RADAR SITE CUA LO, NORTH VIETNAM 18-50N 105-41E

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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Approved For Release 2007/05/08: CIA-RDP80TO1471 R000300040023-1
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LUCKY DRAGON
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RADAR SITE
,CUA LO, NORTH VIETNAM
1850N 105111E
1. PRE-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF LUCKY DRAGON
CSD/NPIC 156/65
11 APRIL 1965
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REVEALS A RADAR SITE AT CUA LO 1.5 NM WEST OF TRUNG KIEN AND 10 EM
NORTH OF VINH. THE SITE CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: TWO CROSS SLOT
RADAR ANTENNAS ENCLOSED BY I XAGONAL STRUCTURES, EACH ON TOP OF A
BUNKERED BUILDING, ONE CONTROL BUILDING LOCATED BETWEEN THE RADARS,
AND EIGHT SUPPORT BUILDINGS. THE SITE IS ROAD-SERVED AND SURROUNDED
ON THREE SIDES BY A TRENCH SYSTEM WITH NUMEROUS FIRING BAYS AND BUNKERS.
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TRENCH SYSTEM HAS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE CONTROL BUILDING AND THE
EIGHT SUPPORT BUILDINGS APPEAR INTACT. ALSO EVIDENT ON THIS MISSION IS.'-
AN OCCUPIED FOUR-GUN LIGHT AAA SITE, LOCATED fl' EDTATELY WEST OF.THE
RADAR SITE, AND ELEVEN AW POSITIONS (SIX OF WHICH ARE FIRING)
LOCATED 0.3 NM WEST OF THE RADAR SITE.
3. STRIKE DATA REPORTS THAT THE TARGET AREA WAS STRUCK BY 36
USAF AIRCRAFT SUPPORTED BY SIX OTHER USAF AIRCRAFT ON 31 MARCH 1965.
ORDNANCE EXPENDED CONSISTED OF 80 750 LB. GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS AND
EIGHT BLU-1B NAPALM BOMBS.
Il. AREA HAS BEEN COVERED BY PREVIOUS COLD TALE, LUCKY DRAGON, AND
TROJAN HORSE PHOTOGRAPHY.
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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