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Current as of: 20 July 2009 (4559 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Kazakhstan (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Russia (EW, SA-2, SA-5) and the Ukraine (EW, 36D6, SA-2, SA-3, S-300P, S-300V, S-300P garrison, S-300V garrison, Opuc Cape SAM training range); two low-resolution sites added in Iran, moved one Ukrainian low-resolution SA-2 to the regular database as an inactive SA-2 after examining Terra Server imagery of the site; changed one Ukrainian inactive S-300P site to an inactive SA-3 site after re-examinination; removed one Ukrainian S-300PT after re-examining current imagery (the site was re-equipped with the S-300PS).
This reference work contains the locations of SAM sites and related air defense facilities identified in Google Earth imagery. The downloadable file found above contains six separate folders: SAMs by country, SAMs by type, SHORAD SAMs, Historical Sites, Target Range SAMs, and Low Resolution Sites. There is a fifth folder, Range Rings, which may be obtained through the IMINT & Analysis mailing list. Subscribe to the mailing list by sending an e-mail to imintandanalysisATgmail.com with the words SAM SITE UPDATE in the subject line. Updated range ring files will be mailed to all users on the mailing list when the newest update is posted here.
SAMs by country: This folder is at first organized identically to the Range Rings folder. Each geographic area features a folder populated by subfolders for each nation. A nation's subfolder will contain up to three folders of its own, depending on the types of systems or facilities identified therein: Active (containing subfolders for each active SAM system), Inactive (containing all inactive sites), and Facilities (containing EW radar sites, SAM garrisons, and other related facilities). Clicking on the folder name for a continent or a nation will cause a pop-up window to appear displaying the inventories of that continent or nation. Different icons denote different types of facilities. These are as follows:
Squares: facilities such as garrisons, test and training centers
Diamonds: EW radar sites
Circles: 36D6 and 64N6 radar sites co-located with or operating in direct support of S-300P series SAM units
Triangles: SAM sites
The icons in the SAMs by country folder as well as the representative range rings are color coded as follows:
Dark red: SA-2 and HQ-2
Bright red: S-300P/V series, PATRIOT, TIen Kung series, NIKE-HERCULES, Arrow II
Dark blue: EW radar, to include 36D6 and 64N6 radars
Bright blue: SA-3, FM-90
Bright green: SA-6
Faded green: SA-4, SA-11
Lime green: KS-1A
Orange: HAWK, HQ-9
Purple: SA-5
White: an unoccupied location
Brown: a general facility or garrison
An active S-300PS site will therefore display as a red triangle. An S-300P garrison will display as a red square, denoting the facilities affiliation. The placemark names are hidden for clarity, but will display when an individual site is clicked on in Google Earth, along with the identified components at each site. By manipulating the individual folders for each nation and employing the color scheme above, users should find this a much enhanced visual representation of the available data.
SAMs by type: This folder contains numerous subfolders organizing the placemarks from the SAMs by country folder in a different fashion. Each individual system or type of facility (such as SAM garrisons or EW radar sites), or has its own subfolder, allowing the user to browse all the examples of a particular SAM system worldwide without sorting through each nation's subfolder in the SAMs by country folder. This allows users to identify nations operating different types of systems with relative ease. There is also a subfolder for inactive SAM sites, which is further divided into subfolders pertaining to each individual SAM system. Icons in this folder will be displayed as basic placemarkers with the name of the system displayed.
SHORAD SAMs: This folder is populated with subfolders arranged similarly to the SAMs by country folder. This folder contains placemarks identifying various SHORAD SAM emplacements that have been identified, such as Rapier and Crotale positions. Range rings are not provided, given the short ranges involved.
Historical Sites: This folder is populated with subfolders arranged similarly to the Range Rings and SAMs by country folder. The intent is to separate SAM site locations pertaining to systems which are no longer in active service in respective nations from the main database. For example, two folders are present containing placemarks for the inner and outer SA-1 SAM locations surrounding Moscow. SA-1 sites containing other systems such as SA-10 or SA-20 batteries will remain marked as to their current occupant within the main portion of the database.
Target Range SAMs: This folder contains subfolders arranged by country. Each folder contains the locations of SAM-site configured targets on bombing and electronic combat ranges. Many of these sites employ emitters or actual hardware to simulate a given system.
Low Resolution Sites: This folder contains subfolders arranged in the same manner as the SAMs by country folder. Each folder contains SAM sites found in various nations which are not visible in sufficient resolution as to ascertain their operational status. These sites will be monitored using Google Earth and various other online imagery sources to determine their status for inclusion into the main portion of the database. Many of these sites have been submitted by IMINT & Analysis readers who have researched various sources to ascertain their locations.
