COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING EXCERCISE DMZ SPECIAL AREA 0811, NORTH KOREA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 7, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING EXERCISE
DMZ SPECIAL AREA 0811. NORTH KOREA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A LARGE COMBINED-ARMS EXERCISE,
INVOLVING LETS-T-325 VEHICLES, WAS OBSERVED UNDERWAY NEAR
CHIHA-RI.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING EXERCISE WAS
OBSERVED IN THE CHIHA-RI AREA IN 2ND CORPS ON IMAGERY ~ 25X1
THE EXERCISE WAS CONTAINED WITHIN A 2-KM RADIUS 25X1
OF 39-39-20N 126-38-40E, NEAR THE CHISOK-CHON (RESERVOIR).
THIS IS THE LARGEST COMBINED-ARMS TRAINING EXERCISE
OBSERVED IN THIS AREA SINCE AT LEAST 1979. AT LEAST 325
VEHICLES DISPERSED IN 14 SEPARATE AREAS INCLUDED ARMORED
VEHICLES, SELF-PROPELLED (SP) ARTILLERY, MULTIPLE ROCKET
LAUNCHERS (MRL), AND ENGINEER RIVER-CROSSING EQUIPMENT
(GRAPHIC 1).
(SWN) APPROXIMATELY 225 UNIDENTIFIED ARMORED VEHICLES
INCLUDING ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST SIX UNIDENTIFIED-TYPE
BATTALIONS, FOUR SP ARTILLERY BATTALIONS (AT LEAST 40
PIECES), ELEMENTS OF THREE MRL BATTALIONS (AT LEAST 36
MRL), AND AT LEAST 25 UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLES WERE DISPERSED
THROUGHOUT THE AREA. TWO OF THE VEHICLE CONCENTRATIONS ARE
DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC 2. A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE ARMOR WAS
PARKED IN CONVOY FORMATIONS ALONG ROADS INDICATING THAT
MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT HAD PROBABLY JUST ARRIVED IN THE
EXERCISE AREA. A PONTON BRIDGE WAS IN THE MIDSTAGE OF
ASSEMBLY IN THE CHISOK-CHON AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE
EXERCISE AREA (GRAHPIC 3). APPROXIMATELY 150 S-TYPE PONTON
SECTIONS AND TWO POWER BOATS WERE IN THE WATER.
3. (S)
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
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