HOVERCRAFT DELIVERY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100110006-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 29, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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HOVERCRAFT DELIVERY
SAUDI ARABIA
NPIC/PEG (12/82)
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ADDITIONAL HOVERCRAFT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
BY SAUDI ARABIA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: AT LEAST EIGHT COAST GUARD AIR CUSHION FAST
PATROL CRAFT (WPCFA) ARE OBSERVED AT AZIZIYAH NAVAL BASE ON
SAUDI ARABIA'S PERSIAN GULF COAST. AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (ACV)
HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED AT THIS FACILITY. SEVEN OF
THE ACV ARE ON THE RAMP, ONE IS INSIDE A MAINTENANCE BUILDING,
AND A POSSIBLE NINTH IS INSIDE ANOTHER BUILDING. THESE ACV ARE
PROBABLY THE SAME TYPE AS THE SIX U.K.-BUILT WINCHESTER
(SR.N6)-CLASS ACV PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED BY SAUDI ARABIA AND
OBSERVED YESTERDAY AND TODAY AT JUDDAH COAST GUARD HOVERCRAFT
BASE AND HEADQUARTERS ON THE RED SEA COAST. THE SAUDIS ARE
KNOWN TO HAVE ACQUIRED BOTH SR.N6 AND THE 25X1
MK 6 VERSION OF THE SR.N6. AT LEAST FOUR OF 25X1
LAW1 TYPE ACV ARE PROBABLY PRESENT AT AZIZIYAH. A TOTAL OF
16 SR.N6-TYPE ACV WERE ORDERED BY THE SAUDI'S; EIGHT WERE
DELIVERED IN 1970.
3.I I COORDINATES 26-01-45N 050-12-35E
COORDINATES 21-33-22N 039-06-49E
COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE
DIRECTED
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
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