Range Rings: This folder contains representative range rings generated for all SAM sites which are currently active. The folder is divided into various subfolders. First, there is a subfolder for each geographic area. This folder is divided into subfolders, one for each country in that area featuring identified SAM systems. Each country folder will contain various subfolders for each type of active SAM system or identifiable EW radar system. These folders contain the color-coded range rings. The range rings are color coded using the same system described in the next section. The ranges were taken from Jane's Land-based Air Defence. System modifications such as the Pechora-2M, which increases the SA-3's range to 35km, have not been taken into account as these systems cannot be identified as of yet in Google Earth imagery. Also, ranges for the SA-2 and SA-5 are representative of either the system's maximum ranged variant (SA-5: 300 km), or the most common variant (SA-2: 43 km).
Key Contributors
Various individuals have provided SAM site locations for inclusion into this database, and their help is greatly appreciated. These individuals include Lex2 and ChristianNL from the Google Earth Community, RoAF, p_shadow, and Planeman from the IMINT & Analysis forums, and Tim Brewer.
Additional Discussion
Feel free to discuss the content of this file at the IMINT & Analysis Forum in the SAM Site Overview discussion thread found here.
Past Updates
Information regarding previous updates to this database has been archived in the comments page attached to this post.
Current as of: 20 July 2009 (4559 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Kazakhstan (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Russia (EW, SA-2, SA-5) and the Ukraine (EW, 36D6, SA-2, SA-3, S-300P, S-300V, S-300P garrison, S-300V garrison, Opuc Cape SAM training range); two low-resolution sites added in Iran, moved one Ukrainian low-resolution SA-2 to the regular database as an inactive SA-2 after examining Terra Server imagery of the site; changed one Ukrainian inactive S-300P site to an inactive SA-3 site after re-examinination; removed one Ukrainian S-300PT after re-examining current imagery (the site was re-equipped with the S-300PS).
This reference work contains the locations of SAM sites and related air defense facilities identified in Google Earth imagery. The downloadable file found above contains six separate folders: SAMs by country, SAMs by type, SHORAD SAMs, Historical Sites, Target Range SAMs, and Low Resolution Sites. There is a fifth folder, Range Rings, which may be obtained through the IMINT & Analysis mailing list. Subscribe to the mailing list by sending an e-mail to imintandanalysisATgmail.com with the words SAM SITE UPDATE in the subject line. Updated range ring files will be mailed to all users on the mailing list when the newest update is posted here.
SAMs by country: This folder is at first organized identically to the Range Rings folder. Each geographic area features a folder populated by subfolders for each nation. A nation's subfolder will contain up to three folders of its own, depending on the types of systems or facilities identified therein: Active (containing subfolders for each active SAM system), Inactive (containing all inactive sites), and Facilities (containing EW radar sites, SAM garrisons, and other related facilities). Clicking on the folder name for a continent or a nation will cause a pop-up window to appear displaying the inventories of that continent or nation. Different icons denote different types of facilities. These are as follows:
Squares: facilities such as garrisons, test and training centers
Diamonds: EW radar sites
Circles: 36D6 and 64N6 radar sites co-located with or operating in direct support of S-300P series SAM units
Triangles: SAM sites
The icons in the SAMs by country folder as well as the representative range rings are color coded as follows:
Dark red: SA-2 and HQ-2
Bright red: S-300P/V series, PATRIOT, TIen Kung series, NIKE-HERCULES, Arrow II
Dark blue: EW radar, to include 36D6 and 64N6 radars
Bright blue: SA-3, FM-90
Bright green: SA-6
Faded green: SA-4, SA-11
Lime green: KS-1A
Orange: HAWK, HQ-9
Purple: SA-5
White: an unoccupied location
Brown: a general facility or garrison
An active S-300PS site will therefore display as a red triangle. An S-300P garrison will display as a red square, denoting the facilities affiliation. The placemark names are hidden for clarity, but will display when an individual site is clicked on in Google Earth, along with the identified components at each site. By manipulating the individual folders for each nation and employing the color scheme above, users should find this a much enhanced visual representation of the available data.
SAMs by type: This folder contains numerous subfolders organizing the placemarks from the SAMs by country folder in a different fashion. Each individual system or type of facility (such as SAM garrisons or EW radar sites), or has its own subfolder, allowing the user to browse all the examples of a particular SAM system worldwide without sorting through each nation's subfolder in the SAMs by country folder. This allows users to identify nations operating different types of systems with relative ease. There is also a subfolder for inactive SAM sites, which is further divided into subfolders pertaining to each individual SAM system. Icons in this folder will be displayed as basic placemarkers with the name of the system displayed.
SHORAD SAMs: This folder is populated with subfolders arranged similarly to the SAMs by country folder. This folder contains placemarks identifying various SHORAD SAM emplacements that have been identified, such as Rapier and Crotale positions. Range rings are not provided, given the short ranges involved.
Historical Sites: This folder is populated with subfolders arranged similarly to the Range Rings and SAMs by country folder. The intent is to separate SAM site locations pertaining to systems which are no longer in active service in respective nations from the main database. For example, two folders are present containing placemarks for the inner and outer SA-1 SAM locations surrounding Moscow. SA-1 sites containing other systems such as SA-10 or SA-20 batteries will remain marked as to their current occupant within the main portion of the database.
Target Range SAMs: This folder contains subfolders arranged by country. Each folder contains the locations of SAM-site configured targets on bombing and electronic combat ranges. Many of these sites employ emitters or actual hardware to simulate a given system.
