IPIR BRASS KNOB MISSION 3445 23 FEBRUARY 1963

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 23, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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BRASS KNOB MISSION 3445
23 FEBRUARY 1963
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the national defense of the United States,
within the meaning of Title 18, sections
793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended.
Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is
prohibited by law.
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
THE. FOLLOWING INFORMATION REPRESENTS A PRELIMINARY
ANALYSIS OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FROM BRASS KNOB
MISSION 3445, DATED 23 FEBRUARY 1963. THE NUMBER
APPEARING AT THE END OF THE HEADER LINE IS THE COMDR
TARGET NUMBER.
-MISSILES-
SAN CRISTOBAL MRBM SITE 3 2242N 08308W
ARCHED-ROOF BUILDING REMAINS INTACT.
NO MILITARY ACTIVITY NOTED.
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ARCHED-ROOF BUILDING REMAINS.
NO MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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CONCRETE ARCHES-REMAIN.
NO MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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ARCHED-ROOF BUILDING REMAINS, WITH ONE LARGE TENT AND
ONE TRUCK IN FRONT.
NO OTHER MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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SAN CRISTOBAL MRBM SITE 4 2246N 08258W
NO MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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BARTOLOME, SUSPECT SSM ACTIVITY 2226N 07934W
NO MILITARY OR MISSILE ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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SALAMANCAV SUSPECT SSM ACTIVITY 2227N 07940W
NO MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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BELLAMAR, SUSPECT SSM ACTIVITY 2302N 08133W
NO MISSILE ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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MATANZASCITY, LA CUMBRE ALTA 2304N 08133W
NO MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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MARIEL SAM SITE 230ON 08249W
SITE CONTAINS 6 OCCUPIED REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS,
SEVEN CANVAS-COVERED MISSILE TRANSPORTERS, AND
OCCUPIED REVETTED GUIDANCE AREA.
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MATANZAS SAM SITE 2301N 08129W
SIX CANVAS-COVERED LAUNCH POSITIONS AND 7 MISSILE
TRANSPORTERS OBSERVED.
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GUIDANCE AREA IS OCCUPIEDa
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BAHIA HONDA SAM SITE 2257N 08317W
SITE CONTAINS 6 OCCUPIED LAUNCH REVETMENTS, 7
CANVAS-COVERED MISSILE TRANSPORTERS IN HOLD AREAS,
14 VEHICLES, AND OCCUPIED REVETTED GUIDANCE AREA.
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HAVANA SAM SITE 2309N 08213W I
SIX LAUNCH POSITIONS AND GUIDANCE AREA OBSERVED.
POOR IMAGE QUALITY PRECLUDES DETAILED INTERPRETATION.
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CIENFUEGOS SAM SITE 2202N 08024W
SITE pC/O~NTAINS6 LAUNCHERS AND CANVAS-COVERED
GUIDANCE EQUIPMENT.
POOR IMAGE QUALITY PRECLUDES FURTHER INTERPRETATION.
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SAGUA LA GRANDE SAM SITE 2251N 08005W
SITE CONTAINS 6 REVETTED LAUNCHERS. NO MISSILE
TRANSPORTERS OBSERVED. GUIDANCE AREA OCCUPIED AND
REVETTED?
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CAIBARIEN SAM SITE 2228N 07929W I
SITE CONTAINS 6 OCCUPIED UNREVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS,
CANVAS-COVERED HOLD AREA, OCCUPIED GUIDANCE AREA, ONE
PROBABLE CANVAS-COVERED MISSILE TRANSPORTER, AND 6
SETS OF BOGIE WHEELS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF MISSILE-HOLD
AREA.
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APPROXIMATELY 5 PROBABLE MISSILE TRANSPORTERS OBSERVED
IN BUILDING AREA.
NO CHANGE IN FACILITIES OR VEHICLE COUNT.
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FORTY-SIX POSSIBLE CRUISE-MISSILE CRATES AND 12
UNIDENTIFIED CANVAS-COVERED VEHICLES OBSERVED.
APPROXIMATELY 200 OTHER VEHICLES OBSERVED IN
HEADQUARTERS AREA.
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CAMILO CIENFUEGOS AIRFIELD 2229N 07955W
AIRCRAFT m_ 51 SWEPT-WING FIGHTERS IAT LEAST 37
FISHBED) AND ONE LIAISON-TYPE OBSERVED.
