SA-5 TRANSSHIPMENT NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH, USSR

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March 8, 2011

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January 1, 1983

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500002-7 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Attachmentto Z-10001/83 NPIC/PEG (1/83) Copy SA-5 TRANSSHIPMENT NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH, USSR 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: SA-5 GAMMON SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE EQUIPMENT IS AT NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS PROBABLY INTENDED FOR DELIVERY TU SYRIA, INCLUDES 12 SA-5 MISSILE LAUNCHERS, THREE SA-5 MISSILE CANISTERS (WITH LONG AND SHORT FIN CRATES ATTACHED), 18 SA-5 MISSILE/CANISTER TRANSPORTERS (NOT ON GRAPHIC), AT LEAST 23 MULTIPLE BOOSTER BOXES, 12 BOOSTER CRATES, AND AT LEAST 12 PROBABLE FIN CRATES. ASSOCIATED RADAR EQUIPMENT INCLUDES ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST TWO SQUARE PAIR RADAR SETS ANll ASSOCIATED COMPUTER SUPPORT VANS (NOT ON GRAPHIC). THIS IS ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT TWO SA-5 SITES. (SWN) 'THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF A PROBABLE SA-5 SHIPMENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST. SA-5 COMPLEXES HAVE BEEN RECENTLY IDENTIFIED UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SYRIA AT HIMS AND DUMAYR. THE ONLY OTHER SA-5 COMPLEXES OUTSIDE OF THE USSR ARE IN MONGOLIA (SWN) ONE SOVIET MUROM-CLASS MERSHIP IS BERTHED NEAR THE SA-5 EQUIPMENT. ADDITIONAL MERCHANT SHIPS INCLUDE ONE OTHER 1~IUROM-CLASS, ONE KAPITAN KUSHNARENKO-CLASS, AND ONE PULA-CLASS. (SWN) OTHER EQUIPMENT IN THE PORT FACILITIES INCLUDES AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (INCLUDING SA-8, SA-3, AND SA-2 MISSILE SYST'EMS), STYX MISSILE CRATES, FLOGGER FUSELAGE CRATES, ARMORED VEHICLES, AND ELECTKONICS EQUIPMENT. COORDINATES 46-49-57N 031-56-57E 25X1 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 SECR ET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200500002-7