Low Resolution Sites: This folder contains subfolders arranged in the same manner as the SAMs by country folder. Each folder contains SAM sites found in various nations which are not visible in sufficient resolution as to ascertain their operational status. These sites will be monitored using Google Earth and various other online imagery sources to determine their status for inclusion into the main portion of the database. Many of these sites have been submitted by IMINT & Analysis readers who have researched various sources to ascertain their locations.
Range Rings: This folder contains representative range rings generated for all SAM sites which are currently active. The folder is divided into various subfolders. First, there is a subfolder for each geographic area. This folder is divided into subfolders, one for each country in that area featuring identified SAM systems. Each country folder will contain various subfolders for each type of active SAM system or identifiable EW radar system. These folders contain the color-coded range rings. The range rings are color coded using the same system described in the next section. The ranges were taken from Jane's Land-based Air Defence. System modifications such as the Pechora-2M, which increases the SA-3's range to 35km, have not been taken into account as these systems cannot be identified as of yet in Google Earth imagery. Also, ranges for the SA-2 and SA-5 are representative of either the system's maximum ranged variant (SA-5: 300 km), or the most common variant (SA-2: 43 km).
Key Contributors
Various individuals have provided SAM site locations for inclusion into this database, and their help is greatly appreciated. These individuals include Lex2 and ChristianNL from the Google Earth Community, RoAF, p_shadow, and Planeman from the IMINT & Analysis forums, and Tim Brewer.
Additional Discussion
Feel free to discuss the content of this file at the IMINT & Analysis Forum in the SAM Site Overview discussion thread found here.
Past Updates
Information regarding previous updates to this database has been archived in the comments page attached to this post.
67 comments:
Hi SOC,
In Moldova
46.95, 28.89 Active SA-3
46.905, 28.78 Inactive
46.935, 28.895 EW ?
Cheers,
Stochelo (from GEC)
Nice finds, glad you found the new "site"!
Also, so everyone is aware, when this file updates the date will change so that the "new" post jumps back to the top of the front page.
Today's update bumped the post back to the top, that will be standard procedure as I mentioned already to bring updates to everyone's attention in a convenient manner.
Also, there are still around 70 sites I have to add, expect another update sometime this week. These remaining sites are EW sites and 36D6 radar installations inside of Russia. Nothing too fancy until Google gives us some new imagery!
Lastly, let me know if anyone has issues downloading the file. I noticed that download times can be pretty slow, so I may divide the file into two parts. The Range Rings section takes up the bulk of the space and it might be divided into its own separate file for ease of download if people have a lot of issues.
There'll be a change to the new SAM file when the next update is posted. Using a map of the area as an overlay, I have removed the SAM sites in the Nagorno-Karabach region from the Azerbaijan folder and placed them in their own folder. They are not part of the Azeri air defense force and as such it made no sense to place them in Azerbaijan's folder once I thought about it. The range rings have been dealt with simialrly.
Not that you needed this, or have the time for it, but I tagged you with the Randomness Meme over at IntelFusion.
Keep up the good work!
New update today. When more than one update takes place within 7 days, I'll leave the previous update's details visible as I have done this time.
Absolutely fascinating stuff! Have you any loactions found in western Europe or the USA?
Download the file and open it in Google Earth, there are a lot of HAWK and PATRIOT sites in Western Europe, and even a few NIKE-HERCULES batteries which are still active.
New plan: previous updates will be added as a comment here. Feel free to still leave your own comments, of course.
Current as of: 26 June 2008 (2364 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Cuba (SA-2), Hungary (EW), and Kazakhstan (SA-2, SA-5); active and inactive sites in Egypt (SA-2, EW), Russia (S-300PM-1, 64N6, SA-2, SA-3, SA-5), and the Ukraine (S-300P, S-300PT, SA-3); active sites in Finland (SA-3) and Romania (EW); one SA-3 site in Romania was recategorized as a SAM training range due to new information; the S-300PM-1 and 64N6 sites in Russia were identified using imagery available at Kosmosnimki.
Current as of: 19 June 2008 (2335 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Afghanistan (SA-2), Iraq (SA-2, SA-3), and Libya (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Belarus (EW, 36D6, SA-2, SA-3), Egypt (SA-2, SA-3, HAWK), and Russia (36D6, EW, SA-2); active sites in Angola (garrison), Kazakhstan (SA-3, SA-5), and Poland (EW); one SA-3 site in Syria was recategorized as an SA-2 site due to new imagery; one SA-5 site in Belarus had a range ring added due to new imagery positively identifying the site as active.
