NEWLY IDENTIFIED SAM SITES THANH HOA, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001400040002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 13, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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NEWLY IDENTIFIED SAM SITES
THANH HOA, NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE: I
THIS BRIEFING;$OARD DEPICTS SEVEN NEWLY IDENTIFIED SA-2 SAM SITES
IN THE VICINITY OF THANH HOA, NORTH VIETNAM. (SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD
I OR FIFTEEN ADDITIONAL NEW SAM SITES IDENTIFIED IN NORTH
VIETNAM ON THIS MISSION.
2. REMARKS:
ONI ITHE FIRST SAM SITE IN NORTH VIETNAM (HANOI SAM
SITE B17-2) WAS OBSERVED ON PHOCGRAPHY. SAM SITES 2 AND 3 WERE FIRST
OBSERVED IN MAY; SITE 4 IN JUNE; SITES 5, 6 AND 7 IN JULY; SITES 8
THROUGH 18 IN AUGUST; SITES 19 THROUGH 22 IN SEPTEMBER; SITES 23 THROUGH
33 IN OCTOBER; SITES 34 THROUGH 52 IN NOVEMBER; SITES 53 THROUGH 64 IN
DECEMBER; AND SITES 65 THROUGH 86 IN FEBRUARY 1966. (SITES #10, #18
AND #50 HAVE SINCE BEEN ABANDONED AND PROBABLY RETURNED TO AGRICULTURE,
BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF KNOWN SAM SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM TO 83).
OF THE 83 KNOWN SAM SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM, 78 ARE OBSERVED ON THIS
MISSION. OF THESE 78, FIVE ARE OCCUPIED, TWO ARE POSSIBLY OCCUPIED,
THIRTEEN ARE OF UNDETERMINED OCCUPANCY, AND FIFTY-EIGHT ARE UNOCCUPIED.
3. MISSION READOUT:
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 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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NEAR THANH HOA, NORTH VIETNAM:
SITE D03A-2
20-21-25N 10 6- - E
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LOCATED 34.6 NNI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THANH HOA, THE SITE (IN A
LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION) CONSISTS OF SIX REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS,
A REVETTED CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA, AND THREE REVETTED MISSILE-HOLD
POSITIONS. NO MISSILES OR MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED.
(SITE #80).
SITE C01-2
20-13-30N 1 -
LOCATED 25 NM NORTH OF THANH HOA, THE SITE CONSISTS OF SIX :3E-
VETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS, A REVETTED CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA, AND TWO
REVETTED MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS. NO MISSILES OR MISSILE-ASSOCIATED
EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED. (SITE #77).
SITE C02A-2
20-10-0 - - E
I I
LOCATED 22.2 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THANH HOA, THE SITE IS OF IR-
REGULAR CONFIGURATION AND CONSISTS OF SIX REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS, A
REVETTET. CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA, TWO MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS, AND ONE PROB-
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 board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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ABLE MISSILE-HOLD POSITION. NO MISSILES OR MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIP-
MENT ARE OBSERVED. (STIE #65).
SITE A17-2
19-4 -11N 1O5-11-'T-55E
LOCATED 3.1 NM SOUTHEAST OF THANH HOA, THE SITE CONSISTS OF FOUR
REVETTED AND ONE PARTIALLY REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS, AND A PARTIALLY
REVETTED CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA. NO MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS, MISSILES,
OR MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED. (SITE #67).
LOCATED 27.8 NM NORTHEAST OF THANH HOA, THE SITE CONSISTS OF FOUR
REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS, TWO PROBABLE LAUNCH POSITIONS, A REVETTED
CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA, AND TWO SSILE-HOLD POSITIONS. NO MISSILES OR
MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
LOCATED 36.4 NM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THANH HOA, THE SITE CONSISTS
OF SIX REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS, AND A REVETTED CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA.
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 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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NO MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS, MISSILES, OR MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ARE
OBSERVED. (SITE #79).
SITS D02-2
20-2 -
LOCATED 39 NM NORTH-NORTIT ST OF THANH HOA, THE SITE CONSISTS OF
SIX REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS, A REVETTED CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA, THREE
iEVETTED MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS, AND A POSSIBLE FOURTH MISSILE-HOLD POSI-
TION. NO MISSILES OR MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED. (SITE
#69).
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 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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