PLANT EXPANSION PANGHYON-NODONGJAGU FAB/ASSY PLT, NORTH KOREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 22, 1983
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PANGHYON-NODONGJAGU FAB A_SSY PLT, NORTH KOREA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW RUNWAY/PARKING APRON AND A SECOND PROBABLE
ROTOR TEST CAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROVIDE FURTHER EVIDENCE
THAT THIS FACILITY WILL BE INVOLVED IN HELICOPTER
PRODUCTION/ASSEMBLY WHEN CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE NEW HELICOPTER STOL RUNWAY/PARKING APRON,
APPROXIMATELY 150 METERS LONG AND IN A LATE STAGE CF
CONSTRUCTION, IS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE FACILITY NEAR THE
OPERATIONS BUILDING AND THE RECENTLY COMPLETED FINAL
ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING. THIS AREA OF THE PLANT WAS
PREVIOUSLY A PARKING AREA FOR HOPLITE HELICOPTERS. INITIAL
GROUND CLEARING FOR THE RUNWAY/PARKING APRON WAS IN PROGRESS ON
(SWN)
A SECOND PROBABLE ROTOR TEST CAGE IS IN AN EARLY STAGE CF
CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 200 METERS SOUTHWEST OF THE EXISTING
CAGE. CONSTRUCTION OF A CIRCULAR HAFDSTAND WITHIN A
SEMICIRCULAR EARTHEN REVETMENT, SIMILAR IN SIZE AND
CONFIGURATION TO THE HAFDSTAND AND REVETMENT SUPPORTING THE
EXISTING CAGE, HAS BEGUN A CONSTRUCTION CRANE 25X1
IS ON THE NEW HAFDSTAND, AND A POSSIBLE CONTROL BUILDING IS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEARBY. THE EXISTING ROTOR TEST CAGE WAS
CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE 1983. A NEW ROAD, EXTENDING
SOUTHEAST FROM THE PLANT TOWARD THREE SMALL UNIDENTIFIED
BUILDINGS, IS ALSO UNDER.CONSTRUCTION. (SWN)
PANGHYON-NODONGJAGU FABRICATION/ASSEMBLY PLANT IS IN NORTHWEST
NORTH KOREA, 1 NM SOUTHEAST OF PANGHYCN AF REPAIR BASE PUG
(SWN)
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