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ADocumentaryHistoryOfTheCubanMissileCrisis1962
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Nei TOP—-SHERET lw 0400, 21 Oct 62
Support sites-~six presently identified,
still field-type, but signs of permanent-
type installation appearing.
Readiness-~as of 17 October, 17 sites appeared--
in photography--to have both missiles on launch-
ers and the essential radar in position. Only
one, however, has emplaced around it the
radar-controlled guns which normally are in-
stalled to provide some defense against low-
flying aircraft. Known radar emissions have
thus far been very few. However, at least
one site has the C-band radar--the latest
Soviet model now being widely deployed in
the USSR and East Germany. The sites were
installed with haste. Revetments were built
at most sites only after setting up.
There are now about 100 MIG fighters in Cuba.
About 60 15's, 17's and 19's arrived prior to
l January '62, and there are now at least 39
MIG-2I1s.
1. Standard Soviet GCI units (one identified
this far through photography) will control
these fighters.
While there is no direct evidence of air-to-
air missiles in Cuba, such equipment is
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