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

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August 16, 1983
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Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/27: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200320001-5 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET 72 (Security Classification) LII (See inside cover) CONTROL NO Z-14818/83 NPIC/PEG (8/83) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions 25X1 (Security Classification) , Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/27: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200320001-5 _ 11 V , ..1 1 1 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/27: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200320001-5 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions DISSEMINATION CONTROL ABBREVIATIONS NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL This Information has been Authorized for Release to. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/27: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200320001-5 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/27: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200320001-5 R Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/27: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200320001-5 25X1 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/27: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200320001-5 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER 1 1 Z-14818/83 Attachment to Page of Copy_ 25X1 NPIC/PEG (8/83) TWO-PART GRAPHIC LIBYA-CHAD CONFLICT TAJURA BARRACKS AND VEHICLE STORAGE AREA, LIBYA OUNIANGA KEBIR OLE AIRFIELD, CHAD 25X1 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 3. COORDINATES 34-49-50N 013-27-30E COORDINATES 19-02-34N 020-27-40E These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/27: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200320001-5