NEW POSSIBLE RADAR ON 444D NIKOLAYEV SHIPYARD NOSENKO 444

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• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
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• Publication Date: February 10, 1982
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NEW POSSIBLE RADAR ON 444D
NIKOLAYEV SHIPYARD POSE KO 444
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: IF THE OPENINGS ON THE 444D ARE INTENDED
FOR THE INST LLATION OF A PHASED ARRAY RADAR, A NEW AIR DEFENSE
SYSTEM MAY BE IN DEVELOPMENT.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: PROVISIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A POSSIBLE
NEW RADAR S STEM ABOARD THE 444D, FORMERLY KIEV-CLASS GUIDED
MISSILE VTOL AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVHG) UNIT 4, ARE OBSERVED AT
NIKOLAYEV SHIPYARD NOSENKO 444. THE NEW RADAR INSTALLATION
APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE U.S. NAVY AN/SPY-1A MULTIFUNCTION
ARRAY WHICH IS BEING DEPLOYED AS PART OF THE AEGIS FLEET AIR
DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEM ABOARD THE NEW TICONDEROGA-CLASS GUIDED
MISSILE DESTROYER (DDG-47) SEE INSET.
RECTANGULAR OPENING IS ON THE FORWARD END OF THE MODIFIED
ISLAND SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER TO STARBOARD. ANOTHER POSSIBLE
RECTANGULAR OPENING OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME HEIGHT AND
INDETERMINATE LENGTH IS ON THE AFT END OF THE STARBOARD SIDE OF
THE ISLAND. A THIRD SIMILAR OPENING HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SEEN
ON THE AFT END OF THE ISLAND. OBSERVATION OF THE PORT SIDE OF
THE ISLAND FOR ANY SIMILAR OPENING HAS BEEN PRECLUDED TO DATE
BY OBLIQUITY.
(S/D) FOUR ARRAYS (COVERING ALL FOUR
QUADRANTS OF THE SHIP) ARE NEEDED IN THE AEGIS INSTALLATION
WHICH ENABLES SEVERAL TARGETS (CRUISE MISSILES/LOW-FLYING
AIRCRAFT) TO BE SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGED. IF THE OPENINGS ON THE
444D ARE INTENDED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SIMILAR PHASED
ARRAY RADAR, A NEW AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM MAY BE IN DEVELOPMENT.
THIS SYSTEM MAY ALSO INCORPORATE A NEWLY INSTALLED,
UNIDENTIFIED, POSSIBLY VERTICALLY-LAUNCHED MISSILE SYSTEM.
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