SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SAM) SITES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200070032-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: November 30, 1960
• Content Type: BRIEF

Approved For Release 2001/09/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000200070032-1
Approved For Release 2001/09/03 : CIA-RDP78TO5439A000200070032-1
 JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
ARMY-NAVY-CIA
(Published and Disseminated by CIA/PIC)
(SAM) Sites
Declass Review by NIMA /"DoD No Pages. 5
Campy No 42"
SIGIZ-SARY
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MAP REFERENCES
AMS. Series N 502, Sheet NK 42-8 (Tashkent), 1st ed, Nov 57,
scale 1:250, 000 (U)
SAC. USAir Target Chaot, Series 200, Sheet 0328-17AL, 1st ed,
Nov 59, scale 1:20Q, 000 (S)
Tashkent is situated in the sandy lowlands of the Chirchiic. River
Valley. Itis the largest and-most i'hportant city in Soviet Central Asia.
Four SAM launchesites deployed for th fens of. Tashkent have been
25X1D identified on KEYHOLE photography of These sites are
within a radius of 8-14 nautical miles from the center o the city. No
25X1D that time. The suitability for interpretation of the ashkent
photography precludes further analysis. In Figures 2 through 5, the
SAM site configuration as interpreted from the KEYHOLE coverage has
25X1 D been overprinted on TALENT photography.
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PIC/JB-1251`60
REFERENCE POINT (RP)
Tashkent Railroad Station, Ya-?ds, and Shops, Main,
coordinates 41-17-56N 69-18-33E.
SAM support f i was identified in this area. A study of TALENT
25X1D photography of revealed that none of these sites existed at
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..CIA/PIC G-374.
PIC/.1B-125/60
FIGURE 2. SAM SITE 8:5 NM NW OF TASHKENT (see Fig 1, item 1;i.
The site configuration as seen on the KEYHOLE coverage is overprinted
on TALENT photography of
LOCATION
8.5 nm NW of RP, on the left bank of a Chirchik River tributa-r
REMARKS
The site appears complete and is probably operational. The circular
road, six launch revetments, and the guidance area seem to be complete.
A probable support area is adjacent on the northeast.
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_ FIGURE 3. SAM SITE 8 NM ENE OF TASHKENT (see Fig 1, item 2),
The site configuration as seen on the KEYHOLE coverage', is overprinted
25X1 D on TALENT photography of
25X1 D
LOCATION
8 nm ENE of RP, along a. strea.m approximately one nm S of village
of Nirai.
REMARKS
The site appears to be in mid?--to-1 stages of construction and is
probably not operational. The six launch .revetments seem to be com.i ?.
The circular road is probably not complete.
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FIGURE 4. SAM SITE 10.5 NM SE OF TASHKENT (see Fig 1. item 3;':.
The site configuration as seen on the KEYHOLE photography is overprinted
25X1 D on TALENT photography of
COORD
41-09N 69-26E.
LOCATION
10.5 nm SE of RP, on the east side of a canal branching- off the Tash-
kentskiy River.
REMARKS
The site is probably ccmp1 ate and e.perational. The ci::-_ 11a?r road and
the launch revetments appear complete.. A possible fence encloses the
operations area. A probable support area is adjacent to the operations area-
on the northeast.
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 FIGURE 5. SAM SITE 14.5 NM SW OF TASHKENT (see Fig 1, item 4)-
The site configuration as seen on the KEYHOLE coverage is overprinted
25X1 D on TALENT photography of
C OORD
41-07N 69-06E.
LOCATION
14.5 nm SW of RP, on flood plain of the Chi-chik'Rive??, and 2. 5 nm
E of village of Yangi-Yul.
REMARKS
The site is, probably complete and operational. The circu.1a goad
and the launch. revetments app ar c?omplete or- in the final stages of
construction.
PHOTOGRAPHY-
25X1 D
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