KeprO JullC I 11am tne unctass111ea L ectass1IIC l Ho1 1111gs 01 tne Nauona1 Arcn1vcs D LCLJ SS IFmD i A 1thori1y_ _'2 l S I _ J'fll '--'· MEM RAl flXJM FOR THE CRAIRMAll JOINT CIUEFS OF SUBJECT· r Jv J Requirenients for Space SUrveUJ ence References 'I -'30 t - JCSM 1127- 65 da ted 4 June 1965 subJect Report of the Ad Hoc Worldlilg Gro on OOD Space Detection surveillance Tracklll8 tmd Da te Proces e11tg Marob 1965 DATOS Report 'I 3 0SO b JeSM 428-65 dated 4 June 1965 subJect Requirements f'or Spo ce SUNeillW1Ce X Ji fi 6 c JCSM 226--65t dated 1 J pril 1 9 5 subJect nBequire tcs f or Spe oe Surveillance a ' ale prompt aud th orou_gb r evie w o'£ tbe lli TOS Report by tbe Join Cb lets of Staff' is appreci at ed I am pleased to note th t there is a large a of agreement with the llATOS Group areas or disagreement appear t o be relatively minor and more a matter ot em phaa1s 1n wording ra tber tbml in basic out look Cai ments references a and b SN given belav oia --0 weapon ·s yst ems 2 The question ot tbs dual routing of the OY erseas eOlltDIUntcation s lines from Diyarbakir Turkey was addressed only ln the context of space surveillance- in the DA1'0S Report Ae noted in ·t he appendix t o reference Q the are other uses sueh u lXdssile intellieence Comnents are still beiJlG received on tbf s end action will he def erred until a later date 3 'l1be -clOSiUf3 down ot the MoonstOWll e nd Tr1ni411d radal 's Will be del9Wed UAtU the AN FPS- baa proven 1ta operation l capabil1ty Tbe 'DATOS GrolW MSumed that the AN WS•8 5 would tulfill its operational mission based on the success of the »rogram to da t-e · Obviously however if i t does not ths oo tben be c continuing need for the MoorestO tn and Trinidad radars At the t the Air F01 ·ce has been directed oul y to p rep re plans tor shutting down these r8darB e tter the ' C J opeoific points raised by l The recc wmendatio a tho t no ol titude JJ mitatiou be placed on -the UORAD spa cc misei ou is t IC @pted el t®ugb ap uoted be1ow in 5 any requirement for covet e sbould be keyed to epec1fic r' PJ t Ws-85 becanea QI Etmtionol and I believe this act10 Q Bb ould lie continued PNsent 1 m i 1 ng pl e I I KeprO lucea rram Ille unc1ass111ea ucc1ass111ea HOKHngs 01 me r1auona1 Arciuvc i I Dli' CLASS IFlED Authority_N --2- iftS SEC I 1 Tba DATOS Repo1--t not'1d tbe import moc ot M aaion ADt10s t md el co tbe problems a 3soc 1 xted with 1t It is w d thl t sutt1cient eiphAs ts i a b4lin g 1'U t Cfld ® tbiJt Pl 'Oble A tip0-cial ctudly tP oup has been conwued to e tho 4igmlt 1 U'- pl'Oblem -and -to _mr ke l c tiona llo 1 lrthe r action 'fdll unt t l tbiii ei'QUP t port s at tllo ot t 5 r rho l w jor area of tiaesi •n n1- bet•mi 'the Mi'O S Qroup tho JQJ nt Chie-1' ot Stc 'f' QPPeeirS to caneel A the N t to 11cl ve by 1970 a c-» it Y to 4Gtoet and t1-aok one aq meter ijpace obj 4ts to on e l tttu lQ ot 20 t® tlm with a det etion t robe bili ty ef 99 There cel ta 111 ly will be SGiie 1- quirementa to1· a n evolutionary iru ' rease in ®l oorv«i Uance c ebil 1t ieo vi th tilbe lmd this wae recogttf ed iu the DATOS lkwort • r e speei fio -ereu needing B not Qt li er it t bel that tlul t e should l Ot ue a requ b rttent -thQ t 1q in aqpl'Ote i does not mntion orhit 14cl 1ncrtiioo find time te w tectiQJ 11 tor -c e OAd hence tlb ject 'tQ mi inte rpmati Qth I as n01 44 i1 n 4Wm'Ullx -0· to rete c e