(Sanitized) FIELD DEPLOYED SAM SITE B12-2 (116) YEN BAI, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000200040009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 27, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
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25X1 REFERENCE: ~ ATTACHMENT TO L-1338
27 JULY 1866
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FIELD DEPLOYED SAM SITE B12-2 (116)
YEN BAI, NORTH VIETNAM
21-36- 8N 10 -0 -18E
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS A NEWLY IDENTIFIED FIELD DEPLOYED SAM
SITE NEAR YEN BAI, THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH SITE TO BE IDENTIFIED
IN NORTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION:
THE SITE IS LOCATED 14.5 NM SOUTHEAST OF YEN BAI,
3� BACKGROUND:
25X1 ON D THE FIRST SAM SITE IN NORTH VIETNAM WAS OBSERVED
ON PHOTOGRAPHY, THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF 1965 THE NUMBER OF SITES
INCREASED TO SIXTY-FOUR, SITES 65 THROUGH 93 WERE FIRST OBSERVED IN
FEBRUARY 1866, SITES g4 THROUGH 100 IN MARCH, SITE 101 IN APRIL, SITES
102 THROUGH 110 IN MAY, SITES 111 THROUGH 115 IN JUNE, AND SITES 116
THROUGH 122 IN JULY. SITES 10, 18, 20, 36, 4g, AND 50 HAVE BEEN ABANDONED
DURING THIS SIXTEEN-MONTH TIME SPAN, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
KNOWN SAM SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM TO ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN,
4, MISSION READOUT;
25X1 REVEALS THIS FIELD DEPLOYED SAM SITE TO
CONSIST OF FIVE OCCUPIED LAUNCH POSITIONS (ONE WITH A MISSILE ON A
NGA Review Complete
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used (or detailed analytical worX. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only far the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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LAUNCHER, AND FOUR WITH LAUNCHERS ONLY) AND AN OCCUPIED CENTRAL GUIDANCE
AREA, EQUIPMENT OBSERVED CONSISTS OF A CAMOUFLAGED FAN SONG RADAR, A
SPOON REST RADAR, ONE EQUIPMENT VAN, A MISSILE ON A TRANSPORTER BEING
TOWED BY A PRIME MOVER, A CAMOUFLAGED MISSILE TRANSPORTED, ATRUCK-
MOUNTED CRANE AND FOUR SETS OF BOGIE WHEELS, AN SA-2 LAUNCHER, ONE
PROBABLE CAMOUFLAGED MISSILE, AND A PROBABLE CAMOUFLAGED VAN.
25X1 BLUE SPRINGS REVEALS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE
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FIELD DEPLOYED SAM SITE,
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These notes have been prepared far 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 far the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Dmsion, NPIC.
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