DR-3 EXERCISE/DEMONSTRATION SUMBER SUMA AIRFIELD, MONGOLIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 2009
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• Publication Date: June 10, 1981
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A RPV DRONE EXERCISE AND DEMONSTRATION IS
SET UP FOR VIP VIEWING.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A DR-3 RECONNAISSANCE DRONE EXERCISE/
DEMONSTRATION IS IN PROGRESS AT SUMBER SUMA AIRFIELD. TWO DR-3
TRANSPORTERS/LAUNCHERS AND TWO DR-3 RESUPPLY VEHICLES ARE
APPROXIMATELY 150 METERS NORTHEAST OF THE RUNWAY REFERENCE
POINT. ONE OF THE TRANSPORTER/LAUNCHERS HAS BOTH END CAPS IN
THE OPEN POSITION. TWO SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE ALSO NEARBY.
(GRAPHIC 1 OF 3)
(S/D) A DR-3 CHECKOUT FACILITY IS NEAR THE NORTHEAST AIRCRAFT
DISPERSAL AREA. THIS TEMPORARY FACILITY CONSISTS OF ONE
MISSILE/DRONE CHECKOUT TENT, FIVE NET-COVERED CHECKOUT/CONTROL
VANS, TWO ADDITIONAL VANS, ONE CRANE, TWO GENERATORS, AND TEN
OTHER SUPPORT VEHICLES. (GRAPHIC 2 OF 3)
(S/D) A VIP RECEPTION AREA HAS BEEN SET UP NEAR THE
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST PARKING APRON. TWO RECEPTION TENTS HAVE BEEN
ERECTED NEAR A DR-3 RESUPPLY VEHICLE.' A PASSENGER RAMP IS ON
THE PARKING APRON, AND TWO BUSES, EIGHT UAZ-69, AND FIVE
SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE NEARBY. (GRAPHIC 3 OF 3)
(S/D) PREPARATIONS FOR THIS EXERCISE/DEMONSTRATION WERE IN
THIS IS THE FIRST OBSERVATION OF DR-3 EQUIPMENT AT SUMBER
SUMA. THE ONLY PREVIOUS SIGHTING OF DR-3 EQUIPMENT IN MONGOLIA
WAS AT SUMBER AIRFIELD , 12 NM SOUTH OF SUMBER
SUMA AIRFIELD. THE DR-3 EQUIPMENT IN HIS EXERCISE/
DEMONSTRATION IS PROBABLY FROM SUIIBER AIRFIELD.
(S/D) SUIIBER SUMA AIRFIELD, WHICH HOUSES A TACTICAL AIR
REGIMENT, IS 175 NM NORTHWEST OF THE MONGOLIA-CHINA BORDER.
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