INCREASED DEFENSE CUBA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 17, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

INCREASED DEFENSES
CUBA
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AL DEFENSIVE ACTIVITY SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY 1982
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NPIC/PEG (03/82)
4-PART GRAPHIC
INCREASED DEFEN
SES
CUBA
1.
(S/D) S
IGNIFICANCE
: INCREASED DEFEN
SIVE MEASURES ARE OBSERVED
IN EAST
ERN CUBA AT
OFELIA MILITARY C
AMP A HQ
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SABANA
MILITARY CA
MP A HQ
I AND AT SIBONEY AW
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RADAR F
AC
DEFENSIV
E ACTIVITY HAS NOW BEEN
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OBSERVE
D AT 18 LOC
ATIONS IN CUBA SIN
CE EARLY FEBRUARY 1982.
2.
(S/D) R
EMARKS: AT
OFELIA MILITARY C
AMP A HQ
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THE CUB
DEPLOYE
REVETME
CAMOUFL
NORTH O
AN EASTERN
D FROM ITS
NTS (GRAPHI
AGED. ONE
F THE INSTA
ARMY INDEPENDENT A
GARRISON PARKING A
C 2 OF 4). THE DE
ARTILLERY BATTALIO
LLATION IN REVETME
RTILLERY BKIGADE HAS
REA TO TACTICAL VEHICLE
PLOYED EQUIPMENT IS BEING
N (BN) IS DEPLOYED 0.5 NM
NTS WHICH HAVE BEEN
CONSTRU
CTED SINCE
THE DEPLOYMENT AREA
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INCLUDE
S TWO LARGE
COMMAND POST PERS
ONNEL BUNKERS INTO WHICH
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CONCRET
APPROXI
E REINFORCI
MATELY 50-V
NG STRUCTURES ARE
E14ICLE REVETMENTS.
BEING PLACED, AND
EQUIPMENT IN THIS AREA
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INCLUDES TEN 130MM FIELD GUNS M-46, 14 AT-P ARMORED TRACKED
ARTILLERY TRACTORS, SEVEN AT-S MEDIUM TRACKED ARTILLERY
TRACTORS, AND 18 PIECES OF SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. A SECOND
ARTILLERY BN DEPLOYMENT AREA IS ON THE WEST EDGE OF THE
INSTALLATION (NOT ON GRAPHIC). TACTICALLY DISPERSED, BUT NOT
REVETTED, AND IN SOME CASES CAMOUFLAGED, EQUIPMENT IN THE AREA
INCLUDES ONE LARGE TENT, EIGHT 130MM FIELD GUNS M-46, AND 12
AT-P ARMORED TRACKED ARTILLERY TRACTORS. A THIRD ARTILLERY BN
(NOT ON GRAPHIC) IS DEPLOYED IN REVETMENTS WITHIN A HEAVILY
WOODED AREA NEAR THE CENTER OF THE INSTALLATION. EQUIPMENT IN
THIS AREA, SOME OF WHICH WAS PRESENT 25X1
INCLUDES EIGHT AT-P ARMORED TRACKED ARTILLERY TRACTORS. IN
ADDITION, FOUR LIGHT ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY POSITIONS AROUND
THE PERIMETER OF THE INSTALLATION ARE OCCUPIED. A FIFTH
POSITION- INSIDE THE INSTALLATION, HAS BEEN VACATED SINCE
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NPIC/PEG (03/82)
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(S/D) AT SABANA MILITARY. CAMP A HQS J. ELEMENTS 25X1
OF TWO PROBABLE ANTITANK BN, ONE TANK, SIX ARMORED VEHICLES,
AND AT LEAST 35 OTHER TRUCKS ARE DISPERSED IN REVETMENTS
OUTSIDE THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THE INSTALLATION (GRAPHIC 3
OF 4). MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC) IS EITHER
HEAVILY CAMOUFLAGED OR CANVAS DRAPED. SIX UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS
ARE UNDER CANVAS IN-ARTILLERY REVETMENTSIN THE WESTERN SECTION
OF THE INSTALLATION. FIVE OCCUPIED SIX-POSITION ANTIAIRCRAFT
ARTILLERY SITES ARE ALSO PRESENT AROUND THE INSTALLATION.
(S/D) AT SIBONEY AW RADAR FACILITY DEFENSIVE 25X1
REVETMENTS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCE AT LEAST 25X1
(GRAPHIC 4 OF 4). AT LEAST 16 REVETMENTS ARE NORTH OF THE
FACILITY, 11 TO THE WEST, AND AT LEAST FIVE TO THE SOUTH. IN
ADDITION, FOXHOLES AND A DEFENSIVE TRENCH HAVE BEEN DUG WITHIN
THE FACILITY.
(S/D) OTHER AREAS (GRAPHIC 1 OF 4) WHERE SIMILAR ACTIVITY HAS
BEEN OBSERVED INCLUDE THE AIRFIELDS AT IGNACION AGRAMONTE
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LOS BANOS AND SAN PEDRO ; THE 25X1
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3. BE VARIOUS COORDINATES VARIOUS
COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE
DIRECTED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER.
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INCREASED DEFENSES
CUBA
SANTA
CLARA
HOLGUIN
A DEFENSIVE ACTIVITY SINN BAR S' FE UA V 198
NEW DEFENSIVE ACflVIT
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