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in Almex "B".· Unionlmately. howevel', iD tb. pl'8.at .tat. of th~~~t:. . ...... '. :.' 

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V.a1ue.·aiul.priority than ~at obtained by ~y f~:rel.eable electronic' r.·ccni:;;;, ... ·.·:· .' .. 

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the iDformation likely to be'obtained by. electronic r.coDDai'~&Ilc.WoUld;.· .. ' '. . , '. .. " ..... . 

::.carrie4·forward with'the hilh~.t priority.ahort· of.iJlterfertn.,rith the .. ; 

. . . . photographic tasks outlined 'elsewhere in this paper. In th .• abs.nce ~f>"~;', .: ..... . , . 

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developed system'~ There are important . problems. hOwever ... ~wa-~c.r. ',?" ". 

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the .atellite electronic recollDa~.sance .ystem dvm. th.lllcD pba ••• . . . . 

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taelee'outlined below and to euch additional high priority inteUilce.talks. 

al' may ari.e from time .totime. The iDteWgenc. cO~\uuty·wi11:z.~e..;t:·.· .. ·; 

. theae .requirement~ at frequent interval. &s theintelli,cce.8ituation:·: 

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.'- attention of the R.leD authoritie8 at th~ earliest· pos.ibletim.. . . . 

6. '. At the pre.ent time,' the U.· S.· intelUgenc.communltymaintain·.··a 

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. tho'se specific targets:'in the.· Soviet Union .a,amst whic'h phOto,raphic ........... 

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offenaive .4apabilittes· mcludin, in~taUation8" as sociated.· with the . ~viet;·.·· 

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Loni 'Range' Bomber program., the $oviet.Guided :~ •• il:.·prolram,:th~ ".',:" 

Soviet Navy es pecia~y with re~ardtO. nuclear-propelled' and ,uided'" •.•.• ,0'" ,'J,:, 

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:~~elul~.st priOrity iDterest.·· Approximately 500 objective. a~e ~, ~Ih. 

.p~rity mte2: •• tucl. app2:oximataly .',000 a4dltioMl,obJecti" ••• s-eo!·.· . 

. p~io2:1ty intere.t. In addition to :the ...pecific. obj·ecUv... information Is' . 

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exiatence of important installations p~evic).U8ly UDlmown. 

7. The .• pecific compo.ition of the National PriOrityReconnai.aance·'·:· 

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\' ·"given t~e. withinth~fore.eeable f~ture, our,'requirements forphoto~·. 

'ira~bic reconnais8ance will approximate the .pr.s~nt list in size and.. 

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in the form of information bearing on indications of Soviet intentions. 

9. At the pres.ent time, the U. S. Inte~l~ce Boardi& faced with·., . . . 

I.everal outstanding problems which should be considered on a priority 

ba~i8 f~r' .ystem develo'pment and 'employment olth~. pho~lraphic.~atellite.·· 

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graphic recolU1aissan~e system. capable of locating suspect IC~M launc'h 

_it.e. It is estimated that many sites for the launching of operational ' 

. SoViet.·ICBM's ,Will' be c~mplet~d 'between now'and the· end' of:1962~·'It.iS;;:.·.· 

.:.,' o~ strong belief that our best and possibly ou'ronly chance'to detect these'" " .. : '. . . .,".. ..' ....... ...•.... '.,' , :. 

, sites will be' during the construction phase; once these aitee are complete,d, ' .. 

. we will h&v~ .:considerably less·O.pporturiityto detect·them •.. It 'is importari~.: '. 

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.. ICBM la~ch 'sites before the end of 1962. Once' aily ICBM.ite is · 

:" located,.a satellite reconnaissan~e syste~ 'wi~ .adeqUate ground r:e~ol~~iOii .. "; ': . . . ," .' 

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, ationa! Ic;SM launch ,it.'. 0'11' hilh.,~pl'~l'ity eifon ,bowel bo'directed. ' , 

to a ,.ene1'a1 •• arch o£ a 'l1-b,tant:lal lOa-don, o'~t pan 01 the Ulla. cove.lied ' ,,' 

by the rail net,' Photo,raphic. r •• olution to ac~mp1i.h w •• eal'eh ~.'ioD'.. . . . . . .. ,woulcl need to approach 20 feet OD a ,ide. :a.petition of thi"enoral, I.arch", 

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a.eacl-out of the PAotolraphy'on thi. frequency ~u1cl •• tabU.h tZ'end.. anel' 

priorities for the pro,l'ammmi Qf .u~aequeDt ,.&:rch mi •• ion,. It i. , 

, expectecl that the photography win, &110 be u. eel to· _"pplement that obtalftoCi 

by other means for the improvem.nt of mappiD, aAd mol". preci.e, 'lOcatio~ 

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b. : 'If·lulpicio~llOcation. ar~i~entifiedwh~hmi,ht'be POslibl~:" 

. ICBM launch .ite., the.e locations wii1 be aa~ecl to the 'hilheit p~iol'itY·.,· 

catesory of the National Priority aecozmaislance aequi~em.nt. Lilt •. 

