LIBYA-CHAD CONFLICT TAJURA BARRACKS AND VEHICLE STORAGE AREA, LIBYA OUNIANGA KEBIR OLD AIRFIELD, CHAD

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• Publication Date: August 16, 1983
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LIBYA-CHAD CONFLICT
TAJURA BARRACKS AND VEHICLE STORAGE AREA, LIBYA
OUNIANGA KEBIR OLE AIRFIELD, CHAD
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: A HIGH LEVEL OF HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTER ACTIVITY
CONTINUES AT TAJURA BARRACKS AND VEHICLE STORAGE AREA IN
LIBYA. IN CHAD, AN INCREASE IN DEFENSIVE MEASURES IS OBSERVED
AT OUNIANGA KEBIR OLD AIRFIELD. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: AT LEAST FIVE PROBABLE TANKS HAVE BEEN LOADED ONTO
HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS SINCE (GRAPHIC 1 OF 2). AT 25X1
LEAST 34 EMPTY HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS (21 IN CONVOY, BUT NOT
ON GRAPHIC) REMAIN IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE
INSTALLATION. ELEMENTS OF ONE TANK BATTALION AND ONE
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION ARE STILL PARKED OUTSIDE VEHICLE
STORAGE BUILDINGS. THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE INSTALLATION IS
NOT IMAGED. THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE RELATED TO THE ONGOING LIBYAN
OPERATIONS IN CHAD. (SWN)
AT LEAST TEN 130MM FIELD GUNS M-46 ON HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS
HAVE ARRIVED AT OUNIANGA KEBIR OLD AIRFIELD 25X1
(GRAPHIC 2 OF 2). THE BMP ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER 25X1
(APC)-EQUIPPED MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALION (MECH INF BN) THAT
ARRIVED AND THE ARMORED UNIT DEPLOYED IN DEFENSE 25X1
OF THE AIRFIELD ARE STILL PRESENT. MAJOR ELEMENTS 25X1
OF THE BMP APC-EQUIPPED MECH INF BN HAVE BEEN OFFLOADED AND
HAVE AUGMENTED THE AIRFIELD'S DEFENSES. THE AIRFIELD APPEARS
TO BE ENCIRCLED BY ARMORED VEHICLES; HOWEVER, THE DEPLOYMENT
AREA NEAR THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE RUNWAY IS NOT IMAGED. AT
LEAST 39 ARMORED VEHICLES ARE DISCERNIBLE. AT LEAST ONE
COMPANY OF THE RECENTLY ARRIVED BMP APC-EQUIPPED MECH INF BN
REMAINS ON HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS. FIVE SF.260 LIGHT-STRIKE
AIRCRAFT AND THREE HIP HELICOPTERS ARE PRESENT. SIX SF. 260 AND
TWO HIP WERE HERE (SWN) 25X1
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COORDINATES 34-49-50N 013-27-30E
COORDINATES 19-02-34N 020-27-40E
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