Current as of: 16 June 2008 (2230 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Afghanistan (SA-2), Iraq (SA-3), Kazakhstan (SA-2), Mongolia (SA-2 and SA-5), Italy (HAWK), Kuwait (HAWK), Macedonia (SA-2, SA-3), Russia (S-300P), Slovenia (SA-2) and Germany (SA-2 and SA-3), active and inactive sites in Azerbaijan (SA-2, SA-3, SA-4, EW), Japan (NIKE-HERCULES, Patriot), Moldova (SA-3, EW) and Syria (SA-2, SA-3, SA-6); active sites in Armenia (SA-2, SA-3, SA-4), Serbia (SA-3) and the Ukraine (S-300PMU, EW); one SA-3 site in Azerbaijan was recategorized as an SA-3 site due to new imagery; one Empty SA-2 site in Syria was recategorized as an SA-3 site due to new imagery.
Current as of: 1 July 2008 (2410 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in China (HQ-2), Egypt (SA-2, SA-3), Poland (SA-2, SA-3) and Russia (SA-2); active and inactive sites in the Ukraine (SA-2, S-300PT, 36D6, 64N6, EW); active sites in Romania (SA-2, EW, garrison, EW training site) and Spain (EW); one Russian and one Ukrainian EW site recategorized as a 36D6 EW site due to reexamination of imagery, corresponding range rings added.
الله يخرب بيتك يا سوك انت جبت الكلام دا كله منين
Where are the US and UK sites?
There should be a couple of PATRIOT garrison locations in the US section. The UK doesn't have any more strategic SAM systems deployed, so they aren't listed. Historical NIKE and Bloodhound sites in the USA and UK may be added a bit later on to the Historical Sites folder, however.
Current as of: 18 July 2008 (2458 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Afghanistan (SA-3), Bulgaria (SA-2), Germany (SA-2, SA-3), and Turkmenistan (SA-3); active and inactive sites in Algeria (SA-2, SA-3), Egypt (EW, SA-2, SA-3), Libya (SA-3, SAM training range), Russia (EW, SA-2, SA-3, S-300P, radar test facility), Syria (EW, SA-2), and Tajikistan (EW, SA-2); active sites in China (radar test facility), Iran (EW), and the Ukraine (S-300PT); data added to SAM country folders to provide theater and national inventories.
Current as of: 18 August 2008 (2562 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Estonia (SA-2, SA-3, S-300P), Latvia (SA-2, S-300P), Lithuania (SA-3), and the Ukraine (SA-2, SA-5); active and inactive sites in Belarus (EW, SA-2), Georgia (SA-2, SA-3, SAM garrison), Poland (EW, SA-2), Romania (EW), and Russia (SA-2, SA-3, SA-4, SA-5); active sites in Bulgaria (EW), Ethiopia (36D6), Hungary (EW), Japan (Patriot), Myanmar (36D6), Syria (EW), Turkmenistan (EW, 36D6), and the United States (Patriot garrison, Patriot training site); added a range ring to the Russian Kaliningrad SA-5 site based on information noting it as active taken from Jane's
Missiles & Rockets, recategorized all other Russian SA-5 sites as inactive as a result.
Hi SOC. Check this out.
46°54'2.17"N- 32° 3'14.19"E
I think it is a S-300 site. It looks like as if there used to be another type of SAM system stationed before these S-300's.
That site should be in the database as an S-300PT (SA-10A GRUMBLE) site. Based on the layout, it looks like a former S-75 (SA-2 GUIDELINE) site. Lots of former S-25 (SA-1 GUILD), S-75, and S-200 (SA-5 GAMMON) sites have been reconfigured to accept S-300P batteries in various nations.
Current as of: 26 August 2008 (2588 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in the Czech Republic (SA-2), Germany (SA-3), Russia (SA-2, S-300P), and the Ukraine (SA-2); active sites in Kyrgyzstan (EW), Syria (SA-2), and Uzbekistan (EW).
hello
23°42'22.56"N , 120°16'52.11"E
A HAWK SITE
Current as of: 14 September 2008 (2656 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Belarus (SA-2, SA-3), the Czech Republic (SA-2), Iraq (SA-2, SA-3), Italy (HAWK), Kazakhstan (SA-2), Lithuania (SA-2), Poland (SA-2), Romania (EW), Slovakia (SA-2) and Uzbekistan (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Russia (36D6, SA-2, SA-3, SA-5, S-300P) and the Ukraine (EW, 36D6, SA-2, S-300PS, SAM training range); active sites in China (HQ-2) and Iran (HAWK); one EW site in Belarus and one EW site in Hungary recategorized as 36D6 EW sites due to further investigation of available imagery.
Current as of: 3 October 2008 (2725 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Albania (SA-2), Azerbaijan (SA-2, SA-3), Georgia (SA-2), Iran (HAWK), Kazakhstan (SA-2), Kyrgyzstan (SA-2), North Korea (SA-2), Ukraine (SA-2, S-300P), and Uzbekistan (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Russia (EW, EW training site, SA-2, SA-3, SA-4, SA-5, S-300P, S-300PM) and Syria (EW, SA-2, SA-6); active sites in Austria (EW), China (Radar test facility), Egypt (EW), France (EW), Greece (SAM training range), Portugal (EW), Romania (EW), Saudi Arabia (EW), Spain (EW), and Switzerland (EW); recategorized one empty EW site in Romania as an active EW site after reexamination; recategorized an empty SA-2 site in Russia as an EW site after reexamination; recategorized an empty SA-2 site in the Ukraine as an empty SA-5 site after reexamination; one empty S-300P site in Russia identified through Windows Live Local imagery.