Our .ec·oncl priority requirement,' th~refOr., ia £01' photo,raphic coverai. 

01. the lugheat priority target category in the USSR, . wi~ .. photo,r&pbic-:: . - . .., .' . . 

.yaterri of lutficient re~olution to 'aupplyua with ,4e.cripUve 'in.formatio~·· 

on thoae targeti. It i, 'believed that reao,lutionapprQa~hinl·5.feet· ~a·.a .'. 

aid. i. n.c •• laryforthia ie.quir.m.nt.···Th.l' •• boulel bo a cap .. bWty to:' o • • ,; ."",... 

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. • uffici·ent re.olution to .upply UI ~th the teclmical.ch&ract:.~.tiC. of til.·· 

'. blah.lt prio~ity tarleta b.fore the 'end pi i962.. T~. wW.·requl:re a ... 

resolution '. .', of better . than 5 feet on a. aide~ . 

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which~re. acc'eptable i;rp.m an intellige~ce·· atax).dpoint • 

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AT VAllIOUS RESOLUTIONS 

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1. The following categorie., although not inten4ed to-'be ae&itiveor.· ... '. , . .. . . .~ 

comp~ehen.ive,· are ·pre.ented for the pU~po •• of. i1vi1l1 80=e idea' of:' . . 

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obJect;size in the intelUgence spectrum whichmil~t be ldentifi.d at the' 

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·'lJ.m.iting resolutions mdic·ated. . This evaluation. i8 'conaidered v~d .' .' :,' 

provided the' ~rlets are not' concealed by deception or·camoufiase. 

a. Photography with a groud resolution of 'objects 100 feet Oil ~" . ..... 

,aide a~uld provide information for identification '~d loc~tion.of·Citie8~'.·,·· 

fOr~8t.,.largebodie8 of water, changes inraU,alignment8 ·&Dd·tra.n8~··· 

portatiO~pattern.,. mdli.trial complexea, .CBR. and nuClear R.lcO teat 

..... facWtie., major mWtarycomplexe.. po •• ibly lnclucUn, lar,emi •• Ue' 

.. ; .. , . sites or related electronic:f&cWties' and patte~ns, . air bases; and i~·rge',·:·. : " ........ ' .. ' ", .' 

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'Naval and port facilities. Indications of ind'ustrial growth'should'be"::' . • to ' • • . .' ' ... 

detected~ . Large ahips (300 feet in length '01" more) ahould b'det.~ted ".~," 

at anchor or at sea and navai formations at iea identified.' Thee~ent-" '0.. 

'of co~plexe8, installations and 8~alormation8 shoUld. be app.roxlmatelr·; 

measured' and 8o:me lOcatio~aland topogr-.phic info1"D.lationshould. be .,r'.', 

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~ompon.nts of. installations o~ complex... Some all' ba •• rUllwa y. .Iub- :' 

marin.baa.s, drydock8, piera and ,~ppOrtinl iaemU •• , 11'ounc1.fo·rc.~·. .., 

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svface-to;'air mi •• Ue aites, atomic ener,y ~.~tion.; baW. •. ~ ~ •• i1. .. 

aite., and h\dustrialin.tall.&ti~Ji)..' should bectetected,: loeatecl,··icientifie4. ;'.' . . . . . ., .. 

by type 'and approximately measured. Large ve.sel. incJuding .u~faced .. " 

submarines.. large aircraft and missile l&unch padSi.boulel be· counted.:: ... , , .. " ..... . 

Military supportfaciUtie. shOuld be identified by type. ~he' identificatiOn 

aD~di.position of major Soviet naval forces shOuld be determmeel •. 

c. Photogz,a.phy with a ground resolution of object. ,10 feet oii~: : . 

: .ide .h~u1d.pr~vide·a capa~ility to identifY:1arge·ai~cr&£t ~d. knoWll ; 

. ,'. mi88ile c~rryingsubmar~e ancis}Up type., determine ba8eutiliz.tion·,·· 

lo~ate .pecial weapons.a.nd CBR: facilities, limited' map and chart ": .:' 

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. revisiOn couid be a.ccolJlplished,·and analyze base .supp,rtfaciUties •. · 

A ·genera.lfunctk,nal_lysis.of . . industrial, '.. milltary 'and t~an:.po~tation·~ ,.".. ~ " 

faciliti~s . should be completed. :Aboveground ICBM 'and mB~ fac:W.tie~· . , ..... 

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atomic ene·rgy material •. production, exc~pt weapon., .t1"UC~a1 . 

"hipboaz-~ conftguz-ationa for mi •• ila handlin" and.pacial weapon • 

• torage, loa~1 andhaDcWn, 8hou1~ be identified, mea.ured and. 

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discernible. 

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"bili~y to mt~rcept electromagnetic emis.ion. from the SiDo-Sovie*BlOc;," . . 

to retUrn the inter·ceptea. information in a ~f.C1U. ~.~ toapPJ'oSo'riate .... . : . 

