 COMPLEX, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 1, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A RANGE AND AZIMUTH RADAR HAS ARRIVED AT
HOMS. DUMAYR SA-5 COMPLEX AND DAMASCUS SAM SUPPORT FACILITY 13
ARE BASICALLY UNCHANGED.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: NO SA-5 EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED AT THE HOMS SA-5
COMPLEX; HOWEVER, A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, INCLUDING AT
LEAST ELEMENTS OF TWO SA-8 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE BATTERIES,
HAVE ARRIVED EQUIPMENT INCLUDES ONE PROBABLE 25X1
TALL KING RADAR B/C SET CONSISTING OF TWO LARGE ANTENNA
TRAILERS AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT
(IN TRAVEL MODE). THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE TALL KING RADAR
PARALLELS THE PROCEDURES OBSERVED AT THE DUMAYR SA-5 COMPLEX
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AIR DEFENSE ACTIVITY
HOMS SA-5 COMPLEX, SYRIA
TWO ADDITIONAL PROBABLE UNIDENTIFIED RADAR 25X1
ANTENNA TRAILERS ARE IN THE TRACKING AND GUIDANCE AREA. THE
RADAR MOUNDS REMAIN UNOCCUPIED; HOWEVER, SECURITY SCREENS ARE
BEING ERECTED INDICATING THAT THEY WILL SOON BE OCCUPIED.
ELEMENTS OF TWO SA-8 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE BATTERIES ARE BEING
DEPLOYED HERE FOR COMPLEX SECURITY. OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
WHICH HAS ARRIVED SINCE YESTERDAY REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED.
(SWN,) NO SA-5 EQUIPMENT OR ASSOCIATED RADAR IS OBSERVED AT
EITH1)R,AL LADHIQIYAH PORT FACILITIES OR TARTUS 25X1
PORT FACILITIES AT TARTUS, HOWEVER, ONE 25X1
SOVIET BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLA MERSHIP AND ONE UKRAINA-CLASS
PASSENGER SHIP HAVE ARRIVED ONE SOVIET 25X1
BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS MERSHIP WAS AT NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES
SOUTH IN THE SOVIET UNION AND HAD 25X1
DEPARTED NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH IN THE 25X1
SOVIET UNION 25X1
COORDINATES 34-37-26N 036-46-16E
25X1
25X1
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