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NEW BEAR VARIANT AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82T00709R000101760001-2
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
5
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 30, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
June 25, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101760001-2 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) CONTROL NO. 2-- COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) ,: , T Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101760001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101760001-2 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution- Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL. . . This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101760001-2 . - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101760001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101760001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101760001-2 SECRET Page 1 of 2 Copy NEW BEAR VARIANT AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: ANALYSIS OF A NEW BEAR VARIANT (NPIC INTERIM DESIGNATOR--BEAR F VARIANT 10) AT AKHTUBINSK SUGGESTS THAT THIS AIRCRAFT MAY BE CAPABLE OF CARRYING AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILES (ASM). (S/D) REMARKS: WITHIN THE BEAR SERIES, ONLY THE B AND C MODELS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN EQUIPPED TO CARRY ASM. BOTH OF THESE MODELS HAVE LARGE NOSE RADOMES. THE IDENTIFICATION OF A PROBABLE SMALL NOSE RADOME ON THE BEAR F VARIANT INDICATE THAT THIS AIRCRAFT ALSO HAS AN ASM CAPABILITY. TO DATE, NO ASM HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AIRCRAFT. SINCE 12 APRIL, A BEAR F VARIANT 10 HAS BEEN AT AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, THE MAJOR AIRBORNE WEAPONS TEST CENTER IN THE SOVIET UNION. (S/D) THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 IS EQUIPPED WITH A NUMBER OF FEATURES FOUND ON MOST BEAR F AIRCRAFT -- A HIGH-LIFT WING, FUSELAGE AIR SCOOPS, A LARGE DORSAL-MOUNTED SHELF ANTENNA, AND A REFUELING PROBE. THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 ALSO HAS A STANDARD-LENGTH FUSELAGE, PREVIOUSLY-OBSERVED ONLY ON THE BASIC BEAR F AND ON VARIANTS 4 AND 5. NO PODS ARE ON EITHER THE HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL STABILIZER. EXCEPT FOR THE LONE BEAR F VARIANT 8 ALL PREVIOUS BEAR F WERE EQUIPPED WITH A STABILIZER POD/PODS. IN ADDITION, THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 HAS A SOLID NOSE WHICH MAY BE A SMALL RADOME. ALL PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED VARIANTS HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH A GREENHOUSE NOSE. (S/D) FLIGHT TESTING OF THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 PROBABLY BEGAN DURING SPRING 1980 AT RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER (BE (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Attachment to Z-15645/82 NPIC/IEG (6/82) WHERE THE ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT OF THIS TYPE HAS BEEN 125X1 REPEATEDLY OBSERVED. TWO BEAR F VARIANT 10 WERE AT TAGANROG AIRFRAME PLANT DIMITROV 86 125X1 TAGANROG AIRFRAME PLANT IS THE 125X1 PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR BEAR F AIRCRAFT. THE TWO BEAR F VARIANT 10 OBSERVED THERE WERE PROBABLY THE SECOND AND THIRD PRODUCED. ONE WAS AGAIN PRESENT AT TAGANROG 25X1 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET 25X1 25X1 - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101760001-2 -- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82TOO709R000101760001-2 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 Copy (S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS - THE ROLE OF THE BEAR F VARIANT 10 IS STILL UNKNOWN. NO AIRCRAFT OF THIS TYPE HAVE YET BEEN OBSERVED AT KIROVSKOYE AIRFIELD THE PRIMARY 25X1 SOVIET NAVAL AVIATION TEST AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER WHERE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) TESTING IS CONDUCTED. ALL PREVIOUS BEAR F AIRCRAFT (EXCEPT THE ONE-OF-A-KIND BEAR F VARIANT 8) HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ASW AND MARITIME RECONNAISSANCE/COMMUNICATIONS. 25X1 3. (S) Attachment to Z-15645/82 NJPIC/IEG 4. (S/D) NOTE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BEAR F VARIANTS MAY BE FOUND IN NPIC IMAGERY ANALYSIS REPORT, BEAR F/BEAR F VARIANT AIRCRAFT IN THE USSR (S), Z-20059/81, IAR-0050/81, MAY 19 1 SECRET These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET 25X1 25X1 __ r-T---~,-_ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/30: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101760001-2 ----

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