DAMASCUS DEFENSE LINE SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300260007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 5, 1973
• Content Type: MISC

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DAMASCUS DEFENSE LINE
SYRIA
33-25N 036-08E
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ROAD
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OCCUPIED AAA SITE
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
LDAMASCUS-QNAITRA
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5 November 1973
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REFERENCE TO: GIANT REACH MISSION
DAMASCUS DEFENSE LINE
SYRIA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: IDENTIFICATION OF A DEFENSE LINE
PROTECTING THE SOUTHWESTERN APPROACH
TO DAMASCUS.
2. LOCATION:
THE PORTION OF THE DEFENSE LINE
SHOWN ON THE GRAPHIC IS LOCATED AT
33-25N 036-08E. IT IS APPROXIMATELY
9 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DAMASCUS ALONG THE DAMASCUS - QNAITRA
ROAD.
3. MISSION READOUT: THE DEFENSE LINE CONSISTED OF AN
ANTI-TANK DITCH WITH TANK FIRING RAMPS SPACED APPROXIMATELY
300 TO 500 FEET APART. ROAD BLOCKS AT THE INTERSECTIONS
OF THE MAJOR ROADS AND THE ANTI-TANK DITCH CONSISTED OF A
FORWARD LINE OF ANCHORED STEEL I-BEAMS. LARGE PROBABLE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
CLASSIFIED BY:
Exempt from General Declas
of E.O. 11652, Exemption Category: 5B(2)
AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON
DATE IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE
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WARNING NOTICE
Sensitive Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved/
Dissemination Restricted
GIANT REACH Missions are extremely sensit25X1
The use of this imagery will be limited to essential
military intelligence, targeting, and contingency
planning purposes. The imagery will not be used in
production of normal intelligence publications v' - are widely disseminated at the SECRET classifit25X1
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CONCRETE BLOCKS WERE LOCATED BEHIND THE I-BEAMS AT THE
INTERSECTIONS.
TWENTY-THREE TANKS (ONE ON THE ROAD) WERE LOCATED ON
THE DAMASCUS SIDE OF THE DITCH. THREE OCCUPIED AAA SITES
(ONE NOT DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC) WERE LOCATED IN THE IMMEDIATE
VICINITY.
ENLARGEMENT FACTOR : 4X
IEG/SGD/AMEAB
COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS REPORT ARE WELCOMED. THEY
MAY BE DIRECTED TO
OF AMEAB/SGD/IEG/NPIC,
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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