SOVIET ARMS DELIVERY NORTH YEMEN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 15, 1984
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NPIC/IEG (2/84)
15 FEBRUARY 1984
SOVIET ARMS DELIVERY
NORTH YEMEN SWN
1. SIGNIFICANCE: ADDITIONAL SA-2 MISSILE EQUIPMENT WAS
nFT.TVERED THE NORTH YEMEN
(SWN)
2. REMARKS: AN INCREASE OF 17 SA-2 MISSILE LAUNCHERS, 43
MISSILE TRANSPORTERS, THREE SA-2 OXIDIZER TRANSPORTERS, AND
AT LEAST 30 VANS/ASSOCIATED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE
OBSERVED AT RAWDAH MILITARY BARRACKS NW ON IMAGERY OF
(GRAPHIC 1). IN EARLY NOVEMBER 1983, THIS SA-2
EQUIPMENT WAS NOT PRESENT. THE EQUIPMENT WAS PROBABLY PART
OF A SHIPMENT OBSERVED BEING OFFLOADED FROM A LENINSKIY
KfMSOMOL-CLASS MERSHIP AT RAS AL KATIB PORT FACILITY ON
ONE SA-2 LAUNCHER, TWO
SPOON REST D RADAR SETS, TWO GENERATOR TRAILERS, ONE
COMPUTER/ELECTRONICS VAN TRAILER, 10 UNIDENTIFIED TWO-AXLE
TRAILERS, AND TWO TRUCK-MOUNTED SEARCH LIGHTS REMAINED ON
THE PIER (GRAPHIC 2). THE SOVIET MERSHIP HAD ALSO DEPARTED
BY THIS DATE. (SWN)
NORTH YEMEN IS ONLY KNOWN TO HAVE FOUR SA-2 BRIGADES (12
BATTALIONS OF WHICH SEVEN ARE DEPLOYED) IN ITS INVENTORY.
THE SEVEN SA-2 BATTALIONS ARE DEPLOYED IN AND AROUND THE
CITIES OF TAIZZ, AL HUDAYDAH, AND SANAA. THE NEW SHIPMENT
OF SA-2 EQUIPMENT WILL PROVIDE NORTH YEMEN WITH A FIFTH
SA-2 BRIGADE (THREE ADDITIONAL BATTALIONS). (SWN)
RAWDAH MILITARY BARRACKS NW, APPROXIMATELY 80 NM EAST OF
RAS AL KATIB PORT FACILITY AND ON THE EAST EDGE OF SANA
INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD , IS A MAJOR SA-2
EQUIPMENT STORAGE DEPOT IN NORTH YEMEN. (SWN)
COORDINATES 15-29-ION 044-11-S2E (S)
COORDINATES 14-55-O1N 042-53-01E (S)
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