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AIRCRAFT m? ONE BRITANNIA, 2 CRATE, ONE C-?47, ONE
HOUND, AND ONE LIAISON--TYPE.
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AIRCRAFT -- 8 POSSIBLE B-264 2 TWIN-ENGINE TRANSPORT,
AND 3 FAGOT/FRESCO OBSERVED THROUGH HAZE.
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AIRCRAFT -- 3 CONSTELLATION, ONE LODESTAR, 3
BRITANNIA, 3 C-54, ONE CLEAT, AND 19 UNIDENTIFIED
TYPES OBSERVED IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS.
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
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AIRCRAFT -- 8 COLT, AND 36 LIAISON/TRAINER-TYPE
OBSERVED IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS.
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
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AIRCRAFT -- NONE OBSERVED.
EIGHTEEN KOMAR MISSILE CRATES ON PARKING APRON.
APPROXIMATELY 20 VEHICLES THROUGHOUT AREA.
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT SW END OF RUNWAY.
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AIRCRAFT -- 47 HOUND, 7 HARE, ONE CRATE, AND
APPROXIMATELY 40 HELICOPTER SHIPPING CRATES OBSERVED.
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MANAGUA AIRFIELD 2258N 08217W
AIRCRAFT ?- NONE OBSERVED.
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
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AIRCRAFT ?-? NONE OBSERVED.
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-PORTS--
VESSELS -- ONE SMALL TANKER, ONE PCs (KRONSTAOT-
CLASS), ONE PF:(ANTONIO MACEO-CLASS) ONE AG (CUBA),
12 PGMG (KOMAR-CLASS) AND NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT.
NO LARGE VESSELS OBSERVED IN HARBOR.
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25X1C VESSELS -- 3 FREIGHTERS, 3 TANKERS, 4 PT, AND 2 PC.
NO MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA PORT 2001N 0755OW
NO LARGE VESSELS OR MILITARY EQUIPMENT OBSERVED
IN CLOUD-FREE PORTIONS.
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LA ISABELA PORT 2256N 08001W
VESSELS ?- ONE LARGE FREIGHTER. NO MILITARY
EQUIPMENT OBSERVED.
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CAIBARIEN PORT 2232N 07928W
NO LARGE VESSELS, MILITARY EQUIPMENT, OR VEHICLES
OBSERVED.
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.MATANZAS PORT 2303N 08134W ^
VESSELS - 3 FREIGHTERS, ONE COASTAL FREIGHTER, AND
ONE TANKER OBSERVED.
TWO KRASNOGRAD-CLASS FREIGHTERS REMAIN AT THE NEW
WHARF; VESSEL ON N SIDE OF PIER HAS THREE HATCHES
OPEN AND BOOMS SECURED. VESSEL ON S SIDE OF PIER HAS
ALL HATCHES SECURED AND BOOMS ACTIVE. TWELVE BOXCARS
AND ONE LOCOMOTIVE ARE VISIBLE ON THE WHARF. AT LEAST
40 UNIDENTIFIED TRUCKS ARE PARKED ENE OF THE PORT
AREA, BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE CITY AND THE POL STORAGE
TANKS.
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SURGIDERO DE BATABANO PORT 2241N 08218W
NO LARGE VESSELS OBSERVED IN HARBOR,
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VESSELS -- 24 LARGE FREIGHTERS, 7 MEDIUM-SIZE
FREIGHTERS, 12 COASTAL FREIGHTERS, ONE PF tANTONIO
MACE)-CLASS), ONE PC (KRONSTADT--CLASS), 5 PT, AND 3
SMALL PATROL CRAFT.
FOUR LGOV-CLASS VESSELS, ONE KIMOVSK-CLASS, AND THE
PROBABLE ORENBURG ARE IDENTIFIED. ONE LGOV-CLASS
ANCHORED IN THE HARBOR HAS ALL HATCHES SECURED, BOOMS
ACTIVE, AND ONE SMALL CRAFT ALONGSIDE. THE OTHER
LGOV-CLASS ANCHORED IN THE HARBOR HAS ALL HATCHES
SECURED, BOOMS ACTIVE, AND CARRIES UNIDENTIFIED DECK
CARGO. THE LGOV-CLASS VESSEL AT MACHINA PIER HAS ONE
HATCH OPEN AND BOOMS ACTIVE. THE LGOV-CLASS VESSEL AT
WARD LINE PIER HAS ONE HATCH OPEN AND BOOMS APPEAR
ACTIVE. THE KIMOVSK-CLASS VESSEL ANCHORED IN THE
25X1C HARBOR HAS TWO HATCHES OPEN, BOOMS ACTIVE, AND ONE
LIGHTER ALONGSIDE. DOCKED AT
BURRUS WHARF, HAS ONE HATCH OPEN AND BOOMS ACTIVE.