Hi SOC
Found this site while browsin Komsomolsk area 50°25'23.90"N 136°51'4.83"E . It seems to have some kind of launch pads, and an old russian fighterbomber at the gate . Adjacent seems to be another inactive SA-3 (?) site 50°25'26.06"N 136°52'27.02"E.
Rgrds, Ola
The first site with the Yakovlev BREWER or FIREBAR (can't tell which) at the entrance looks like some sort of munitions storage facility to me. The other site is a very old SA-2 site. You can make out four revetments and part of a fifth, with #6 apparently having been obliterated. Looks like that site was converted into another storage facility as well.
can't download "SAM Site Overview.kmz"
send it to me,ok？
zzp402@gmail.com
Current as of: 26 October 2008 (2823 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in the Czech Republic (SA-2, SA-3, S-300P), Georgia (SA-3), Germany (SA-2), Iraq (SA-3), Norway (NASAMS), Poland (SA-6), Saudi Arabia (HAWK), Turkmenistan (SA-2), the Ukraine (SA-2, SA-11), and Uzbekistan (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Egypt (EW, SA-2, SA-3), Kazakhstan (EW, SA-2), Serbia (SA-6), and Singapore (HAWK, SAM garrison); active sites in China (HQ-2), England (EW), Finland (SA-11 garrison), Kyrgyzstan (EW), Romania (EW), and Vietnam (SA-3); removed one inactive Egyptian SA-2 site no longer visible in current imagery; recategorized an empty SA-2 site in Egypt as an active SA-3 site due to more current imagery; recategorized two SA-5 sites as empty SA-5 sites in the Czech Republic due to more current imagery.
Current as of: 10 November 2008 (2959 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Algeria (SA-6), the Czech Republic (SA-4), Egypt (SA-2), Germany (EW, SA-6), and Iraq (EW, SA-2, SA-3, SA-6); active and inactive sites in Iran (HQ-2), Russia (EW, 36D6, SA-2), and the United States (AN/TPS-71 OTH, HAWK); active sites in Australia (Jindalee OTH), China (EW, OTH, OTH Test Facility, Shuangchengzi SAM Test Range), England (EW), France (NOSTRADAMUS OTH), Norway (EW), Saudi Arabia (EW), and Uzbekistan (EW); color-coded icons in the SAMs by country folder (see below); added visible Bloodhound SAM sites to the Historical Sites folder.
Current as of: 15 November 2008 (2975 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Estonia (SA-2) and Germany (EW, SA-2, SA-3); active and inactive sites in Russia (EW, SA-2, SA-3); active sites in Poland (EW) and Vietnam (SA-2); added Low Resolution sites folder (see below).
Hi SOC,
I sugest to you that you could prepare a map with the ranges of the ICBMs of Russia and USA, because we not rarely can find this kind of map in cases like China, North Korea, India, Pakistan or Iran, but not in those aforementioned.
I tried that already, it doesn't work. The tool I use to draw circles for the SAM site ranges won't cooperate with a really big circle that crosses the international date line. If I can find a way to make it work, I'll do it.
Current as of: 23 November 2008 (3045 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Afghanistan (SA-3); active and inactive sites in Belarus (EW, 36D6, SA-3, SA-11), Iran (EW, HQ-2, HAWK), Peru (EW, SA-3), Russia (EW, SA-2, SA-3, S-300P), and the Ukraine (EW, 36D6, SA-2, SA-3, SA-11 garrison); active sites in Algeria (EW) and China (EW, radar test facility).
Hi SOC,
In that case, if you couldn't prepare the ICBM's map, I suggest that you prepare a map with the actual coverage of the Early-Warning radars and satellites of Russia, a thing very difficult to find too.
What radars, the air defense EW radars, or the missile defense EW radars?
Oh! Sorry! In that case, I was referring to the missile EW radars. It is possible? And it is important to note that the real ranges of the radars need to be observed and expressed, because in many maps with that kind of information the real coverage is not expressed.
Current as of: 6 December 2008 (3202 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Azerbaijan (SA-3), Belarus (SA-2, SA-3), Iraq (SA-2, SA-3, SA-6), Kuwait (Patriot), Lithuania (S-300P), and Moldova (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Bulgaria (EW, SA-2, SA-3), Cuba (EW, SA-2), the Czech Republic (EW, 36D6, SA-2, SA-6), Germany (EW, SA-4), Iran (EW, HQ-2, HQ-2 training site), Libya (EW, SA-2), Poland (EW, SA-2, SA-3 garrison), Russia (EW, 64N6, SA-2, SA-11, S-300PS), Syria (EW, SA-2, SA-3, SA-6), Turkmenistan (EW, SA-4), the Ukraine (SA-2, S-300PT), and Uzbekistan (EW, SA-2); active sites in Algeria (EW, SA-3), Angola (36D6), India (36D6), Japan (HAWK, Patriot), Kazakhstan (EW), Myanmar (EW), Romania (EW), Saudi Arabia (HAWK), Slovakia (EW), Sudan (EW), Tajikistan (EW), Tanzania (EW), and Yemen (EW); one S-300PT site in the Ukraine, and one 64N6 and one S-300PS site in Russia identified through Kosmosnimki; one inactive S-300P site in the Czech Republic recategorized as an inactive SA-2 site following reexamination of available imagery.
