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PROBABLE NEW SP ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SYSTEM DONGUZ, USSR (SANITIZED)

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CREST [1]
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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
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CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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4
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December 28, 2016
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September 8, 2011
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4
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Publication Date: 
March 29, 1982
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATIDN SIDNATURE REMAROtS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) NOFORN CONTROL NO. Z-15191/82 NPIC/IEG (3/82) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9 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 2011/09/08 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9 SECRET NOFORN Ic) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy Attachment to Z-15191/82 NPIC/IEG 29 MARCH 1982 PROBABLE NEW SP ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SYSTEM DONGUZ, USSR 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A FOLLOW-ON TO THE ZSU-23/4 SELF PROPELLID ANTIAIRCRAFT (SPAA) SYSTEM MAY BE UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT DONGUZ ARTILLERY TEST AREA, USSR. 2. (S/D) RIIv~ARKS: A PROBABLE NEW SP ANTI- AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY SYSTEM WAS OBSERVID AT DONGUZ ARTILLERY TEST AREA. THE VEHICLE IS COVERID BY A LARGE RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE WITH A SLOPING FRONT EDGE. SEVERAL PROBABLE GUN TUBES EXTEND FROM THE SLOPID PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE, BUT IMAGE INTERPRETABILITY PREVENTS A COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF GUN TUBES. THE VEHICLE IS LOCATID ADJACENT TO AN SA-13 TEST CELL IN THE OPERATIONS AND TEST AREA. (S/D) ANALYST COMMENTS -- THE ZSU-23/4 SPAA SYSTEM IS AN EFFECTIVE BUT DATID (MID 60'S) SYSTEM. A LARGER CALIBER FOLLOW-ON TO THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN EXPECTID FOR SOME TIME. DONGUZ ARTILLERY TEST AREA IS THE PRIMARY SOVIET TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY 3. (S) COORDINATES 51-32-03N 054-56-40E 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 boardls) 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 SECRE NOFORN 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/08: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100200004-9

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