PROBABLE IRANIAN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING TRAINING EXERCISE BANDAR ABBAS PORT FACILITY, SURG, IRAN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: April 22, 1982
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PROBABLE IRANIAN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING TRAINING EXERCISE
BANDAR ABBAS PORT FACILITY. SURU, IRAN
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A PROBABLE AMPHIBIOUS LANDING TRAINING
EXERCISE WAS BEING CONDUCTED BY IRANIAN NAVAL FORCES
APPROXTMATEI.TY_1_NM_EAST OF BANDAR ABBAS PORT FACILITY, SURU
FACILITY, SURU ON
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE AMPHIBIOUS LANDING TRAINING
EXERCISE IN PROGRESS IN THE VICINITY OF BANDAR ABBAS PORT
RAMPS PARTIALLY OPEN WERE IMMEDIATELY OFFSHORE. BY 25X1
THESE LANDING CRAFT WERE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300
YARDS OFFSHORE, POSSIBLY PREPARING TO MAKE ANOTHER LANDING
APPROACH. NO CARGO OR PERSONNEL WERE DISCERNIBLE IN THE
LANDING CRAFT. FIVE DERELICT BARGES, ONE BEACHED COASTAL
FREIGHTER AND TWO BEACHED MOTORIZED BARGES WERE ALSO
PRESENT. THE ABSENCE OF CARGO AND PERSONNEL IN ADDITION TO
THE RANDOMLY PLACED DERELICT EQUIPMENT SUGGESTS THAT THIS
EXERCISE WAS PROBABLE BEING CONDUCTED TO GIVE THE LANDING
CRAFT PILOTS EXPERIENCE IN MANEUVERING THEIR VESSELS AROUND
DERELICT AND DISABLED EQUIPMENT, SIMILIAR TO WHAT THP LD
ENCOUNTER UNDER COMBAT CONDITIONS. 25X1
3. (S)
COORDINATES 27-08-25N 056-12-20E
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