CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM NPIC

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001300020115-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 115
• Publication Date: June 7, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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IS FROM THE CIA/IMAGERY ANALYSIS DIVISION. CITE CIA-P 178.
1. CONTINUING ANALYSIS OF THE PROBABLE MISSILE SEEN F -
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AT LAUNCH POSITION 6, LAUNCH SITE B,
QUALIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW:
SHAGAN PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX 2, (REFERENCE PAR
GRAPHY 2, CITE CIA-P-128), RESULTS IN THE FOLLOWING MEASUREMENT
COMPLEX A, WITH THE FOLLOWING MEASUREMENTS:
A. OVERALL LENGTH OF PROBABLE MISSILE:
B. LENGTH OF THE PROBABLE BOOSTER SECTI
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C. THE PROBABLE MISSILE'S ORIENTATION WITH REFERENCE TO
THE SUN AND THE DARK IMAGE TONE DOES NOT PERMIT FURTHER MEANINGFUL
ANALYSIS OR MENSURATION.
C. OVERALL DIAMETER OF "PROBABLE BOOSTER CLUSTER":
B. LENGTH OF "PROBABLE BOOSTER SECTION"~
A. OVERALL LENGTH OF PROBABLE MISSILE:
D. MAXIMUM DIAMETER OF THE PROBABLE SUSTAINER SECTION:
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3. CONTINUING ANALYSIS OF THE "SUSPECT STRAP-ON BOOSTERS"
AND NEARBY MISSILES SEEN I (JUST NORTH
OF LAUNCH SITE 3, SARY SHAGAN LAUNCH COMPLEX A (REFERENCE PARA-
GRAPH 3, CITE CIA-P-176) RESULTS IN THE FOLLOWING INTERPRETATIONS,
AS QUALIFIED IN PARAGRAPHY 5 BELOW:
A. THE NEARBY MISSILE SECTION", POSSIBLY WITH
A MISSING NOSE SECTION,
FROM THE FORWARD END TO
THE TRAILING EDGE OF A SET OF POSSIBLE STABILIZER FINS. A SECOND
SET OF POSSIBLE STABILIZER FINS CAN BE SEEN AT THE AFT END OF THE
MISSILE SECTION.
B. THE ADJACENT, MORE COMPLETE MISSILE MEASURES IN
LENGTH AND STABILIZER FINS CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.
C. THE MISSILE SECTION AND THE UNIDENTIFIED
MISSILE NEARBY ARE PROBABLY IN IDENTICAL LOCATIONS O~
D. EACH OF THE FOUR SUSPECT STRAP-ON BOOSTERS MEASURES
FEET IN LENGTH AND THE TRANSVERSE MEASUREMENT ACROSS ALL FOUR SUSPECT
BOOSTERS AS THE AREA OCCUPIED BY THESE SUSPECT BOOSTERS
IS IN DEEP SHADOW 0 THEIR PRESENCE
AT THAT TIME CANNOT BE CONFIRMED OR NEGATED.
4. THE FOLLOWING POSSIBILITIES REGARDING MISSILES AT LAUNCH
COMPLEX A, SARY SHAGAN MISSILE TEST CENTER WILL BE CONSIDERED DURING
CONTINUING PHOTO ANALYSIS, IN THE LIGHT OF
INTERPRETATIONS:
A. THE PROBABLE MISSILE SEEN ON
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POSITION 6, LAUNCH SITE B, SARY SHAGAN PROBABLE LON2 RANGE SAM
LAUNCH COMPLEX 2:
(1) HAD A CLUSTER OF AT LEAST THREE (BUT NOT MORE THAN FOUR)
BOOSTER SECTIONS SUSTAINER
SECTION.
(2) WAS A MISSILE WITH CLOSELY GROUPED
STRAP-ON BOOSTERS MEASURING
(3) WAS A MISSILE OF UNCONVENTIONAL DESIGN,
WITH NEITHER CLUSTERED OR STRAP-ON BOOSTERS. IN THIS CASE THE
LONGITUDINAL STRIATIONS AND HEIGHT VARIATIONS IN THE BOOSTER AREA
WOULD BE UNIDENTIFIED.
(4) WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM MISSILES SEEN NEAR LAUNCH
SITE 3, LAUNCH COMPLEX A, SARY SHAGAN ON
B. THE MISSILES SEEN NEAR LAUNCH SITE 3, LAUNCH COMPLEX A,
SARY SHAGAN ON
(1) ARE SIMILAR TO THE PROBABLE MISSILE SEEN AT OPERATIONAL
SITE B ON BUT ARE PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED.
(2) ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE NORMALLY TESTED AT LAUNCH
SITES 3 AND 4.
(3) ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE TESTED AT LAUNCH SITES 3 AND 4,
BUT ARE SEEN ONLY PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED ON
5. MEASUREMENTS REPORTED ABOVE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY THE NPIC/
TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION WITH THE CIA/IAD PHOTO ANALYST
VERIFYING ALL POINTING OPERATIONS. NPIC/TID AND CIA/IAD ESTIMATE OF
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ACCURACY IS: PLUS OR MINUS 10 PERCEN WHICHEVER IS
GREATER. IN THE CASE OF THE SUSTAINER ECTION MENTIONED IN PARA-
GRAPHY 1-D AB0VE,_IS CONSIDERED A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE DIAMETER
WITH A MINIMUM INDETERMINABLE.
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