CABLE TO RUEAHQ/HQS USAF WASHDC FROM NPIC WASHDC
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December 28, 2016
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FM NPIC WASHDC
TO RUEAHQ/HQS USAF WASHDC
RUECW/CNO WASHDC
RUEHCR/STATE RCI WASHDC
RUEKDA/DIA PRODCEN WASHDC
RUEKDA/DIA WASHDC
RUEPCR/DIRNSA
RUE PDA /AC S I DA WASHDC
RUEPIA/CIA WASHDC
OUT5Sa- 9
Declassification Review by NGA/DoD
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SEC R E T
NPIC CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF
TWO SA-2 SURFACE-TO-AIR
(SAM) SITES UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR NEW DELHI, INDIA AS REPORTED
ONE SITE IS LOCATED 17NM ESE OF DELHI AT 28 35 50N
077 31 40E, PLOTTED ON USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 440-25AL 1ST
ED MARCH 1961. THIS SITE IS IN LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
AND CONSISTS OF 6 WALLED LAUNCH POSITIONS, A WALLED CENTRAL
GUIDANCE AREA, AND 3 WALLED MISSILE-HOLD POSITIONS. CONSTRU
EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE LAUNCH AREA. A CIRCULAR
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ROAD, WITH APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DIAMETER AS THE SITE PERIME
SERVICE ROAD, IS IN EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION IMMEDIATELY I
SOUTH WEST OF THE SAM LAUNCH SITE. A SITE SUPPORT AREA IS AL
LOCATED SOUTH WEST OF THE SAM LAUNCH SITE AND CONSISTS OF
APPROXIMATELY 6 COMPLETED BUILDINGS, 8 BUILDINGS AND 1 POSSIBLE-_I
WATER TOWER UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND APPROXIMATELY 11 TENTS.
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THE SECOND SITE IS LOCATED 25.5 NM SSW OF DELHI AT 28 15 30N ' ' '"
77 01 1OE, PLOTTED ON USATC SERIES 200 SHEET 440-25AL 1ST ED
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MARCH 1961. THIS SITE IS IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND
CONSISTS OF 6 WALLED LAUNCH POSITIONS, A WALLED CENTRAL GUIDANCE
AREA, AND 3 HOLD POSIT IONS, ONE OF WHICH IS WALLED AND TWO WITH
WALLS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. CONSTR.ON EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED
THROUGHOUT THE LAUNCH AREA. A SITE SUPPORT AREA IS LOCATED
IMMEDIATELY SE OF THE LAUNCH AREA AND CONSISTS OF 4 BUILDINGS
AND 2 TENTS. TWO CIRCULAR ROADS, ONE WITHIN THE OTHER, ARE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION EAST OF THE LAUNCH SITE.
NO MISSILE ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AT
EITHER LAUNCH SITE.
SEC R E T
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