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KASIMOV REMAINS ANCHORED 1.5 NM SW OF PORT. FOUR
HATCHES ARE OPEN AND BOOMS ARE ACTIVE. SIX LIGHTERS
ARE ALONGSIDE.
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MAIN AREA CONTAINS 4 LARGE AND 3 SMALL TENTS, AND
15 VEHICLES.
AREA TO THE SE NOT OBSERVED.
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NO APPARENT CHANGE.
NO VEHICLES DISCERNIBLE.
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MOTOR PARK AND BARRACKS AREA COMPLETELY VISIBLE.
NO APPARENT CHANGE IN VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT COUNT -- 41
TANKS/SP GUNS4 7 UNIDENTIFIED TRACKED VEHICLES, 9
SNAPPERS, ONE PROBABLE FROG MISSILE TRANSPORTER, AND
2 PROBABLE FROG LAUNCHERS.
TWENTY-SIX PROBABLE FIELD ARTILLERY PIECES REMAIN
IN SAME PARKED POSITIONS.
NO APPARENT CHANGE IN BARRACKSITENT COUNT.
6-GUN AAA POSITION REMAINS OCCUPIED.
INCOMPLETE COVERAGE.
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SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS AREA, MILITARY CAMP 2258N 08220W
NO APPARENT CHANGE IN VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OBSERVED
IN VISIBLE PORTIONS.
SCATTERED CLOUDS AND HAZE PRECLUDE DETAILED
INTERPRETATION.
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LIMONAR AREA, MILITARY CAMP 2256N 08124W
NO APPARENT CHANGE IN CLOUD-FREE PORTIONS.
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
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EL CRISTO, MILITARY INSTALLATION 2007N 07546W
AT LEAST 20 VEHICLES OBSERVED.
OBLIQUITY PRECLUDES FURTHER INTERPRETATION.
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PURIO, MILITARY AREA 2233N 07952W
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GUANABACOA, MILITARY AREA 2307N 08215W
APPROXIMATELY 20 TRUCKS AND 20 FIELD ARTILLERY PIECES
OBSERVED.
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NO NEW MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN CLOUD-FREE
PORTIONS.
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NO NEW BEACH DEFENSES OR FIELD FORTIFICATIONS
OBSERVED.
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NO SIGNIFICANT BEACH DEFENSES OR FIELD FORTIFICATIONS
OBSERVED.
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ENSENADA COLORADO LANDING BEACH 2202N 08025W
NO NEW MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED.
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BEJUCAL, MUNITIONS STORAGE SITES 2256N 08223W
THREE UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES OBSERVED IN VICINITY OF
ONE DRIVE-THROUGH BUNKER.
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MISSION 3445 DID NOT COVER TARGETS EAST OF
75-00 WEST LONGITUDE NOR WEST OF 83-30 WEST
LONGITUDE.
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THE FOLLOWING TARGETS COULD BE IDENTIFIED BUT
NOT INTERPRETED n_
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LOMA DE TIERRA MILITARY CAMP
2301N
08213W
CAMPO FLORIDA CRUISE-MISSILE SITE
2306N
08211W
HAVANA AREA,, COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
230ON
08226W
ARTEMISA MILITARY CAMP
2251N
08248W
MINAS AMMUNITION STORAGE AREA
23W7N
08212W
TORRENS MILITARY COMPLEX
2259N
08228W
SANTA CLARA AREA MILITARY ACTIVITY
2221N
07957W
MADRUGA POL STORAGE
2256N
08149W
MANAGUA MILITARY CAMP
2258N
08217W
LOMAS DE CRISTO MILITARY AREA
2006N
07546W
GUANABO AREA MILITARY AREA
2311N
08203W
BAJURAYABO AREA MILITARY AREA
2308N
0821OW
MANAGUA MUNITIONS STORAGE SITE
2258N
08218W
SANTA CLARA AREA, MILITARY INSTALLATION
2224N
07953W
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