SA-3 TESTING BAPATLA SAN TEST RANGE, INDIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00121R000100200003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 29, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SA-3 SURFACE-TO4tIR MISSILE (SAM) TESTING
IS RESUMING AT THIS INSTALLATION.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THIS IS THE THIRD TEST AND EVALUATION CYCLE OF
SA-3 E PMENT AT THIS RANGE SINCE THE EQUIPMENT WAS FIRST
INTRODUCED TO BAPATLA SA-3 EQUIPMENT WAS 25X1
IN EARLY 1981 AND THE TEST RANGE ON
EN TWO SA-3 FOUR-RAIL LAUNCHERS HAD BEEN 25X1
ERECTED ON THE TEST STANDS NEAR THE CENTRAL CONTROL FACILITY.
THREE SA-3 FOUR-RAIL LAUNCHERS ARE NOW PRESENT, ALL LAUNCH PADS
ARE OCCUPIED, AND ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT APPEARS TO BE CABLE
CONNECTED AND OPERATIONAL. TWO SA-3 TRANSPORTERS ARE ADJACENT
TO THE LAUNCHERS INDICATING PREPARATIONS FOR A TEST LAUNCH MAY
BE IN PROGRESS. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT PRESENT INCLUDES A LOW
BLOW SA-3 AQUISITION GUIDANCE RADAR, A FLAT FACE EARLY WARNING
RADAR (NOT ON GRAPHIC), A SPOON REST EARLY WARNING RADAR (NOT
ON GRAPHIC), AND AN SA-3 ASSOCIATED COMPUTER VAN.
THIS FACILITY WAS OBSERVED TESTING AND EVALUATING THE SA-2/75
(INDIAN MODIFICATION TO THE SA-2) THROUGHOUT MUCH OF 1981.
BAPATLA SAM TEST RANGE, ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA, IS 3.7
NM NORTH OF BAPATLA AND APPROXIMATELY 140 NM SOUTHEAST OF
HYDERABAD.
3, COORDINATES 15-50-30N 080-29-OOE
COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE
DIRECTED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER.
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.
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Intelligence Sources
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Attachment to Z-10152/82
NPIC/PEG (1/82)
SA-3 TESTING
BAPATLA SAM TEST E, INDIA
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