NEW SOLID PROPELLENT PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION CORDOBA SOLID PROPELLENT PLANT, ARGENTINA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Release Date: March 9, 2012
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• Publication Date: February 10, 1984
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10 FEBRUARY 1984
NEW SOLID PROPELLANT PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CORDOBA SOLID PROPELLENT PLANT, ARGENTINA SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW SOLID PROPELLANT PLANT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED I ARGENTINA, WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE COUNTRY'S
FIRST COMPOSITE PROPELLANT LINE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: CORDOBA SOLID PROPELLANT PLANT, IN THE
MID-TO-LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, 7
NM SOUTHWEST OF CORDOBA, ARGENTINA. CONSTRUCTION OF THE
ISOLATED, FENCE-SECURED PLANT HAD BEGUN
THE PLANT INCLUDES AN EXTERNALLY COMPLETED
RP OPELLANT MIX/CAST/CURE AREA, A PARTIALLY COMPLETED
PROBABLE ADMINISTRATION/ENGINEERING AREA, REVETTED STORAGE
BUILDINGS, A POSSIBLE HORIZONTAL TEST CELL, AND SEVERAL
OTHER BUILDINGS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION (GRAPHIC I.).
THE MIX/CAST/CURE AREA INCLUDES AT LEAST THREE PROPELLANT
MIX BUILDINGS, A PROBABLE CASE PREPARATION BUILDING, A
PROBABLE INGREDIENTS PREPARATION BUILDING, AND A POSSIBLE
STATIC TEST BUILDING (GRAPHIC 2). (SWN)
THE PROPELLANT PLANT WILL PROBABLY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
COMPOSITE BASED SOLID PROPELLANTS. IF SO, IT WOULD BE THE
FIRST COMPOSITE PROPELLANT PRODUCTION LINE IDENTIFIED IN
ARGENTINA. COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS COULD BE USED IN MOTORS
FOR SOUNDING ROCKETS, ARTILLERY ROCKETS, OR GUIDED
MISSILES. THE PLANT IS APPROXIMATELY 5 NM SOUTHWEST OF
CORDOBA AIRCRAFT AND BOMB PLANT AREA DE MATERIAL
WHICH PRODUCES SOUNDING ROCKETS AND
GUIDED MISSILES. (SWN)
3. COORDINATES 31-32-OOS 064-29-OOW (S)
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