Sean
I am surprised these files dont have classifications attached - as always excellent work.
Nice analysis from Dr. Carlo Kopp
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2009-01.html
Current as of: 18 January 2009 (3314 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Egypt (EW), India (SA-3) and Iraq (EW, SA-2, SA-3, SA-6); active and inactive sites in Cuba (EW, SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, SAM garrison, SA-3 garrison, SA-6 garrison), Russia (EW, 64N6, SA-3, SA-5), Saudi Arabia (EW) and Vietnam (EW, SA-2, SA-2 garrison); active sites in Algeria (EW), Australia (EW), China (EW), Iran (EW, HAWK), Nagorno-Karabakh (SAM garrison), and Venezuela (EW).
IN JAPAN
24°46'9.29"N 125°19'26.97"E
33°16'3.00"N 130°31'43.18"E
44° 4'57.39"N 144°13'57.04"E
39°32'18.16"N 141°58'27.52"E
41°58'10.66"N 143°13'11.51"E
42° 9'37.68"N 139°26'31.41"E
37°21'17.46"N 140°42'7.33"E
34°36'0.69"N 138°12'51.19"E
27°22'8.22"N 128°33'58.91"E
35° 6'55.37"N 139°59'3.10"E
35°30'41.15"N 133°13'21.22"E
Hi all,
South East of France.
The 54eme RA (artillery Regiment) operates Roland and Mistral missiles. The home base is Hyeres.
Here is a kmz of Hyeres and Istres aerea :
http://gilles.herbin.free.fr/googleearth/Air%20Defense.kmz
Current as of: 12 February 2009 (3376 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Afghanistan (SA-2), Iraq (SA-3, SA-6, EW, SAM training range), Kazakhstan (SA-2, EW), Kuwait (HAWK), Libya (SA-2, SA-3), and Russia (SA-2, EW, 64N6); active and inactive sites in Egypt (SA-2, HAWK, EW), India (SA-3, EW), and Vietnam (SA-2, EW); active sites in England (BMEWS) and the United States (AN/FPS-108).
Current as of: 23 February 2009 (3463 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Algeria (SA-6), Germany (EW, SA-2, SA-8), Poland (EW), and Yemen (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Angola (SA-2, SA-3), Bulgaria (EW), Egypt (EW, SA-2, SA-3, HAWK), Eritrea (EW, SA-6), Libya (SA-2, SA-3, SAM garrison), Russia (EW, SA-2), and Syria (SA-2, SA-3, SA-6); active sites in China (EW), Greece (HAWK), Tanzania (EW), the United States (Patriot), and Zimbabwe (EW).
Current as of: 28 February 2009 (3649 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Cyprus (S-300PMU-1), Estonia (SA-2, SA-3), Georgia (EW), Latvia (SA-2, S-300P), and Peru (SA-3); active and inactive sites in Bulgaria (EW, SA-2), Cuba (EW, SA-2), Kazakhstan (EW, SA-2, SAM garrison), Russia (EW, SA-3), the Ukraine (EW, 36D6, SA-2, SA-3), and Uzbekistan (EW, SA-3); active sites in Armenia (SA-3), Australia (EW), China (EW, HQ-2, HQ-2 training site, SAM training site), Eritrea (SA-3), Japan (HAWK, Patriot), Libya (SA-2 garrison), Nagorno-Karabakh (EW), North Korea (EW, SA-2), Pakistan (EW, EW training site), Poland (EW), Romania (EW), Syria (EW, SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, SAM training area), and Tajikistan (EW); recategorized the following sites due to new information: 3 Patriot (US) to SL-AMRAAM, 1 inactive HAWK (Iran) to active HAWK. Placemarks in the SAMs by Country folder now will display text boxes when clicked in Google Earth 5. These text boxes will list the identified components at each location, to include TERs, TARs, and support components. This is an ongoing update, not all sites are currently updated to contain this information.
Current as of: 1 April 2009 (3715 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Angola (SA-3), Hungary (EW), Iraq (EW), and the Ukraine (EW); active and inactive sites in Germany (EW, Nike Radar), Italy (EW, HAWK), Russia (EW, SA-2), and Syria (EW, SA-2, SA-6); active sites in China (EW), Greece (EW, HAWK), India (Wheeler Island), Iran (EW, HAWK), Japan (EW), Qatar (Patriot), South Korea (HAWK), and Turkey (EW); relabeled 64N6 and 36D6 radar sites directly supporting or co-located with S-300P series SAM units as blue circles. This will help differentiate between legitimate EW network sites and SAM acquisition radar sites.
