ABU ZABAL EXPLOSIVES PLANT NO 18 ABU ZABAL, EGYPT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000500280054-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: August 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REP-ORT
AUGUST 1965
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NO FOREIGN DISSEM
GROUP 1 EXCLUDED FROM
A'JTQMA TIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT-
ABU ZABAL EXPLOSIVES PLANT NO_ I8
ABU ZAITAL; EGYPT
AUGUST 1955
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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SUMMARY
:Abu lahal Explosives Plant No 11, n_.,;r.,hu
Zabal, Eevpt, is a larce modern hinh-e~pl
HE) plant which probably ilsoproduccado.ibl_?-
base propellants, small-arms XI- ni nition, and
other munitions such as land t ines. Grenades.
shells, and bombs. Nitric acid is prohahly pro-
duced in the southern part of th plant, and t`._~
extent of the chemical processim_ facilities in
this area of -the plant su ;eests att 1ast .. _apa
bility for the production of chenmmical 'A r-_*
i C\\) ascents. \\hether or not C1\ , nts
manufactured at Plant Is, it i= possihl_ tl-- atf;A\
munitions are assembled a.nd filled t'.cre. I
reported production of ,urestl.etic s _an ; =....:II
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NASSER CHEMICAL AND
PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT
STORAGE
FACILITY
INDUSTRIAL
PLANT
HOUSING AND
ADMINISTRATION
AREA
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NO. FOREIGN DISSEM
proximately 3 nautical miles (nm) east of '~bu
7_abal, Ecvpt, at 30-14N 31-2-F (Figure 1).
Plant 1 S has also been known as Military Factory
No 18 and as Abu ZabaL\lilitary and Ci\?il Chem-
icals Company. 1 /
ably manufactured at Plant I S, but the production
nah
associated operations occupy a ? walled `area oj' phv clearh' reveals a significant number of
about 250 acres; additional security measures- chemical processing, facilities in the southern
along the wall include I1 guardhouses ortowers part of the plant area. oneflrlnore of which could
and guard posts at points of access. Plant 18 is
served by a blacktop road and a rail spur.
hodsing and administration area is north of the
wall, and a separately secured storage facility
is located approximately 3,000 feet south of the
plant area (Figure 2). The Nasser Chemical and
Pharmaceutical Plant is adjacent to Plant I ,--:on
the east, and a small industrial plant is under
.construction immediately to. the south; the small
plant may be associated with the chemical and
pharmaceutical plant. ' .
When first observed in February 1054. Plant -
18 was in an early stage of construct;on. By \lav
1957 most of the housinc and admin~strat:on fa-
cilities were present, and construction hailletun
on a majority of the plant facilities. \iost'of the
structures under construction in 1957