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b. l)evelopment of' electronic recozmais sane.sat·enites will . 

involve' maximum equipment prolz.essio~, . utilislng .tat.-of-th.~a:rt· . 

, equiPment without inhibition. oi paii technicpl." 'and cu.~m in inter'.' 

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. cept. recorc:1iD1 .~c1 proce •• ins. The m~.t ~vancec1 eti'Uipment ~s8t.ble: ... 

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·mat~·n receive'4 1from the p~oject or oth~~ source. may indic~t.·the ",.,. 

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collection" systems from .the groun4 to r apecUic 'targeta, by' c~linl·;. .:, .... . ..,' ',.. .., .. 

the .ystem directivity. radio·' frequency and bandwidth. V8 time •.. · 

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p~9~4e, a mean8 '~f rapid proce.sin~ and dt88emmaUon of ~. product~ .' 

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capa~le of, mtercepting . !aDd baaed,· ahipborne and airborne electioODic;· 

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':'~'" . between mtel'ceptec1 .. ciata. ~rom .everal'or~ita,. ·~trlea.t lDitill'eadout ha~. 

b,een accomplished, 

. h. The system should also ·provideca.lih~atioD data to· tIl,e IrQ~d-: . Ii. : '.' . '" .. 

. I apace communic~tioDS. and to ... ~~ clau,. .p~ce88inl sub-IyStems adequate . 

. for the producti~n'of the moat reliable . intelligence iDfoi-lbation • 

. 3... GENERAL T:B:CHNICAL CHAaACTEkI§TICS:' 

a, ,The receiver 4~mic rani_ r.q:U1l'e~Dt •• ~u1cl be maximi •• d . 

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~:robabUity ~f intercept •. : , 

d, wage ud spuz.lous response interference shOuld. be a adl'bnum.·. t . • • 

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·.4~ SPEcIt·ic i:~IN:r .C·OLLltC TION:' The ~fo.r;.loing olia·r~t:el'i.tlc. :~.':. .... .' • " 't' :. . '; 

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, continuing revision by the Intellilence Community in accordance ,",thth.,' , 

priorities established by the Nationa,l ELINT ,R.quir~zn.Dt.' Li.t!t 'Example. 

, ~o1 tarlets of current impOrtance anc;1 con.ide~'ed ,to be oD_mabl. Dr th.: .y~t.m .: 

are . listed:",in, Appendix .... til", SectionA. The teclmical . '. parameters ' d.si:r4Ut .. , ~d . 

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'the accuraciei needed are" added.. 'Section .' :B list. exa:mpl •• of .pecific"" , , . . 

targets which will become 'pro'ireisively attainable ~th development of 

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'the system. ,These will be moved, to Section A when appr9priate. ' 

5. , COMINT COLLECTION: . 

a.COMlNT requireme~ts for SAMOS 'are of lower priority ~" ". ' . " ~ 

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the ELlN'T re9.u.ir~ments. Development of COMINT coUection devices', 

'wlll 'be, dependent upon empiri~al data. a~quired by the ELINT .y.,tem'~ .. ',': 

",b. ,The frequency spectrum ,of interelt ran,el from be10w ten, ' 

", ': me.gacycies per second to :ten thousand megacycle. per aecond. 

'" . c. The, ~stimated radiated. powe~ of the transmitter. to be'inter-' 

cepted ~a' tabulated below: 

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,'5 kc·'min to lOO'kc maX:'" :". '.:" 

,3'0 kcmin to . Imegac~l~" . . . 

d., The recorder will p'ro~defor storage,ofvldeo 'siinals '~d'Wm:~:": 

have a bandwidthc~pabilityof o~~~e8acycle'. ::':. :':" 

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" . ;:SPE~lFIC ELINT REQUDlEWENTS I'oa SAMOS' 

SECTION A 

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· ABMRaclar 

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130 -·225 me 

"·375 - 425 me 

800.- 900 me 

1200- 1300 mc . 

Mi •• !le -60 - '80 me 

. Telemetry (agamst. VTM-T..R.). 

Earth to $ateWte TX·· 

and Command TX . 130 - 1000 me: 

DD:QtEI) .ACCt1RAClEB 

1lF l~ • PRF 1~'~ PW SIand'-·;:. 

; 8C&D. . rate 5'; 

'DF'Z5 Dm.CEP 

.Analog R.e~ording l me .' 

.DF 25 Dm CEP ' . .... ". 

RF .. 1~· - PRF 5~ ~ scan rate- Sf. 

'DFZS nm CEP . 

SECTION B' 

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.SH.ORAN 

· Shell Tracker 

Tact;cal AAA : ....• : . 

Tactical Acquisition . . 

Bea:~onl'nterrogator . ' .. 

and Trackiilg R~.tar ~ 

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560.·57S··mc 

, .2700, - 3200 me 

2600 - 2640 mc . 

80 ',-95 me ',' 

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9300..;. 9400 me. 

aoo- 350 mc 

.Z700·. Z800 me .. 

.' 2600 .- 2800 mc' 

2900 - 3100mc' 

. 2600 - 2800 ~c. . . 

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