SOVIET R-410 (TWIN PLATE) EQUIPMENT BAGHDAD BARRACKS DAUDIYA NORTH, IRAQ (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2011
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• Publication Date: October 28, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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28 OCTOBER 1982
SOVIET R-410 (TWIN PLATE) EQUIPMENT
BAGHDAD BARRACKS DAUDIYA NORTH, IRAQ
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF SOVIET R-410
(TWIN PLATE) TROPOSCATTER COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT IN IRAQ
AND THE ONLY KNOWN DEPLOYMENT OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN THE
PERSIAN GULF AREA.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THREE SETS OF SOVIET R-410 (TWIN PLATE)
WERE NEWLY IDENTIFIED AT THIS INSTALLATION ON IMAGERY OF
SIX MAST TRUCKS, FIVE ANTENNA TRAILERS,
THREE TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER VANS, THREE UTILITY VANS, AND
THREE GENERATOR TRAILERS WERE OBSERVED PARKED IN TRAVEL
MODE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THIS INSTALLATION. THIS
EQUIPMENT WAS NOT PRESENT
(SWN) THE R-410 TROPOSCATTER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS ONE
OF THE PRIMARY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS USED BY SOVIET
GENERAL STAFF AND FRONT-LEVEL COMMANDS IN BOTH THE SOVIET
UNION AND WARSAW PACT GROUND FORCES. THIS EQUIPMENT HAS
ALSO BEEN SEEN IN LIBYA, VIETNAM, AND AFGHANISTAN.
3. (S)
COORDINATES 33-30-46N 044-24-11E
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