PROBABLE SA-5 DELIVERY TARTUS PORT FACILITIES, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200590002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 10, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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PROBABLE SA-5 DELIVERY
TARTUS PORT FACILITIES, SYRIA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE DELIVERY OF ADDITIONAL PROBABLE SA-5
EQUIPMENT IS IMMINENT
2. (SWN) REMARKS: PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRANSSHIPMENT OF
ADDITIONAL SA-5 EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM
ARE OBSERVED HE CENTRAL MOLE WHERE THREE SOVIET SHIPS HAVE
NEWLY ARRIVED TWELVE EMPTY SA-5 25X1
MISSILE/CANISTER TRANSPORTERS HAVE ALSO ARRIVED ON THE MOLE
ONE SA-8 BATTERY IS DEFENSIVELY DEPLOYED ON 25X1
THE MOLE NEAR THE TRANSPORTERS.
(SWN) THE SOVIET SHIPS WHICH HAVE ARRIVED AT THE CENTRAL MOLE
INCLUDE ONE SOVIET AKADEMIK TUPELOV-CLASS
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
1 Z-10226/83
Attachment to NPIC/PEG (2/83)
ROLL ON/ROLL 0 SHIP, ONE SOVIET BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS
MERSHIP, AND ONE UKRAINA-CLASS PASSENGER SHIP. THESE SHIPS
HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELIVERY OF THE SA-5
MISSILE SYSTEM AND SOVIET PERSONNEL TO SYRIA.
COORDINATES 34-54-18N 035-52-10E
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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