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Document: Shuang-cheng-tzu Downrange Impact Area, China Released through The Black Vault, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, on an unspecified date. The document is a Memorandum, declassified in 2003, and approved for release by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the Department of Defense. 25X41 - 25X1 25X1D 25X1D 25X1A Declass Review by NIMA / DoD Approved For Release 2003/12/19 20E|AIRIBP? $T04759A009100010039-5 25X11 a (penance 25X1 3 March 1969 Copy 8 MEMORANDUM FOR: THROUGH: SUBJECT: Shuang-cheng-tzu Downrange Impact Area, China REFERENCE: ' Requirement NSA/SOC/R95-69 NPIC Project No. 250341 1. In response to the referenced requirement, a search of photography since was conducted within an 80-nautical mile radius of Hotien airfield, 37-03N 079-51E, for any evidence of a ballistic missile impact area. 2. The entire search area was covered on small-scale photography with interpretability ranging from poor to good and partially covered on large-scale photography with interpretability ranging from poor to good. No evidence of vehicular activity, cratering, ground markers, scarring, electronic facilities, weather stations, landing fields or other related installations was noted in the area of interest. 3. The only area of significance was observed 70nm northeast of the search area at 37-47N 082-37E, approximately 145nm northeast of Hotien airfield. The road-served area consists of four small closely associated facilities containing five possible quarters, 18 possible storage buildings, three storage/support buildings and numerous small sheds. A possible instrumentation tower with a small possible bunkered building adjacent is located 0.5nm south of the four associated facilities. This installation was observed on photography of be, uestions regarding this project may be directed to the imagery analyst, of the China, North Korea Branch, BGD/IEG, on extension [Ig5x4 A This project is considered to be complete. Chief, Imagery Exploitation Group NPIC Distribution: 1&2 - NSA/TCO 3 - NSA/LO/NPIC = WPIC/TEG 5 - NPIC/IEG/EGD 6 - NPIC/IEG/CNKB 7 ~ NPIC/IEG/PCS/RCB 8 - CTA/DDI/IRS/REC/R 9 - CIA/IAS 10 - NPIC/PPBS/Req 11 - WPICc/PSG/AID (Attn: 12 - DIAXX~4/LO/NPIC 13 - AFNIE-BA 14 - OPNAV 922¥3 15 - Army/SPAD 16 - DIAXX~3A 17 ~ DIAXX~3¢ 18 ~ PSG/R&RD/ESS Approved For Release 2003/12/19 OLDER 87T04759A009100 2 010039-5 3 March = Shuang-cheng-tzu Downrange Impact Area, China This document is part of a larger collection of declassified CIA records on China, released through The Black Vault. The document itself is a Memorandum, detailing a search of photography for evidence of a ballistic missile impact area near Hotien airfield, China. The search was conducted within an 80-nautical mile radius and found no evidence of a missile impact area, but did locate a road-served area with several facilities and possible instrumentation towers. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. storyflo.com…

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Filed AUG 7 · 2026Runtime 3 min

CIA Document: Shuang Cheng Tzu Downrange Impact Area, China Released Through The

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated August 7, 2026

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Document: Shuang-cheng-tzu Downrange Impact Area, China Released through The Black Vault, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, on an unspecified date. The document is a Memorandum, declassified in 2003, and approved for release by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the Department of Defense.

Date: AUG 7 · 2026
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