PROBABLE COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA IDENTIFIED ON SOVIET EASTERN THEATER TRAINBORNE COMMAND POST - ULAN-UDE, USSR

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• Publication Date: December 31, 1984
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PROBABLE COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA IDENTIFIED ON
SOVIET EASTERN THEATER TRAINBORNE COMMAND POST
Z-18302/85
NPIC/IEG/SANND
10 JANUARY 1985
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE MAST ANTENNA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
ON THE SOVIET FAR EAST THEATER TRAINBORNE COMMAND POST
(TBCP) THE TBCP
WAS IN ITS USUAL STAGING AREA AT ThE ULAN-UDE FAR EASTERN
HIGH COMMAND OF FORCES TVD HEADQUARTERS COMPLEX. THIS IS
THE FIRST CONFIRMATION ON IMAGERY OF A COMMUNICATIONS
CAPABILITY ORGANIC TO THIS TBCP. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE RAIL CAR WITH THE PROBABLE MAST ANTENNA WAS
THE FIFTH CAR FROM THE FRONT (EAST END) OF THE TRAIN AND
ADJACENT TO A GUARD TOWER. THE ANTENNA
AND APPEARED TO BE
CENTRALLY-MOUNTED ON THE ROOF OF THE COMMUNICATIONS RAIL
CAR. THE ANTENNA WAS CONNECTED TO THE RAIL CAR BY A
MOUNTING WHICH
IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IF THE ANTENNA WAS RETRACTABLE
OR MANUALLY MOUNTED IN POSITION. AN ELECTRICAL RAIL LINE
MOUNTING WHICH WAS FOLDED IN THE SECURE MODE WAS BEHIND THE
ANTENNA. (SWN)
A CABLE WAS CONNECTED FROM THE WEST END OF THE
COMMUNICATIONS RAIL CAR TO A JUNCTION BOX WHICH WAS OUTSIDE
THE REVETMENT HOUSING THE TRAIN. THE JUNCTION BOX IS
PROBABLY A PERMANENT PLUG-IN SUPPLY POINT FOR ELECTRICAL
POWER AND/OR LOCAL COMMUNICATIONS. (SWN)
THE SECOND RAIL CAR FROM THE REAR OF THE TBCP (NOT ON
GRAPHIC) HAD A ROOF PATTERN SIMILAR TO THE CAR WITH THE
ANTENNA. HOWEVER, NO ANTENNA WAS VISIBLE ON THIS SECOND
RAIL CAR AND SNOW COVER INDICATED A LACK OF ACTIVITY WITHIN
THE RAIL CAR. (SWN)
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Z-18302/85
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10 JANUARY 1985
ANALYSTS' COMMENTS - THE IDENTIFICATION OF A MAST ANTENNA
ON THE TBCP CONFIRMS A COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY ORGANIC TO
THE TBCP. PREVIOUSLY, A WOODBINE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
VEHICLE HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE TRAIN (SEE NPIC
EVENING HIGHLIGHT 9743, ITEM 2, 1 OCTOBER 1984). HOWEVER,
IT WAS ONLY OBSERVED ONCE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE TBCP
IS UNCLEAR. SINCE THE MAST HAS NOT BEEN SEEN PRIOR TO 31
DECEMBER, IT CAN BE ASSESSED THAT THE MAST IS PROBABLY NOT
PERMANENTLY MOUNTED ON THE RAIL CAR. CONSIDERING THE
HEIGHT OF THE MAST, IT PROBABLY IS UTILIZED ONLY WHEN THE
TBCP IS STATIONARY. THE SIMILAR ROOF PATTERN ON THE SECOND
RAIL CAR INDICATES A PROBABLE REDUNDANCY IN COMMUNICATIONS
CAPABILITIES, WHICH THE SOVIETS ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN. THIS
COULD ALSO ENABLE THE TBCP TO FUNCTION AS TWO SEPARATE
ENTITIES, IF REQUIRED. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THIS ANTENNA
IN THE OPERATIONAL POSITION MAY BE AN INDICATION THAT THE
ANNUAL GENERAL STAFF WINTER EXERCISE IN THE FAR EASTERN
THEATER WILL BE COMMENCING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (SWN)
3.I (COORDINATES 51-50-50N 107-53-40E (S)
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