e cQVeree ee a bf l to Itlt tmed on uyetemJJ on4 · Ol e f aa tho pPcitie n ra req_uinld cfe r tved 1n wapon BYBtlllm dc tn jl It 1s D t«l th eNtore tllat the reqU1 t be to Gt te tll$ t d eteot 1 ott and track-ins ailJ ft'b1lity to bi pr al tttu s d r tal' iet D abow d be u Yt Iued - t th t n cdequatAily f m led m 'D µ'Ogram eo tbat a l1t y con be expeditiously mld ecoo wicel ly tfdneA when the need a 1 -e s 6 tn e e a tho Joint tho DAWS UepQrt r o48 r @ • fe tha-t siG ifioa t 'OVe manu OhW o1r St t-lic DM OS I orl will tnb W t t 'Of in i1p4ee dctteet1on en l tnickin ®ili ty w noted 1u e xtuu o wil l pc m1t 1 alWno' Jl 6 i t f on 1 w ln tact 1 dc ottou Md t a to u willing to » the nion Jtow ver al ter nm aenoo ra such ea ·the lectro---Opt1ccl M$ I Sf -2 promise to provide doteotion eapal Uity at mucb lel d coat and v U l be pu1-suod in M et1ve program Proatru l r up Pt't Wecl »1-MG 'ld ll l l OV ld e OPQ t'$ ti01lal detecti on CUld t1'8C-ld ccq ability ti be ·u l 6000 nm oa 1 o •ter t c l s 'b ' 1968 on m ' lny cl aaoes of orbi ta e ' dtbout t bit 'PSR t2 It ie 1te l t'Qbelble tl»t by J 970 qu1 t inq 'bt and if4proved opor U$ tec buique o _ U stve tQJ l ce p 'bil l cy· to 20 000 nm It t he JB 1 '61' -2 dev t nueceede tlie J vUl bo a «ibil t't 1 tc 300 000 ht t eproduted rrorn lhe unc1ass1lied I Declass tred Holdings ot the NatronaI Arcnivcs - -i --- • - • 7 ' • r I 1 -- • M i DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING WASHINGTON 25 0 C R E Log No 65-3310 Copy No l ----- Covering Brief 15 J UL 1965 TO The Deputy Secretary of Defense l 'ROM The Director of Defense Research and Engineering - Problem Resolution of the remaining differences between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the DATOS Report Discussion Two recent memos Tabs A and B from the Joint Chiefs of Staff commented on the recommendations of the DATOS Report The Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed with a number of the recommendations deferred comment on severaJ about which we expect no disagreement took minor issue with several others and raised one major issue This issue is whether or not there exists a need for detection and tracldng of spacecraft to 20 000 run by 1970 Because of this the revision of the NORAD NQR 2 -65 directed by Tab C is being held up even though the Joint Chiefs agree with most of the specific conunents of the DATOS Report on the NQR and that the NQR 2-65 Tab D needs revision I continue to believe that it is impracticaJ to set specific goaJ s for a specific date in the ai·ea of space detection and tracking because they are 1 subject to misinterpretation and 2 there is no basis on threat or defensive weapons for example for quantitative specifications While the Joint Chiefs of Staff fear t hat the DATOS Report will inhibit growth of space surveillance capabil ities it is clear that present and planned performance i s impressive and critical IIDr E areas AN FSR-2 for example are being pursued This point is also addressed in the attached memorandum Implementation The attached memorandum Tab E to t he Joint Chiefs of Staff explains the above philosophy and proposes a restatement of the requirements for increasing spa ce surveillance capability which should resolve the differences between OSD DATOS Report and the Joint Chiefs of Staff It also covers the minor areas of disagreement noted above