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PROBABLE DECOY SQUARE PAIR EMITTER SITE DUMAYR SA-5 COMPLEX, SYRIA (TSZ) (SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000200420006-2
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
T
Document Page Count: 
3
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 2, 2011
Sequence Number: 
6
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
April 27, 1983
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000200420006-2 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000200420006-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000200420006-2 TOP SECRET 25X1 2oA] (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER C Y~ opy 1VY1L/l.GU I,' +/O)J . PROBABLE DECOY S DUMAYR SA-5 C QUARE PAIR E OMPLEX, S R MITTE (TS R SITE Z) 27 APRIL 1 983 1. SIGNIFI CANCE: AN INSTRU MENTATION S ITE A T DUMAYR SA- 5 COMPLEX MAY BE THE LOCAT ION OF THE PROBA BLE DECOY B4 25Z (SQUARE PAIR RADAR ) SIG NALS REPORTE D A S PROBABLY EMA NATING FROM DU MAYR, SYRIA (T S7) 25X1 2. REMARK S: THIS SITE, ON THE WEST SI DE THE TRACKIN G AND GUIDAN CE AREA, IS PARTI ALLY ENCIRCL ED HIGH 25X1 EARTHE BURIED N BERM. (GRAPHIC CABLES EXTENDING 1) THE SIT APPROXIMATE E CON LY 37 SISTS OF FOU METERS FROM R AN EARTH RECTAN COVERS PERSON COVERED DRIVE-THR GULAR-SHAPED BUNK ON TOP. ONE HAT NEL ENTRANCE WHIL OUGH BUNKER ERS, EACH WI CH MAY BE US E THE OTHER TO FO TH TW ED TO MAY B UR SMALL O PROBABLE H COVER A PRO E USED TO CO ATCH BABLE VER A RETRACTABLE ANTENNA. (GRAPHIC 2) (TSZ) THIS PROBABLE "DECOY" SQUARE PAIR EMITTER SITE WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND APPEARED TO BE EXTERNALLY 25X1 COMPLETE BETWEEN 12 AND 28 MARCH. HOWEVER, THE SITE MAY HAVE REACHED AN OPERATIONAL STATUS OR MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PRE-OPERATIONAL TESTING PRIOR TO THE ABOVE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY AN EARTHEN BERM. I TIIE 25X1 WEST SIDE OF THE EARTHEN BERM HAD BEEN REMOVED BUT THE EAST SIDE, WHICH SEPARATES THE SITE FROM THE OPERATIONAL SQUARE PAIR RADARS IN THE TRACKING AND GUIDANCE AREA, REMAINED IN PLACE. (TSZ) DATES. WHILE THE SITE WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IT WAS 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 TOP SECRET 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000200420006-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000200420006-2 ~Oh 1 t JI.. TOP SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 Copy 3.I I COORDINATES 33-32-27N 036-41-31E (S) 4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: 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 TOPSFCRFT 25X1 25X1 NPIC/IEG (4/83) 27 APRIL 1983 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/02 : CIA-RDP90T00784R000200420006-2

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