Hey, just wanted to let you know this is an awesome site. I've added you to my blogroll, on a blog I've started dealing with (among other things) open source intelligence. Cheers.
Current as of: 13 April 2009 (3783 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Cuba (SA-2), Kazakhstan (SA-2), Saudi Arabia (EW), and Turkmenistan (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Azerbaijan (SA-2, SA-4), China (EW, HQ-2, KS-1A), Egypt (EW, SA-2), Iraq (EW, SA-2, SA-3), Kuwait (EW, HAWK), Russia (EW, 36D6, SA-2, SA-5, S-300PM), and Taiwan (EW, TK-II radar site, Patriot, CSIST missile test range); active sites in India (EW), Italy (HAWK), and Japan (Chu-SAM garrison); recategorized Taiwanese TK-I and TK-II sites based on new information discussed on the forum and altered range rings accordingly, reclassified an Azeri empty SA-3 site as an active SA-4 site and a Russian empty S-300P series site as an active S-300PM-1 site based on further imagery interpretation and analysis.
Can't see any range rings: any reasons why?
Best, NS
too lazy to read comments first, sorry.
couple of tulips to add:
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NS
NS: read through the main post. Range rings are now available through a mailing list. I made that change to keep the file size down, otherwise it was often unavailable for download due to bandwidth problems.
41°29'50.42"N
44°58'41.99"E
SA-2
Current as of: 3 May 2009 (3867 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Denmark (NIKE HERCULES, NIKE radar), Iraq (EW, SA-2, SA-3, SA-6), Latvia (SA-3), Norway (NIKE HERCULES), Taiwan (NIKE HERCULES), Turkmenistan (SA-2, SA-4); active and inactive sites in Azerbaijan (EW, SA-3), China (EW, EW training facility), Japan (EW, HAWK, HAWK garrison), Kazakhstan (EW, SA-2), Russia (36D6, EW, SA-2), Saudi Arabia (Patriot, HAWK); active sites in Algeria (EW), Burundi (EW), Cyprus (EW), Ethiopia (36D6), India (EW, SA-3, SA-3 garrison), Libya (SA-2 garrison), Nigeria (EW), Turkey (EW, NIKE HERCULES, NIKE radar), the Ukraine (EW); relabeled NIKE radar sites as blue or white circles depending on their status to differentiate them from dedicated EW radar facilities.
Awesome site, Sean...
FYI, some of the purported EW sites that you have reported in Russia are actually old sites of the now-defunct SEVER troposcatter system. You can recognize them by the billboard antennas (some are still up, some are on the ground). While I'm pretty sure that some of the peripheral ones had EW sites in proximity, there doesn't seem to be much evidence. Take a look at http://rammstein.dfmk.hu/~s200/tropo.html for a link to a KMZ file and http://www.trrlsever.org/ for a cool historical site (in Russian...).
Keep up the good work!!
Dan the Tropo geek...
Yeah, I know some of the Russian EW sites are wrong. I haven't gone in and deleted all of 'em yet.
Current as of: 27 May 2009 (4118 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Azerbaijan (SA-2), Cuba (SA-2), Georgia (SA-2), Iran (HAWK), Iraq (EW, SA-6), Kyrgyzstan (SA-3), Libya (EW, SA-2), Panama (HAWK), Poland (SA-2), Saudi Arabia (HAWK), Sweden (Bloodhound), Turkmenistan (SA-2), USA (HAWK), and Uzbekistan (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Egypt (EW), Germany (EW, HAWK, Patriot, Patriot garrison), Moldova (36D6, SA-3, SAM garrison), Russia (EW, SA-2, SA-3, S-300P), South Korea (EW, Nike radar), Syria (EW, SA-2, SA-6), and the UK (EW, Bloodhound); active sites in Australia (Woomera range) and the Ukraine (EW, 36D6, S-300V garrison); recategorized 1 Ukrainian and 1 Moldovan EW site as a 36D6 radar site and 1 Russian empty SA-2 site as an empty SA-3 site based on further imagery analysis.
Hi, excellent work.
First a note: from recent visit to Romania:
-N4513098 E02656839 Active Fan Song
-N4513112 E02656884 Active Side Net
-Among 4 vehicles south of Side Net, one was a Spoon Rest.
One question: why Ranges Rings don't show up any more in the latest updates of your SAM sites Overviews?
For range rings, read this:
There is a fifth folder, Range Rings, which may be obtained through the IMINT & Analysis mailing list. Subscribe to the mailing list by sending an e-mail to imintandanalysisATgmail.com with the words SAM SITE UPDATE in the subject line. Updated range ring files will be mailed to all users on the mailing list when the newest update is posted here.
I got you added. I don't think I ever got your e-mail.
Sean,
Big thanks goes out to you and the crew for your hard work. Got a couple of quick questions here:
1). How were you able to ascertain the Chinese S300 site at 24.13, 117.56, and the HQ-9 site at 34.29, 107.35 without available high resolution imagery?
2). What makes you sure that 23.26, 116.45 is a vacant HQ9 site?
