SA-5 EQUIPMENT DELIVERY TARTUS PORT FACILITIES, SYRIA

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

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CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520001-6

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December 28, 2016

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March 3, 2011

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January 13, 1983

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520001-6 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy SA-5 EQUIPMENT DELIVERY TARTUS PORT FACILITIES, SYRIA 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ADDITIONAL SA-5 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT HAS ARRIVED AT TARTUS PORT FACILITIES BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS MERSHIP HAD ARRIVED AND 25X1 DELIVERED 12 SA-5 MISSILE/CANISTER TRANSPORTERS WHICH REMAIN ON THE MOLE. EAST OF A SOVIET BEZHITSA/POLTAVA-CLASS MERSHIP. THE Attachment to Z-10061/83 NPIC/PEG (1/83) 2. (SWN) REMARKS: SA-5-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT INCLUDING FOUR PROBABLE COMPUTER VANS, TWO UNIDENTIFIED TRUCK-TRAILER COMBINATIONS, AND APPROXIMATELY 50 ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE SA-5-ASSOCIATED VEHICLES IS ON THE CENTRAL MOLE. IT WAS PROBABLY DELIVERED BY THE SOVIET MUROM-CLASS MERSHIP WHICH WAS ENTERING POR ND IS NOW MOORED AT THE MOLE JUST 25X1 (SWN) ALTHOUGH THE NEWLY ARRIVED EQUIPMENT CANNOT BE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED, IT IS SIMILAR TO EQUIPMENT OBSERVED AT NIKOLAYEV PORT FACILITIES SOUTH IN THE SOVIET 25X1 UNION THE EQUIPMENT WAS ON THE MOLE WITH SA-5 25X1 LAUNCHERS, ADJACENT TO A MUROM-CLASS MERSHIP. 25X1 THE SA-5 LAUNCHERS WERE STILL PRESENT, BUT THE MUROM-CLASS MERSHIP AND THE SA-5-ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT HAD DEPARTED. (SWN) OTHER SOVIET MERSHIPS IN PORT INCLUDE ANOTHER MUROM-CLASS WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH MOLE TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SAME MOLE 25X1 COORDINATES 34-54-18N 035-52-IOE 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 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200520001-6