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16 April 1964 

MEMORANDUM FOR: Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance 

SUBJECT: Radar Order of Battle Objectives - TALL KING 

Attached for the information of the COMOR is a report 

submitted by the DIA in response to action in. COMOR-M-230, para. 4, 

in which DIA undertook to query SAC with regard to the extent of the 

satisfaction of SAC'S requirement for TALL KING coverage (see 

COMOR-D-65/8). COMOR action on this question is published in 

COMOR-D-65/ 10. 

ames Q. Reber 

Chairman 

Com ittee,,on. Overhead Reconnaissance 

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, COMOR 

SUBJECT: Radar Order of Battle Objectives - TALL KING 

1. On 26 February 1964, DIA through the COMOR SWG 

forwarded an urgent requirement to the NRO requesting quarterly 

update of the TALL KING radar deployment (CSWG-C-21/64). 

This request further stated that if currently programmed vehicles 

could not satisfy this objective, a special ROB package launch was 

required in the immediate future (60 - 90 days). The Chairman, 

COMOR, upon reviewing this document (CSWG-C-21/64) on or about 

1 March 1964 recommended that COMOR validate it. In COMOR-M-230 

DIA was requested to contact the SAC (initiator of the requirement) and 

determine whether this ROB TALL KING objective could be satisfied by 

currently in operation. is not considered an ROB vehicle, however, both NSA and SAC have developed or 

have under development a ground analysis technique to provide location 

of radars using a satellite system such as 

2. On 16 March 1964 DIA queried SAC with regard to how well 

would satisfy their requirements. The SAC reply indicated 

that this vehicle will not completely satisfy SAC/SLOP needs for TALL 

KING update. 

3. On 20 M rch 964 the NSA was also queried as to the 

potential of their location technique 111111.111111 now under 

test and evaluation using data. The DIRNSA reply in summary states: 

a. ''The program is under an 

evaluation phase and hence is not geared to operational 

production; 

b. "Evaluation of the effectiveness of the 

program is two to three months in the future; 

"Regardless of the technique employed, 

data will not consistently allow precise 

locations of the tolerance required for SIOP (i. e. , + 10 - 25 NM); 

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it will provide a valuable asset to the determination of 

TALL KING locations if it were used to support vehicles 

designed primarily for ROB purposes (i. e. , 

4. It is requested that the Committee on Overhead 

Reconnaissance validate CSWG-C-21/64 since both NSA and SAC, in 

the field of ESV processing, agree that will not satisfy 

DIA's TALL KING ROB objective. 

/SIGNED/ 

JAMES L. COLE 

Colonel, USAF 

DIA COMDR Member 

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