Also, just on a side note, I find that concentration of HQ2 sites are normally accompanied by new sams. Since Chengdu doesn't have any advanced sams yet, that might be a good place to look next.
Hi SOC, about this EW site :
48°21'5.19"N 47°13'8.18"E
A very similar site can be found just 10 km at the West.
They're probably used to monitor the bombing practices of the nearby bombing range. See all the targets and craters at the North.
The Chinese SAM sites mentioned above were located using Digital Globe imagery visible in Terra Server's online web viewer. They were located using high-resolution imagery, just not Google Earth!
Current as of: 19 June 2009 (4211 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Azerbaijan (SA-2, SA-3), Georgia (SA-2, SA-3), Iraq (EW, SA-3), Nagorno-Karabakh (SA-4), Somalia (EW, SA-2), Syria (SA-2, SA-3, SA-6), and Turkmenistan (SA-2, SA-4); active and inactive sites in China (EW, OTH, LPAR, 36D6, HQ-2, HQ-9, S-300PMU-1), Egypt (EW, SA-2, SA-3, SAM training range), North Korea (SA-2), Russia (64N6, S-300PS, S-300PT, S-300V garrison), and the Ukraine (36D6, SA-2, S-300PT, SAM training range); active sites in Algeria (SA-3, SA-6), Armenia (64N6, S-300PT), Belarus (64N6, S-300PT, SA-11 garrison), Eritrea (EW), Germany (EW), India (SA-3), Iran (HAWK), South Korea (HAWK), and Uzbekistan (EW); one Ukrainian EW site recategorized as a 36D6 radar site and three inactive Egyptian or Libyan SA-2 sites recategorized as active SA-2 or SA-3 sites based on further imagery analysis; some of the new sites in Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, China, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and the Ukraine added due to exploitation of Terra Server imagery available online.
A couple of additions for Armenia:
40°12'38"N 44°36'44"E Possible CLAM SHELL. No S-300P launchers visible but may mean that your nearby SA-3 site has been reequipped with S-300PT now.
40°19'05"N 44°22'06"E Empty SA-2 site
40°04'24"N 44°31'10"E Empty SA-3 site?
Best wishes,
/P
Current as of: 8 July 2009 (4271 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Angola (SA-2), Iraq (EW, SA-2, SA-3), Syria (SA-2, SA-3), Turkmenistan (SA-2) and the Ukraine (SA-2); active and inactive sites in the DPRK (EW, SA-2, SA-3); active sites in Belarus (EW), Nagorno-Karabakh (36D6), Poland (SA-3 garrison) and Russia (36D6, 64N6); two Russian EW sites recategorized as 64N6 and/or 36D6 EW sites after further examination of current and historical imagery, one Angolan SA-2 recategorized as an inactive SA-2 site based on analysis of the most current imagery available; low-resolution sites added in Iraq, Syria, and Turkmenistan.
PS:
That site has been reequipped. Look at the Terra Server imagery file I posted. You see the CLAM SHELL and the SA-3 battery at the same time on-screen because the radar image and the site image were from different dates. Seeing that CLAM SHELL prompted me to look at the SA-3 sites in Terra Server to see which ones were re-equipped.
Hi SOC!
Regarding Syria:
Al Haylunah has a second SA-5 battery (35° 9'10.72"N 36°14'44.15"E) and the site you have as SA-5 at 34°57'33.73"N 36°15'23.11"E seems to be no SA-5 site. There are six smaller launcher - looks like SA-9/13 stuff.
For reference see Terraserver :-)
cheers rambo54
The first site is in the Low Resolution Sites subfolder in the file!
As for the second, it is most definitely an SA-5 site. Center your Terra Server viewer on 34 57 32 N, 36 15 22 E. You'll notice a ring of six squares around a central area. Those squares are where the launch rails are affixed. Look at an empty or inactive site somewhere else, you'll see the exact same foundations for the launch rails. The only error appears to have been assigning it as an active site, when it is clearly non operational.
Current as of: 10 July 2009 (4512 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in China (HQ-2), Croatia (SA-2), Denmark (NIKE-HERCULES), Egypt (SA-2), Eritrea (SA-3), Germany (HAWK), Iraq (EW, SA-3), and Syria (SA-2); active and inactive sites in Angola (SA-3, SA-2 garrison), India (SA-3), and Italy (NIKE-HERCULES, NIKE radar); one each Angolan SA-3, Eritrean SA-3, Indian SA-3, and Syrian SA-2 recategorized as inactive due to new imagery; low-resolution sites added in Croatia, Iraq, and Syria; historical sites added in England (Bloodhound) and Germany (NIKE-HERCULES); SHORAD SAMs folder added; Target Range SAMs folder added.
Current as of: 18 July 2009 (4532 locations)
Latest updates: inactive sites in Armenia (SA-3); active and inactive sites in Poland (EW) and Russia (S-300PS, S-300P, SA-2, S-300P garrison); active sites in Azerbaijan (EW), China (HQ-6), Greece (EW-former low resolution site) and Iran (HQ-2); low-resolution sites added in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, and Poland, added one US SA-2 to Target Range SAMs.
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