MILITARY ACTIVITY NORTHEAST OF DAMASCUS, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00339R000400110012-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: November 5, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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MILITARY ACTIVITY
NORTHEAST OF DAMASCUS, SYRIA
33-30N 036-28E
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to N-8372/73
N-8373/73
N-8374/73
N-8375/73
5 November 1973
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MILITARY ACTIVITY NORTHEAST OF DAMASCUS
SYRIA
1. SIGNIFICANCE
2. LOCATION:
3. MISSION READOUT:
CONCENTRATIONS OF VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT WERE OBSERVED
CONCENTRATIONS OF VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT WERE LOCATED
IN SYRIA BETWEEN DAMASCUS AND DUMAYR AIRFIELD.
A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 1113 VEHICLES AND 12 FLATBED
TRAILERS WERE DEPLOYED IN 11 AREAS OF CONCENTRATION FROM THE EASTERN
AMMUNITION DEPOT UG
OF THESE VEHICLES BY TYPE WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO OBLIQUITY, SMALL
SCALE AND IMAGE BLUR. THE MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLES, HOWEVER, APPEARED
TO BE WHEELED. AN APPROXIMATE COUNT OF VEHICLE AND THEIR-LOCATIONS
(AREA DESIGNATORS CORRESPOND TO N-8372/73) ARE AS FOLLOWS:
AREA 1 60 VEHICLES AT 33-41N 036-33E AT AND
IN THE VICINITY OF AL QUTAYFAH
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.
WARNING NOTICE
Sensitive Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved.
GIANT REACH Missions are extremely sensitive. 25X1
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SECRET
e use o
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is 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 which
are widely disseminated at the SECRET classification
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AREA 2 220 VEHICLES AT 33-39N 036-32E
AREA 3 45 VEHICLES AND 12 FLATBED TRAILERS
AT 33-37N 036-29E
AREA 4 160 VEHICLES AT 33-36N 036-26E
AREA 5 50 VEHICLES AT 33-36N 036-32E AT AND
IN THE VICINITY OF ADHRA MILITARY
CAMP
AREA 6 45 VEHICLES AT 33-36N 036-28E
AREA 7 60 VEHICLES AT 33-35N 036-29E
AREA 8 20 VEHICLES AT 33-35N 036-27E
AREA 9 240 VEHICLES AT 33-35N 036-22E AT AND
IN THE VICINITY OF DIMASHQ AMMUNITION
DEPOT DUMA
AREA 10 168 VEHICLES AT 33-33N 036-26E
AREA 11 45 VEHICLES AT 33-31N 036-25E
ADDITIONALLY, FIVE NEW, ALL OCCUPIED, SA-6 SITES (ONLY NPIC 133 AND 134
PRESENT ON GRAPHIC) AND A HELICOPTER DISPERSAL AREA WERE LOCATED
WITHIN THE SAME AREA. THE NEW SA-6 SITES WERE LOCATED AS FOLLOWS:
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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DIMASHQ SA-6 SITE (NPIC 133) AT 33-31-40N 036-25-50E
DIMASHQ SA-6 SITE (NPIC 134) AT 33-31-35N 036-29-20E
DIMASHQ SA-6 SITE (NPIC 135) AT 33-26-50N 036-28-35E
DIMASHQ SA-6 SITE (NPIC 136) AT 33-25-45N 036-23-20E
DIMASHQ SA-6 SITE (NPIC 137) AT 33-25-45N 036-22-OOE
THE HELICOPTER DISPERSAL AREA (AREA 12 ON N-8372/73)`?WAS LOCATED IN
THE VICINITY OF 33-30N 036-28E.
SA-6 SITE (134) (N-8375773): NEW SA-6 SITE (134) AT 33-31-35N 036-29-20E
IS COLLOCATED WITH DIMASHQ SAM SITE A09-2 (NPIC 21 AND
FOUR SA-6 TEL'S, ONE OF WHICH OCCUPIED AN SA-2 LAUNCH
POSITION, WERE DEPLOYED AROUND AN OCCUPIED GUIDANCE AREA. DUMMY SA-2
EQUIPMENT OCCUPIED THREE OF THE. FIVE LAUNCH POSITIONS ADJACENT TO THE
ORIGINAL SA-2 SITE. THAT GUIDANCE AREA WAS OCCUPIED WITH A DUMMY FAN
SONG RADAR.
HELICOPTER DISPERSAL AREA (N-8374/73): THE HELICOPTER DISPERSAL AREA
(AREA 12 ON N-8372/73) WAS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF 33-30N 036-28E.
EIGHT HIP C AND FIVE SMALL UTILITY HELICOPTERS WERE PRESENT IN THE
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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HELICOPTER DISPERSAL AREA. ONLY A PORTION OF THE AREA IS DEPICTED.
FOUR HIP C AND THREE SMALL UTILITY HELICOPTERS WERE PRESENT IN THE
AREA SHOWN.
VEHICLE CONCENTRATION AREA (N-8373/73): THE VEHICLE CONCENTRATION
AT 33-36N 036-26E (AREA 4) IS DEPICTED. AT LEAST 160 VEHICLES WERE
CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA.
ENLARGEMENT FACTOR: 30X
IEG/SGD/AMEAB
COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS REPORT ARE WELCOMED. THEY MAY BE
OF AMEAB/SGD/IEG/NPIC, CODE 143 EXTENSION
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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NATIONAL SUBSTANTIVE
BRIEFING AIDS
COLLECTION
RETURN TO:
BRIEFING COORDINATION SECTION
ROOM 4N204
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"WA2 I 1 NOTICE SENSITIVE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED/
DISSE RATION REST ICED " "GIAPTTT REACH MISSIONS ARE EXTRE LY
E?'"TSITIV'E, THE USE OF THIS IMAGERY WILL BE LIMITED TO ESSENTIAL
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, TARGETING, AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING
PURPOSES. I', T_LAGERY WILL NCT BE USE IN PRODUCTION OF NORMAL
INTELLIGENCE P 3LICATIONS '"IHICH ARE WIDELY DISSEN+INAT .ED AT THE
SECRET CLASSIFICATION LEVEL."
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